PODCAST: How to seamlessly move your company from Toronto to Rossland with Aerin and Jimmy Guy
About the podcast: The You Can Do That Here! podcast is produced by Andrew Zwicker of AZcreative for the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology. The podcast is a weekly series of 30 minute conversations with some of the most innovative and successful entrepreneurs in the Kootenays. You can CLICK PLAY on the triangle...
Record-breaking dry weather has Southeast Fire Centre on high alert
The Southeast Fire Centre is asking the public to remain on guard when venturing into the outdoors as drier than normal condition continue across the most of the province. This warning comes days after the Fire Centre issued an Open Burning ban in the region. “We still allow campfires but it’s important for the public to be...
June heat wave expected to shatter 50-year-old records
The West Kootenay is in for a June heat wave not seen for the past 50 years says Fire Weather ForecasterJesse Ellis of the Southeast Fire Centre. Ellis said the heat wave that started Thursday is due to a push of mid to upper flows coming from the United States. “Beginning today we’ve got an area of high pressure building...
Case of Found Money Holds One More Surprise
A recent story that captured national media attention and resulted in thousands of dollars being donated by people across Canada, has provided yet one more surprise. After hours of searching for the homeless man who turned in over $2,000 in found cash, Const. Alex Bérubé, of the West Shore RCMP, was successful in locating him...
Church and Court Condemn CO2
A court in The Hague has ordered the Dutch government to cut its emissions by at least 25 percent within five years, in a landmark ruling expected to cause ripples around the world. The Nelson Daily Green Up Columnist Michael Jessen has his take on the ruling by three judges that said the Dutch government plans to cut emissions...
OP/ED: Fate or fluke? Accidental honours for war hero's homecoming
What seemed like a striking and awe-inspiring tribute to a fallen Air Force war hero Saturday turned out to be a fascinating, fabulous and fitting … fluke. I was one of hundreds of people in attendance at Castlegar’s West Kootenay Regional Airport to observe, remember and respect Airman Sgt. Eric Honeyman’s sacrifices as his...
Call volumes double for fire department as heat wave looms
Castlegar fire chief Gerry Rempel said he’s not particularly concerned about a forecasted heat wave overloading his crews despite dramatically higher call volumes than usual this month. “We’ve had 97 calls already this month –it has been a brutal month so far,” he said. “Normally, we’re averaging 50 calls in an entire month,...
Two big area MVAs; Samaritans save a life
June 20 saw two significant motor vehicle incidents in the area. The first was called in at roughly 12:10 p.m., according to Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff. She said RCMP responded to a multi-vehicle collision in the vicinity of Broadwater Road and Colview Road in Raspberry. “It looks as though the vehicle was on...
Pope Francis offers hopeful perspective on global crises
By David Suzuki Earth has existed for 4.5 billion years, humans for somewhere around 150,000. But in my brief lifetime — less than 80 years — human populations have exploded exponentially, from two billion to more than seven billion. In that short time, we’ve created consumer societies and decimated the planet’s natural...
EMPIRE, EXEMPLARS AND EGOTISM
“Hail, Atlantis! Her scientists and wise elders knew such wondrous things as made them seem magicians to the men of earth. Her beautiful sailors carried the knowledge and gifts of the island realm to every shore, and her teachers brought all humanity within the embrace of her blessed ways of life.” ...
