'Modernizing' complex Columbia River Treaty not for faint-hearted

VICTORIA — While the B.C. government proposes “tweaking” the Columbia River Treaty in talks with the United States, voices on the American side have raised a more ambitious goal.
“Columbia River Treaty must include cheaper power rates,” was the headline last week in the Tri-City Herald, serving Kennewick, Pasco and Richland in Washington state.
The editorial, marking the start of negotiations on reopening the international treaty, made the argument that existin