CBT announces new 10-million-dollar ecosystem enhancement program
Ecosystems around the Columbia Basin will receive a major boost thanks to a new Ecosystem Enhancement Program announced by Columbia Basin Trust. The program will run for five years with a budget of $10 million. The goal is to help maintain and improve ecological health and native biodiversityin a variety of ecosystems, such...
Column: We must begin to curb the power of corporations
The revelations of the Paradise Papers, the earlier Panama Papers and numerous articles in the western mainstream and alternative media demonstrate just one dimension, tax evasion, of an increasingly obvious truth: global corporations have become the greatest threat to the planet. The deliberate starvation of government,...
Police seek answers in local fatal collision
The Castlegar RCMP are continuing their investigation into the Nov. 20head-on collision which occurred on Hwy 22 between Blueberry and Fairview. Castlegar Top Cop Sgt. Laurel Mathew said they don't have reason to believe alcohol, drugs or speed were a factor, but they would like witnesses to help them determine exactly what...
Fernie to get outdoor arena thanks to Flames Foundation, NHL
The Calgary Flames Foundation and NHL is coming to the aid for the City of Fernie. In October, a deadly ammonia leak, that killed three workers, closed the Fernie Memorial Arena. Now the National Hockey League team is working with crews to construct on an outdoor ice rink for the City of Fernie. Construction is […]
Celebrating the new Trail Airport terminal building
There were crowds of guests filling the new, 4200-square-foot terminal building on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 29, including a large selection of local dignitaries; people were eating cupcakes with sky-blue icing; there were several heart-felt speeches of thanks; people were encouraged to enter a draw for free flights;...
Fire Services budget going up again; LCIC going strong; arena lounge use expanded; "Us and Them"
Rossland City Council Meeting, November 27, 2017 Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors John Greene, Marten Kruysse, Andy Morel, Aaron Cosbey, and Andrew Zwicker. Absent: Lloyd McLellan. Public Input: John Sullivan spoke on behalf of Rossland Rotary about using the Miners Hall; Rotary spent about $36,000 on a kitchen...
Column: Fake News is Circulating on the Internet. Here's One Correction.
Renewable energy isn’t perfect, but it’s far better than fossil fuels In their efforts to discredit renewable energy and support continued fossil fuel burning, many anti-environmentalists have circulated a dual image purporting to compare a lithium mine with an oilsands operation. It illustrates the level of dishonesty to...
EDITORIAL: The move (or not) to electoral reform in BC
Why fill out the government's questionnaire? The BC government's questionnaire, seeking public input on electoral reform, is intended to find out what features of an electoral system are most highly valued by voters, so the government can decide which system or systems to offer. Go ahead -- express yourself! Tell them what...
From The Hill: Fix the Phoenix payroll system
Recently, the Auditor General of Canada released a report that addressed the Phoenix payroll that has seriously affected the lives of thousands of civil servants across this country. More than half of the public service sector is caught up in this -- many are being paid well below their proper salaries, some are not being...
Public pressure for another authorized cabin in the Rossland Range Recreation Site
At the Friends of the Rossland Range Society (FORRS) AGM on September 22, board Chair Kim Deane presented the charitable society's financial information, as well as what FORRS has done over the past year, and the new board ― just like the old board, as that line in the famous song by The Who almost goes ― was acclaimed....
