Gold Rush Bookstore and local authors join nationwide celebration of independent bookstores
Bookstores are the fabric of Canada’s literary community. We anchor neighbourhoods. We provide space and ideas with which to expand. We make sure that Canadian voices resonate. On April 29, independent bookstores across the country, along with the authors we love, will celebrate Canadian Authors for Indies. Here in Rossland...
COLUMN: Fair Shares -- the moral way to distribute social wealth: PART II
This continues a discussion begun in Part I, last week. Bad Capitalism: exploitation If there is one single thing that separates me from most Lennonesque liberals and progressives who want One World, it is not my affection for defined and qualified Canadian nationalism. It is that I am anti-capitalist, whereas the majority ...
Selkirk College Distinguished Alumnus Rises to Peak of the Ski Industry
One of Canada’s ski industry leaders will be honoured as a Distinguished Alumnus at the upcoming Selkirk College Graduation 2017 ceremony. Steve Paccagnan graduated top of the class from Selkirk College’s Ski Resort Operations & Management Program (SROAM) in 1988 and for the last three decades has made a significant impact...
COLUMN: The moral way to distribute social wealth -- Part One
Capitalists,Liberals, Nationalists, Intellectuals News about money We have been treated to the spectacle this month of a half-dozen Bombardier executives planning to split 32 million dollars among themselves as bonuses, at the same time as the corporation has announced it is about to lay off 14, 000 workers worldwide. It was...
Caribou, Logging, Wolves and Corporate Donors
What poses the greatest hazard to BC's endangered Southern Mountain Caribou -- habitat loss, wolves, or corporate donors? Or are all three of those factors linked, and if so, how? This opinion piece is from DeSmog Canada. Read and contemplate. The B.C. government is granting logging permits in critical caribou...
The Power of Chocolate
Chocoholics: Is it possible to know enough about chocolate? What do we need to know, except that it tastes wonderful? Worldwatch Institute writer Gaelle Gourmelon discusses chocolate's history and the social and ecological impacts of the way it is grown, and how all of us chocoholics can help to improve matters...
COLUMN: From the Hill -- 2017 Budget Comments
As I discussed in my last column, the federal government had an opportunity in last week’s budget to finally start closing the growing income inequality gap in Canada. But, unfortunately the Liberals chose tax breaks for wealthy Canadians and giveaways to large corporations over helping the unemployed, veterans, and Indigenous...
Using the Free Ride Ski Bus? Take note!
Tourism Rossland has reduced the operating hours of the Free Ride Ski Bus for the remainder of the ski season. As of March 20, the last bus leaves downtown Rossland at 6:30 pm, and the last bus from Red Mountain Resort leaves at 7:00 pm. The reduced schedule allows the bus service to continue operating for the rest of the...
Bad Service, No Tip — Insights West Survey
Insights West is a progressive, Western-based, full-service marketing research company said a recent survey revealed a third of British Columbians refuse to tip at restaurants where they perceive to have received bad service. However, the survey went on to say most are happy to reward food servers with a higher gratuity if ...
City announces Trail airport terminal building call for tenders
The City of Trail announced last week that it has launched a call for tenders inviting eligible contractors to bid on the civil works and construction of the Trail Regional Airport Terminal Building. The tender, released March 8, closes March 28, at 3 p.m. PST and will require the successful contractor to start construction...
