Op/Ed: Canada doesn't protect whistleblowers, and they're at serious risk.
By Paloma Raggo, for The Conversation Whistleblowers put their careers, and sometimes their safety, on the line to protect democratic ideals and the public interest. Canada, like its southern neighbour, is not immune to whistleblowing controversies at the highest levels of government. Would a whistleblower be protected in...
Opinion: Wine not do some wine tasting, here and there?
By Colleen Ross Wine tasting season is not dead. I recently returned from a lovely weekend on Naramata Bench and everyone was in full action. The last of the grapes were being harvested, the crush pads were flowing with juice and the leaves were changing color. I don’t know what was more beautiful -- the wine or the views. ...
Community Futures hosts Operational Compliance 101 for Cannabis Producers
Calling all Pot Growers. Kootenay cannabis producers have been invited to attend a free workshop on operational compliance, offered by Community Futures Central Kootenay (CFCK) and the Vancouver-based developers of the CertiCraft software system for craft growers. The session is set for Friday, November 15th from 4-7 p.m. at the Prestige Hotel in Nelson […]
Council Matters: November 4, 2019, meetings
Notes: Rossland City Council Meetings, November 4, 2019. Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Janice Nightingale, Dirk Lewis, Scott Forsyth, Stewart Spooner, and Chris Bowman. Absent: Andy Morel. Staff: CAO Bryan Teasdale, Deputy Corporate Officer Cynthia Año Nuevo, CFO Elma Hamming, Manager of Planning & ...
Column: From the Hill -- a message from our re-elected MP
I want to start by saying that it’s a great honour and privilege to be re-elected as the Member of Parliament for South Okanagan-West Kootenay. I’ll continue to work hard to live up to the responsibility of that position. It was a hard-fought campaign, and the landscape of Canadian politics has shifted somewhat. We have a...
Rossland has a beautiful new mural
Remembrance Day will soon have Rosslanders gathering at the Cenotaph near our library to remember and honour all the lives sacrificed in wars. Now, our somber meditations on wars and their results will be enhanced – not only on Remembrance Day, but all year long for years to come – by the beauty of a new...
An invitation for Rosslanders
Mayor Kathy Moore has an invitation for Rosslanders who are interested in our region’s goal of 100% renewable energy. She invites everyone to attend a public workshop in the Lily May Room at the Miners Hall, and contribute thoughts and ideas and responses to other ideas . . . and have some pizza. Read on, and then mark...
Province moves to do away with time changes -- at some future date
The Province has introduced the interpretation amendment act to allow for a future move to permanent daylight saving time (DST) after 93% of British Columbian respondents indicated support for the change in a record-breaking public engagement. “British Columbians have said loud and clear that they want to do away with the...
Editorial Rant: Lying in politics -- so common, so corrupt
Politics. Election campaigns. Lies. Is anyone else out there infuriated by how closely those three things are linked? Why should politicians have some sort of 007-like “License to Lie”? I say they shouldn’t. In Canada, people are given some protection against false or misleading advertising. There’s the voluntary “Canadian...
Trail Cadets Get a Taste of Army Life - explosions included
On Saturday, October 19, 2019, cadets from 131 Kootenay Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps and 531 City of Trail Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron were invited to attend Exercise Sapper Crucible II, a Demolitions Exercise, with the 44th Engineer Squadron in Trail, and other members of the 39th Brigade from the Lower Mainland....
