COUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council, May 3, 2021
Mayor Moore apologizes; the annual audit; Council deals with finances; and – yoga in the park Present: Mayor Kathy Moore and Councillors Terry Miller, Dirk Lewis, Stewart Spooner, Janice Nightingale, Andy Morel and Chris Bowman. Staff who spoke included DCO Cynthia Anonuevo, Manager of Operations and Infrastructure...
CKISS launches Eco Garden Project during Invasive Species Action Month
To get British Columbians active in preventing and stopping the spread of harmful invasive species, the BC government has officially declared the entire month of May as Invasive Species Action Month. Invasive species threaten BC’s environment. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) considers invasive ...
Mayor Moore apologizes for travelling down south to get vaccinated, visit family
Another West Kootenay Mayor is coming under fire for travelling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rossland Mayor Kathy Moore recently travelled south of the 49th parallel get vaccinated, while at the same time spending time with family. Despite having dual citizenship, and announcing ahead of time that she was traveling into the...
BC RCMP speak to travel restriction enforcement
Earlier this month the BC Provincial Government announced a ban on non-essential travel between three regional zones in British Columbia. This morning they expanded on this announcement by authorizing police to conduct road checks on travel corridors between the regions. The checks, as outlined in the provincial government...
Province announces enforcement measures build on success of non-essential travel restrictions
To help keep communities safe and protect British Columbia’s health-care system from COVID-19, the Province has authorized site-specific road checks on travel corridors between regions to help enforce the non-essential travel restrictions that were announced on April 23, 2021. On the advice of B.C.’s provincial health officer...
COLUMN: What lasts?
What Lasts? A holy Book-- and an unholy $ystem “... This I know, for the Bible tells me so.” -- child’s hymn, Jesus loves me “I am an anti-Christ / I am an anarchist I don’t know what I want / but I know how to get it I want to destroy passersby . . . . . . Your future dream is a shopping scheme.” -- Sex...
Legislation for paid COVID-19 vaccination leave now in force
Amendments to the Employment Standards Act providing workers with up to three hours of paid leave to get each dose of their COVID-19 vaccine are now in effect, retroactive to April 19, 2021. Bill 3 is now law and ensures that no employee will lose pay if they need time away from work to get vaccinated. Both full-time and...
Government introduces legislation to build a more accessible, inclusive B.C.
New accessibility legislation will set British Columbia on the path to a more accessible and inclusive province for people with disabilities and their support networks. If passed, the accessible British Columbia act will allow government to establish accessibility standards aimed at identifying, removing and preventing barriers...
UPDATED: RDKB lifts evacuation orders for Christina Lake properties
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) lifted evacuation orders for three homes in the Fife Road area on the east side of Christina Lake this afternoon. Residents have been out of their homes since the early morning hours of April 25 when debris blocking a creek at higher elevation...
Logan Lake: Commercial vehicle operator dies in collision between semi-tractor trailer units
RCMP and the BC Coroners Service are investigating the circumstances surrounding a collision between two commercial transport vehicles that claimed the life of a man Monday evening. On April 26, just before 6 p.m., Logan Lake RCMP responded to a collision involving two semi-tractor trailer units on Highway 5 in the area of ...
