Permanent increase to assistance rates helps people in need, with $175 hike for some
More than 300,000 British Columbians will benefit from the largest-ever permanent increase to income assistance and disability assistance rates and the first-ever increase to the senior’s supplement. Starting with payments issued in April 2021, individuals on income assistance and disability assistance will automatically...
Seed production set to grow in regions around B.C.
B.C. seed producers may soon be able to access new seed processing equipment in up to a dozen BC Food Hub Network facilities. This equipment will increase production of high-quality vegetable, grain and plant seed and support B.C.’s food system. FarmFolk CityFolk will lead the ministry-funded BC Seed Hub feasibility study to...
Grand Forks Woman Shakes-it-Up After Winning BC 50/50 Ticket
The BC Lottery Corporation said in a media release that a Grand Forks resident couldn’t believe the scan of a BC 50/50 ticket landed exactly $55,896.50 from a draw on February 7, 2021. “I was at home after coming back from a walk with my husband,” Diana Verigin recalled. “I scanned the ticket using the BCLC Lotto! app on my...
RDKB Board Meeting Highlights — Search for Human Resources Advisor
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) Board of Directors held meetings for February, discussing several items to report. The next board meeting is March 31, 2021 at 1 p.m. on Zoom. New Human Resources Advisor to be Hired The Board approved the addition of a full-time human resources advisor to the RDKB staff this...
Rossland Arena Society waits on Kraft Hockeyville 2021 judging
The Rossland Arena Society continues to play the waiting game as judges make the final tally to see which city proceed to the next round of the Kraft Hockeyville 2021 contest. Rossland Arena Society president Ona Stanton said the four finalists in the Kraft Hockeyville 2021 contest will be announced March 20th. “A HUGE thanks...
DriveSmartBC: Steering Wheel Hand Placement
There were some students in my Elder College class last week that were surprised to learn that it was no longer generally acceptable to hold the steering wheel with your hands in the 10 and 2 position. Who would have thought that how to hold your vehicle's steering wheel would change, or that it even mattered? After sharing...
Column: Heading for the stars? (PART TWO)
The Third Promised Land: outer spaces and the star-colonizing project "We have to colonize Mars to ensure humanity's seed will survive if something happens on earth, like a nuclearthird world war or asteroid strike that could end human life." -- Elon Musk, owner, SpaceX “Elon Musk says he plans to send 1 million people...
Column: The easy way can lead to disaster
By David Suzuki H.L. Mencken once wrote that “there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong.” This is often the case with society’s responses to human-caused wildlife decline. Take salmon populations along B.C.’s coast. According to assessments by the Committee on the Status of...
COUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council Meeting March 8, 2021
Opioid crisis; the “plastic bag” bylaw; property taxes; changes to bylaw enforcement; RDKB report; and more Present: Mayor Kathy Moore and Councillors Dirk Lewis, Chris Bowman, Janice Nightingale, Andy Morel, Stewart Spooner and Terry Miller; Staff present included CAO Bryan Teasdale, Planner Stacey Lightbourne,...
Lower Columbia River Fish Habitat Recontouring Project
As part of the Columbia River Water use plan, BC Hydro has been working to support indigenous fish populations in the lower Columbia River. This month, we will be recontouring the stranding pools at the Genelle Main Bar, which will result in reduced fish stranding at this site. Work will commence on Monday March 15 and will be […]
