Coming up --Smokettes Fundraising Tournament
Mark your calendars, hockey fans! The Smokette’s annual fundraising tournament will feature local teams and teams from Grand Forks, Kaslo, and Revelstoke, in three divisions – Women’s, Men’s, and Competitive Old-Timers. The aim is to have fun, play good hockey, and to raise funds for the good causes the Smokettes support: during the past year, […]
Op/Ed: Countering Misinformation on Electoral Reform
By Antony Hodgson, President, Fair Voting BC In a recent editorial entitled “Financial Responsibility is the Top Priority“, the editorial board of the Times-Colonist newspaper in Victoria criticized the NDP and the Green Party for agreeing to strike an all-party committee to consider preferred methods of proportional representation. Times-Colonist Editors Indulged in Unsupported Speculation While […]
City of Trail continues to carefully monitor and update extreme weather alerts
The City of Trail is reopening the temporary Extreme Weather Response (EWR) shelter after a brief period of milder temperatures and two days of closure. The protocol was initiated in response to a drastic drop in temperatures to extreme cold levels. Future response to extreme weather in Trail will be continually evaluated according to the […]
Ombudsperson welcomes payments totalling over $1 million to caregivers short-changed of federal disability benefits
BC’s Ombudsperson Jay Chalke released an update today on the province’s progress addressing an unfair practice that withheld federal financial support from caregivers of children with disabilities. The issue was first highlighted in the Ombudsperson’s 2022 report, Short-Changed: Ensuring federal benefits paid to the province reach caregivers of children with disabilities. The report detailed the […]
BC Supreme Court Certifies Class-Action Lawsuit by the Province of BC
Niki Sharma, Attorney General, has released the following statement regarding the B.C. Supreme Court’s decision to certify British Columbia’s class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors: “In 2018, British Columbia took the unprecedented step of launching a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all jurisdictions in Canada and enacted the Opioid Damages and Health Care Costs […]
Sonny Samuelson Bobsled Race ready to sleigh Saturday at the Rossland Winter Carnival
The Sonny Samuelson Bobsled Race will thunder down Spokane Street on Saturday, January 25, starting at 9 a.m. Building on last year’s successful return, the event promises another adrenaline-packed day of speed, competition, and community spirit. Event Chair Jon Marion has worked tirelessly to uphold this cherished Rossland tradition. After overcoming challenges, the race continues […]
COLUMN: We're seeing climate whiplash in action
The raging infernos devastating the Los Angeles area are tragic and horrifying — thousands of homes lost, at least 100,000 people under evacuation order or in emergency shelters and dozens killed. One consolation is the number of people and organizations from all over that have stepped up to help —individuals, faith groups, food providers, firefighters […]
Environment Canada has ignored caribou decline for 10 years -- so far
Environment Canada put on notice for 10-year delay in caribou protections Environmental groups, including Wildsight, sent a letter to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) today calling on the Ministry to complete critical habitat mapping and finalize a recovery strategy for deep-snow dwelling mountain caribou that is more than 10 years overdue. The ECCC originally […]
COLUMN: On friendship, and elderhood
A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. — George Eliot A secret about friendships in adulthood: Sometimes they […]
National Non-Smoking Week: A Call to Breathe Easier
A call to start the quit journey — and resources to help. This week, Canadians from coast to coast will unite to celebrate National Non-Smoking Week, an annual initiative dedicated to raising awareness about the benefits of living smoke-free. The Lung Health Foundation (LHF) is proud to support this important week by spotlighting its comprehensive quit-smoking […]