The month of December provided above seasonal normal temperature said the Southeast Fire Centre Weather Services. “The large-scale pattern was initially dominated by a mild and dry area of high pressure that transitioned to a more active pattern with a series of Pacific frontal systems in a mild westerly flow,” the Southeast...

The month of December provided above seasonal normal temperature said the Southeast Fire Centre Weather Services in the monthly weather synopsis. “The large-scale pattern was initially dominated by a mild and dry area of high pressure that transitioned to a more active pattern with a series of Pacific frontal systems in a mild westerly flow,” […]

A surprising thing happened at The Narwhal during the very-bad-not-at-all-good year of 2020: we wrote more good news and solutions-focused stories than ever before By Carol Linnet, for The Narwhal You don’t need me to tell you what the seven years of 2020 have been like.  But if the pandemic has revealed anything...

To the Editor: It used to be, and largely still is, considered an act of politeness to let others go first.  In the context of climate change and emissions reductions, this might be described as a rationale for inertia.  China and India are currently used to support that rationale.  Although China tops the emitters list,...

Born during the Spanish flu, Molly Pacey has lived to experience a second pandemic this year. Molly turns 102 years old on Wednesday, December 30, 2020. She takes this sort of trial in stride, though, possibly due to her stormy entry to this world. Molly was born at the height of the Spanish Flu, in 1918, at Victoria Private...

By Jennifer Crane, in The Conversation                                 In Netflix hit The Queen’s Gambit, we see young orphan Beth Harmon discover her talent for...

FortisBC is reminding customers to to pay attention to energy use to reduce seasonal spikes with colder temperatures forcasted as the calendar flips 2021.   FortisBC said in a media release with most of the population spending more time in their homes as a result of COVID-19 safety measures, customers need to watch energy use with La Nina temperature […]

“Books of My Life” Here’s more inspiration for reading to carry us through the dark days of this pandemic winter, away into other worlds and other times while tucked up safely at home. Q and A with Eileen Daniel, Rossland Public Library Board Member, Publicity: 1.   My favorite childhood books are...

With the Throne Speech promise of an Action Plan for Women in the Economy, the federal government committed to ensuring an intersectional feminist response to economic recovery from the pandemic.   This week, prominent gender justice advocates from the Canadian Women’s Foundation, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives,...

The Duel “... I’m abandoned and destitute, an absolute simpleton, this mind of mine so muddled and blank. Others are bright, clear. I’m dark, murky. Others are competent and effective: I’m pensive and withdrawn.”    -- Tao Te Ching, 20  [David Hinton translation] “Whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is ...