Mining Company SLAPPs Wilderness Committee
Wilderness Committee to appear in court to answer Taseko's defamation charge The Wilderness Committee will appear in court in Vancouver starting today to defend against a defamation suit brought by Taseko Mines Ltd. The lawsuit stems from comments made by the Wilderness Committee in 2012, during a public comment period for ...
Association for Mineral Exploration BC Opens Toronto Stock Exchange
Toronto - January 15, 2015- The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) and BC Minster of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett opened Toronto Stock Exchange as part of the association’s trade mission to Toronto. “Mineral explorers and developers based in BC are known for their resilience, innovation and optimism,”...
Exciting Times For Outdoorsy Types
On Wednesday, January 14, Kim Deane wore his "Board Chair of the Friends of the Rossland Range Society" (FORRS) hat to sign an agreement, along with Justin Dexter representing "Recreation Sites and Trails BC." The agreement, which will soon be available for public viewing on the Rossland Range Recreation Site page of the...
PODCAST: You can do that here! Episode 4: How to retain and attract top talent with Greg Malpas
People. Any smart entrepreneur out there knows that to truly do great things in business, it’s going to take more than just yourself to get the job done. People indeed are truly a companies greatest asset. Putting in place those people that can get behind your goal, get engaged with your company’s mission, and truly want to...
PODCAST: You can do that here! Episode 4: How to retain and attract top talent with Greg Malpas
People. Any smart entrepreneur out there knows that to truly do great things in business, it’s going to take more than just yourself to get the job done. People indeed are truly a companies greatest asset. Putting in place those people that can get behind your goal, get engaged with your company’s mission, and truly want...
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki
Science Matters Vol. 17, No. 2 13 Jan 2015 Digging out of Canada’s mining dilemma By David Suzuki It sometimes seems people in the mining and fossil fuel industries — along with their government promoters — don’t believe in the future. What else could explain the mad rush to extract and use up the Earth’s resources as...
Believe it or not, price of gas dips below a buck
What can you get for under a buck? Well, as of this week in Nelson, a litre of gas. Petrol in the Heritage City joined the rest of the province in seeing its gas prices plummet from $1.40 not that long ago to 99.9. Average gas prices have fallen more than 40 cents per litre since June due to declining oil prices. The price ...
You can do that here! Podcast Episode 3 - How to be a successful serial entrepreneur with Amber Hayes
Authors Note: The You can do that here! podcast is produced by Andrew Zwicker for the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology (KAST). It is a weekly series of half hour conversations with the most innovative entrepreneurs in the West Kootenay. Each episode is full of advice, and learnings from those that have been...
Hijacking at Castlegar's West Kootenay Regional Airport?
Anyone seeing the plethora of emergency vehicles out in front of the West Kootenay Regional Airport New Year’s Eve might have been concerned, as every agency from RCMP to fire to BC Ambulance, to emergency social services, as well as commissionaires, CATSA and preboard security were on hand to manage a so-called “hijacking ...
Pro driver slams Emcon after harrowing crash
Emcon (our regional road maintenance contractor) is once again under fire after only the second significant snowfall of the season (see last year’s story by clicking here https://castlegarsource.com/news/emcon-answers-uproar-after-record-snowfalls-22622#.VKGxwdWk0 ) This, after Castlegar resident James Mckenzie, 44, was on his...
