EDITORIAL: Council members' Oaths of Office -- and a couple of words
At the Prestige Mountain Resort in Rossland on Thursday evening, November 3, newly elected mayors and councillors for Fruitvale, Montrose, Warfield, Rossland and Trail, read out and signed their solemn Oaths of Office before Judge Brown and the assembled crowd of invitees. A few were unable to attend the ceremony; they will...
COLUMN: Calling the climate COPS
Other than a small number of people who’ve bought into fossil fuel industry propaganda or who simply haven’t examined the evidence, everyone knows we’re in a climate crisis. It’s why negotiators from every nation are meeting in Egypt in November for the 27th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (officially Conferences...
Temporary road closures for downtown Trail Halloween event
A portion of Esplanade Avenue and the parking lot near the Trail Riverfront Centre will be closed from Thursday, October 27 to Saturday, October 29, and Esplanade Avenue and Helena Street to Cedar Avenue will be closed from Friday, October 28 to Saturday, October 29 to accommodate the set-up and activities for the City of...
Rossland, meet your new City Council.
According to the unofficial results posted on CivicInfo BC, Rossland's new Mayor Andy Morel won the election with 1,052 votes, over Kim LaFond’s 570 votes. Rossland was declared to have 3,127 eligible voters, but only 1,627 of us turned out to mark our ballots in this election. The six new councillors,...
Rossland's new OCP and how it was created
Rossland’s City Council voted unanimously to adopt the new Official Community Plan (OCP). This OCP is the culmination of a two-year process that involved research, consultation, and policy refinement. “Council is so pleased that our new Official Community Plan has been adopted. It represents the work and vision of many...
OP/ED: A sharp rise in cannabis poisonings of young children
By Daniel Myran, Public Health physician, and Yaron Finkelstein, Professor of Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Toxicology When Canada legalized non-medical cannabis four years ago, there was enormous uncertainty about how legalization could impact the health of Canadians. Since then, there has been increasing evidence...
UPDATED: RDKB EOC activated at Level 1 to respond to Gilpin Grasslands, new Arlington Lake wildfires
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary said in a media release that the Emergency Operations Centre remains activated at Level 1 to monitor the Gilpin Grasslands Provincial Park Wildfire (N62637) and the Arlington Lake Wildfire (K52708) BC Wildfire Crews are responding to a new wildfire which began last night (Thursday,...
Trail RCMP speak to ongoing mental health crisis after yet another apprehension
On Sunday, Oct. 9, at 2:52 p.m., a frontline Trail and Greater District officer responded to a report of a 28-year-old Richmond woman refusing to leave a business in the 1300 block of Bay Avenue, in Trail, according to RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. The RCMP officer located and attempted to communicate with the woman. The woman...
Sudden Death of Trail Man in Downtown Core
On Oct. 12, at 7:04 a.m., Trail and Greater District RCMP officers responded to a report of a suspicious sudden death of a 39-year-old Trail man in the 1500 block of Bay Avenue, in Trail, according to RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. "Trail RCMP officers, with assistance from the RCMP Forensic Identification Section, conducted a...
Rapid increase in deaths among people experiencing homelessness in B.C. in 2021
Preliminary reporting from the BC Coroners Service shows 247 deaths of individuals experiencing homelessness were reported to the agency in 2021, which is a 75% increase over the number of lives lost in 2020. “This report reflects the risks and realities that people experiencing homelessness face every day,” said Lisa Lapointe,...
