COLUMN: A mind in movement across time and space -- Part II
A Traveller’s Chaos, A Writer’s Coherence This month’s column is about travel, time, and identity. I have just returned from a four-week trip by car across the nation to Ontario and back. It is not the first such trip of my life; I have logged tens of thousands of miles since my first cross-continent drive in 1973, many of...
Column: From the Hill -- the Bus Service Problem
Greyhound’s announcement that it will be pulling all its routes out of western Canada at the end of October came as a surprise, and for many it was more serious news. It left them wondering how they were going to travel to work sites, to visit relatives and friends, or to go to university in the fall. For them, the bus isn’t...
Editorial: Our Choice of Voting Systems -- Part Seven: Extremism?
Why people defend FPTP and oppose Proportional Representation: There have been some frightening statements made about proportional representation, by a few people. Why do they want to keep using First-Past-the-Post (FPTP)? What are their reasons for opposing all of the three Pro-rep systems being offered in this fall’s...
This Should be Good.
La Cafamore presents another concert this summer as part of its 10thanniversary series, collaborating for the first time with internationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer Paige Culley. “Some of the pieces that we have played in the past would be enhanced in a really interesting way if combined with dance,” says La...
Column: Warm Enough Yet?
Over the past few months, heat records have broken worldwide. In early July, the temperature in Ouargla, Algeria, reached 51.3 C, the highest ever recorded in Africa! Temperatures in the eastern and southwestern United States and southeastern Canada have also hit record highs. In Montreal, people sweltered under temperatures...
Red, CBT and 'Nowhere Special' -- the hostel.
After a season of serious excitement, RED Mountain Resort, in partnership with Columbia Basin Trust, has yet another exciting announcement: It’s called Nowhere Special. And it’s a hostel. Wait. A what? “The modern hostel movement has established itself as the “go to” place for the younger generations and is dramatically...
Rossland arena's importance; a video surveillance policy; toward that Forest Park; water restrictions? And more . . .
Rossland City Council Meetings, July 16, 2018 Present: Mayor Kathy Moore and Councillors Lloyd McLellan, John Greene, Andrew Zwicker, Andy Morel, and Aaron Cosbey. Absent: Marten Kruysse. 1. Public Hearing: Council invited members of the public to express their opinions on four bylaws: the bylaw on Cannabis Regulation...
Prime Minister's Youth Advisory Group members ask Trudeau to cancel Kinder Morgan expansion buyout
Unprecedented move by young Canadians to challenge the Prime Minister with the support of members of his own Youth Council. July 16, Ottawa — 16 past and present Prime Minister’s Youth Council (PMYC) members are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to cancel the Kinder Morgan buyout . Today, young Canadian individuals...
RLOP putting on Member Nights, seeking presenters
Come join the Rossland Light Opera Players for Member Nights! The RLOP plans to host monthly evenings for members to have fun with our featured artists, performers or instructors – and participate and learn at the same time, starting in September, 2018. Each evening will focus on and celebrate one of the many facets of ...
I Can Take a Hundred Books? Wow!
With the library’s long-awaited renovation work starting in September, the Rossland Public Library is asking for Rosslanders to become “foster librarians” to their books. The Library will be closed for three months; Saturday, August 25 will be the last day the library is open before construction work begins. Readers please...
