City of Trail Mayor and Council have been receiving inquiries after the release of a news story highlighting an RCMP investigation into one of its Trail-stationed members who had shared his controversial political views through a satirical YouTube channel. “We would like to reassure our community that our Council values our...

Despite Canada’s important commitments at the December UN COP15 in Montreal, we’re not halting, let alone reversing, biodiversity loss. More than 5,000 wild species face some risk of extinction, according to the recently released report “The Wild Species 2020: The General Status of Species in Canada.”...

The City of Rossland is in the process of preparing a Recreation, Parks and Culture Masterplan, to guide the City's approach to planning and infrastructure into the future. One looming problem is the City's beloved outdoor pool, which was built by volunteers in 1932, and is believed to be the oldest outdoor pool still...

More Tourist Cabins in the works; Winter Carnival needs event insurance; a streamlined Development Permit process; community involvement in Health Care Initiatives;  Black Jack hoping for a day lodge; Sustainability Commission is seeking new members; and the latest report on RDKB activities … Present:  Mayor Andy Morel, and...

Part Three Parts One and Two are prerequisite for understanding what I am writing about. This Part is the longest of the four sections, and is about politics specifically. Liberalism and libertas in the Canadian mode Let me return to the topic of liberal democracy in its twilight. To pretend that liberalism and liberal democracy...

By Gaoliang Fang, Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster Automotive Resource Centre, McMaster University As part of its goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, Canada has introduced new regulations to mandate one-fifth of all vehicles sold in Canada be electric by 2026. With the price of gasoline being projected to rise again, and...

Police are offering high praise to Red Mountain staff and local Search and Rescue teams after a mountainous search saw an Ontario man found safe. "On Thursday, Dec. 29 at 4:40 p.m., a frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer received a report that a 20-year-old Thunder Bay man went missing while skiing while out-of-bounds...

Why for-profit homes won’t solve long-term care issues: Privatizing health services is a bad idea that just won’t go away Authors:  Pat Armstrong, Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, York University, Canada,  and Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Professor emeritus, Simon Fraser University Canadian health economist Robert ...

By Lewis Macgregor, Lecturer in Sport, Health & exercise Science, University of Stirling  (UK) Getting in the habit of exercising isn’t easy. Not only is finding the time to exercise a major deterrent for people, the fear of aches, pain and injuries is also a reason that people put off starting a new exercise regime. But...

[Editor's Note:  The author's political commentary refers mainly to the U.S., but the scientific explanation he provides applies to Canada's extreme-cold winter weather events as well as those in the U.S.]             By Thom Hartmann; originally published in...