Author: lesliekpayne

  • Arts, Culture and Heritage Survey

    Arts, Culture and Heritage Survey

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    Thank you to all organizations involved The Arts, Culture & Heritage Candidate Survey is conducted by the Nelson & District Arts Council, Nelson Museum, Archives, and Gallery, Oxygen Art Centre, Kootenay Regional Arts Council, Tapatía Collective, Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism, and The Capitol Theatre. Civic Experience What experience do you have working in politics? For the last four years, I have been…

  • Becoming Bear Smart in Nelson

    Becoming Bear Smart in Nelson

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    The Ursa Project Society is an amazing local nonprofit working on ensuring we can co-exist safely with bears. They asked the following questions of candidates, and here are my answers. From The Ursa Project: “In a year like this where we have a massive huckleberry crop failure due to drought and likely climate change, that…

  • Environment and Climate Action Survey

    Environment and Climate Action Survey

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    Thank you to West Kootenay Climate Hub, Doctors & Nurses for Planetary Health, and the West Kootenay and Nelson Chapter of the Council of Canadians for compiling some meaningful questions about environment and climate. See where I stand on these policy initiatives and come out to the All Candidates Forum on Environmental Issues–Monday, October 5,…