Unique ski-lift celebrations for Rossland's 7S 2020 Grads
By Vivienne Hurley Rossland’s RED Mountain Ski Resort and Red Mountain Academy (RMA) have teamed up with their town’s innovative high school educator to make sure local students style it on their home hill for graduation. There will be no latex superhero suits in sight BUT it’s going to be #redtotherescue ...
COUNCIL MATTERS: June 15, 2020, Rossland City Council Meeting
New chiller for the arena; Anti-racism policy; Cannabis conundrum; garbage bag sizes; traffic calming for Thompson Ave.; a downtown bazaar for the summer; highway mural? And cam camp . . . Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Andy Morel, Dirk Lewis, Janice Nightingale, Chris Bowman, and Stewart Spooner;...
RCMP officer shares personal experiences of racism and discrimination
Recently, police across Canada, including some of our RCMP officers were asked by the Toronto Star to share their personal experiences and perspectives on the issue of racism and discrimination. You can find a link to the story here: Toronto Star BC RCMP Sergeant Veronica Fox was one of those officers who responded to the...
Trail Riverfront Centre, Re-Opens June 15 - Reduced Hours and Limited Services
The City of Trail is continuing with its phased approach to re-open City facilities and amenities. These re-opening plans include enhanced operating protocols that demonstrate the highest level of continued COVID-19 preventative measures for our employees and patrons. On Monday, June 15, 2020, the Trail Riverfront Centre will...
City of Trail Playgrounds and Spray Park Re-Open Thursday, June 11
The City of Trail Parks & Recreation Department is re-opening City-owned playgrounds* and the Gyro Park spray park starting Thursday, June 11, 2020 as part of the City’s COVID-19 plan to carefully re-open its outdoor amenities with a phased approach. *Please note the playground structure at Haley Park complex and the swing...
State of emergency extended to continue B.C.’s COVID-19 response
The B.C. government has formally extended the provincial state of emergency, allowing Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, to continue to use extraordinary powers under the Emergency Program Act to support the Province's COVID-19 pandemic response. “As we continue to slowly and carefully reopen our...
Opinion: Policy Options for Defunding the Police & Creating Alternative Services of Safety and Support
(Editor’s Note: There are different interpretations of the call to “defund the police.” Few people mean, “do away with all police” – but some do. Our local RCMP detachment suffers already from lack of personnel, and appears to take a humane and preventative approach, to the best of my knowledge. This opinion piece includes...
IDEAS: The day is dawning on a four-day work week
By Karen foster, for The Conversation Like any crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity to rethink how we do things. As we near the 100-day mark since the pandemic was declared, one area getting a significant attention is the workplace, where a window is opening for good ideas to move from the fringes to the mainstream....
Column: Historical curiosities, Part II -- Culture wars
Part II Cultural Revolutions and Wars, changing millions in swift strokes Culture is a small word to cover a phenomenon encompassing just about everything humans do and think and express, all things about us that are not of “nature.” Change culture and you change humans, is pretty much the assumption. Intellectuals and artists...
Editorial: Racists “Я” us.
Racism. It’s a hot topic because the examples of racist brutality against Black and Indigenous people have become undeniable – many are proven by on-the-spot videos. Hordes of citizens in both the USA and Canada are protesting systemic racist police brutality and murder, many are rioting, and many riots are accompanied by...
