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How ridiculous!!
When people feed a bear as depicted in this story nothing good results. The couple involved are being completely selfish consumed by their own perverse need to 'take care of' wildlife. The end result of their irresponsiblity may very well be the destruction of the bears.
The images presented in the media should not be seen as cute or charming. They represent a complete abuse of our natural relationship with wildlife.
I agree with you 100%. I am so disgusted that someone would do that to any animal, especially a bear.
I'm so glad the bears are not going to be shot.
And what a great video! The raccoon stole the show!
This is great, and what a perfect space for an art gallery. Thanks for the photos, too; I have been wondering what it's all going to look like once the flurry of activity is done, and this is a great preview.
I was really upset to learn of the story of the bear caught in a leghold trap. The Times did a good article on the recent event . I was saddened to hear of this poor animal , starving , with an infected stump bleeding , after he'd chewed his own leg off. To know there is a person still owning and using a leghold trap ,in this day and age , is hard to believe . To knowingly hurt an animal , to this extreme, really should be investigated by the RCMP . What do we as a society need to do to make this happen ? It needs to happen !
I would love to have seen the statue of old Olaus in mid flight jumping a train as the story goes. That would be a sweet statue!
disagree. "good" graffiti is the very worst kind. the dumber the graffiti, the more sub-literate, hateful, incoherent, or bizarre, the better it is. graffiti has no place in art, just as art has no place in graffiti.
It's interesting to compare this CMHC report with one issued today by the Candian Centre for Policy Alternatives--a report that is much more pessimistic.
We're in a bad position right now: speculation in real estate has led to unsustainably high valuations. People have borrowed against this 'equity' and are now only able to make their debt payments with the help of extraordinarily low interest rates.
When rates rise, the bubble will burst...and the rates will rise eventually.--ed.
I love the Starr Gulch trail for getting through town and the Trail Creek connection through lower Rossland will be awesome. Why shuttle when you can ride up hill?
Thanks Kathy,Here's some more background on the issue as we reported last March :
http://rosslandtelegraph.com/node/5057
This article was looking at the movement on stage 2 of the LWMP with a quick touch on how we got there. This link is for the story on the service (dis)agreement.
Andrew
There are some other issues, so this is an over simplification for sure, but here is a quick comment on Rossland Council's concerns about the proposed new agreement:
On paper it looks fair to base each municipality's contribution on a combination of population and flow but the reality on the ground (or should I say, in the pipes) is that the flow data was significantly inaccurate. As far as I know, there was no disagreement on this fact.
Rossland believes that until some accurate information is obtained on flow it makes no sense to change the agreement. Accurate flow data is hopefully forthcoming very soon. The current agreement has been adhered to for decades, another bit of time to get accurate data, instead of relying on erroneous measures, seemed prudent and logical to us.
Once we are confident that the agreement is based on actual info, I feel sure that we can come to an equitable agreement with our partners.
Go to this link and sign the new petition to protect the Christina Lake bears.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/keep-the-bc-black-bears-safe/
I guess there were so many concerned folks that the organizers decided to start another list of names. Good!
Our son was diagnosed with autism 42 years ago. At that time if one mentioned the word "autism" the likely response was "Huh?"
No much progress, if any, has been made in the treatment and care of people with autism in the past four decades (my biased opinion), but at least people are now aware of the fact that there is such a disorder. A strategy such as is outlined in this report would be one monumental step in the right direction.
I sincerely hope that this motion will not fall victim to the narrow-minded bickering we have seen in the House of Commons in the past five years. Families with autistic children have enough to cope with as it is, they certainly do not need to have their problem toyed with by partisan interests.
Thanks for reporting in this Alex, and good luck with the motion, I hope you will succeed.
The petition is now closed because they reached their goal of 2500 people! Nice!
Not sure what is going on, but I am having problems signing the petition...It doesn't seem to want to accept my signature. :(
This is awesome! I have a bit of hope now.
Here we are again in the world of the 'corporate citizen', where private interests can file suites against real human beings acting in accordance with real laws, etc. I don't object to people with stakes in businesses objecting to the anti-HST movement, but they should object under their own names: 'Dudley Warbucks, CEO of Megalog, filed suit against...' reads more honestly than the vaguely 'astroturf-y' 'business community'.--ed.
This so called problem is human perception. A few people started complaining about deer. That is the problem.
Compared to 40 years ago when local fields were full of hundreds (yes hundreds) of deer at any given moment, we have very few deer now.
Maybe the complainers need to give it a rest. Lets go back to living in harmony with our wildlife. That could mean we do it quietly! Imagine how peaceful that would be.
Many years ago I worked on a forestry bridge crew. The camp cook made 6 or 8 pies a day. There were only 4 of us on the crew. He would put all the extra food in 5 gal buckets to feed his bears.
One day his favorite old black bear got in a big fight with a 4 or 5 year old Grizzly. Old Irish waded into the battle with a broom to break it up. Irish got a couple broken ribs from his fav bear.
Now if the FishCops had a guy like Irish working for them, he would build a trail of pies deeper and deeper into the bush to save those bears. But not so with the highly educated game wardens of today; their answer is to shoot them. Anything that takes away from their budget for jetboats atv's and the latest fancy truck is dealt with that way.
A similar story (from 5 or 6 years back) was the killing of 8 or 10 Moose (some with calfs) that wandered into town during a winter with more than usual snow. A couple cowboys with ropes and a large pen with a few bails would have saved those animals but NO a bullet is better and the FishCops know "best". That year a bullet ended up in a balcony after it passed through or missed the moose. They then started shooting them with marbles until they got the poor animal in a less public place to kill them. Most of these university trained biology students are afraid of wildlife. These guys and gals are chicken shit, scared what ever you want to call them. Protectors of wildlife they are not.
This issue is bound to be made in to a reality show. So beware FC's you will be demonized if you kill all these animals.
Maybe get a couple of those bear dogs to put the run on them if you can't find a pie man to lead them away to safety. Wildlife officials don't care about the wildlife if their answers are always Shoot Shoot.
My trapper friends would do a better job. They released cougar and wolf from their snares by putting a blanket over them then slipping their hand under to cut the cord with snips. These guys are brave. The cougar was a protected species and the wolf had hair rubbed off its back and was worthless. Boo FishCops boo.
Cull or not to cull is not the question for a total cull is just silly and not to deal with the problem deers is stupid for someone will get hurt. First we all must understand that the natural ranges that the deer have been following way before this little town was ever here is ingrained in thier natrual habits.By not creating ways for the deer population to meet this natual drive WE created the "problem"..The fences that have been put in place on the east side of the highway were put there to keep people safe for the amount of deer hits was out of control and by not puting ways for the deer population to reach their natrual feeding grounds again short term solutions to a long term problem The feeding of wild animals is not fair to them or us ,yes they can be cute and fun to watch but a deer whos habits have changed because some fool thinks with their alleged mind that they are doing them a favor is just plain wrong. Many syudies have been done and alot of inovative solutions are out there one just needs to research,
Thanks, Injure Spice. I also agree with your final positioning of the apostrophe--a fitting tribute to the beloved 'Charlie' to whom your team pays tribute. Gnarlie's Angels it is...--ed.
After Much debate, we are, Gnarlie's Angels, apostrophe and all! The tickets for the September 12th bout can be purchased through article-provided venues. The fundraiser tickets for August 27th can only be purchased through the Angels themselves... you may just find them skating around town...
LOL! You are too funny!
The whole situation is so utterly absurd.
To what extent can their Dr. Doolittle fantasy be attributed to a delerious delusion the result of an impaired judgment?