Geotechnical drilling near Rossland Museum starts next week
Visitors to the Rossland Museum will see, and hear, a drilling rig operating on the lower bench area nearby. Teck has sent a notice to inform the community of the geotechnical drilling program, to take place from June 1 through June 12, 2020, and to assure everyone that there will be no traffic disruption resulting from...
Op/Ed: Concussion affects 1 in 10 youth athletes every year. Here’s what needs to change.
By Carolyn Emery, for The Conversation While sports facilities and leagues are still gauging how and when to reopen in the wake of the coronavirus, now is the best time to think about concussion prevention: before young people get back on the playing field. The benefits of sport and physical activity are significant, and yet,...
Opinion: After COVID-19, what sort of world will we aim for?
Readers will already have read some articles about what our society needs to do to build a better world post-COVID-19. Analyzing our world as it is now rapidly reveals an urgent need for major change on many fronts. Many of us seem to share a hope that the pandemic will provoke serious, multi-faceted assessment of our current...
Horgan teams with Manitoba, Yukon premiers in support of national sick leave program
John Horgan, Premier of British Columbia; Brian Pallister, Premier of Manitoba; and Sandy Silver, Premier of Yukon; have issued the following joint statement regarding a proposed national sick leave program: “We’re pleased that the federal government is looking at a sick leave program that protects people and businesses, and...
Trail parking enforcement to resume June 1
The City of Trail is re-opening some of its facilities and amenities through a phased approach and will therefore resume parking enforcement for downtown meters and monthly pass holders on Monday, June 1, 2020. “Starting June 1, anyone parking at a metered stall is required to plug the meter and is limited to park up to a ...
RCMP report -- Serious mountain bike crash on 'Super Mega Death'
Rosslanders may have noticed a yellow helicopter flying over town in a south-westerly direction on Saturday, May 23, 2020. It was en route to evacuate an injured mountain biker from the Paterson area – a 34-year-old man who had crashed his bike on a trail known as “Super Mega Death.” The man had lost consciousness and suffered...
Editorial: Dirty tricks and our elections
Remember the Cambridge Analytica scandal ? -- when a right-wing company “harvested” information on millions (maybe 50 million, maybe up to 87 million) of its users from Facebook, without their knowledge or permission, and sold it to the election campaign of Donald Trump, and possibly others, to influence voters by “psycho-targeted”...
BC COVID-19 SPEAK: Your story, our future - share with us!
“BC COVID-19 SPEAK: Your story, our future” is a population health survey to understand citizen experiences, knowledge and actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health and government leaders have made significant decisions impacting every aspect of our lives in recent weeks. As we move through our pandemic response, ...
RCMP free bear from car
RCMP said a Trail resident on Topping Street thought that the trunk of her car would be a good place to store the garbage overnight before setting it out for pick-up in the morning. Police said the owner then left passenger compartment unlocked. The smell of garbage was too much for a bear to resist, because at 9:50 pm, the...
Column: Concurrent crises expose systemic flaws
The coronavirus spreading COVID-19 around the globe isn’t the first disease microbe suspected to have jumped from other animals to humans, nor will it be the last. That we know to a large extent why so many diseases are making that leap should help us resolve the problem. Dealing with a swiftly spreading illness with many...