Part Two of Broadband in Castlegar: Why broadband?
By Everette Surgenor Proponents of broadband networks and services believe that they can have a positive impact on economic development, education, health and social services and, eventually, on the way people interact with their government as well as voting. The primary mandate of the Castlegar Broadband Committee at this ...
MP says federal budget falls short
Budget 2014 falls short of taking significant action on many of the challenges facing Canadians today, according to Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior. “There are 300,000 more unemployed today than before the recession, many seniors are struggling and families are finding it increasingly difficult to make ends meet,”...
City to take over airport Feb. 15
The City of Trail is very pleased to be officially taking ownership of the Trail Regional Airport (YZZ) from the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) on Feb. 15. After several months of negotiations and discussions on how to move forward, the city is now ready to start making the transition with the newly-acquired ...
CBT offers wage subsidies to hire a student this summer
If you own a small business in the Basin, you can get financial help to hire a student over the summer by applying for a wage subsidy from Columbia Basin Trust’s Summer Works Program. Application forms are available starting February 21, 2014, at cbt.org/summerworks. Because the program is popular, you’re encouraged to submit...
Local author to offer creative writing course in Trail
Aspiring writers have an opportunity to learn how to create stories, poems, and personal essays others will want to read with a creative writing course being offered by Selkirk College. West Kootenay novelist, poet and performance artist Almeda Glenn Miller has been teaching writing for more than 15 years. Teaming up with...
Joe Hill to celebrate Pete Seeger....this Sunday!
On February 16, performers at Rossland’s Joe Hill Coffee House will be celebrating the songs of the late, great Pete Seeger. Be prepared to sing! Our performers on February 16 are: The Kidz – Five fine voices, singing songs that Pete wrote and made famous. It’s a double set, to give the audience lots of opportunities to...
Christopher Hedges, greed, female emancipation...
“Sometimes, the Light’s just shining on me, other times I can barely see…” -- Grateful Dead, Truckin’ “…many of us know that a consumer culture based on corporate profit, limitless exploitation and the continued extraction of fossil fuels is doomed. …The...
Has Big Oil Hijacked democracy?
Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power. Benito Mussolini With the announcement by the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) of formal complaints against the RCMP and Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) for illegally spying on environmental groups...
Learn French! Learn Spanish! Build pottery snowmen!
Rossland REC Spring Brochure The REC Department will start working on the Spring Brochure and if you’re interested in submitting a program or course, the deadline for the Spring Brochureis March 1, 2014. The brochure will hopefully be available to the public online, by the third week of March. Typically our Spring Brochure...
Black Jack goes from strength to strength in a six month ski season!
The club’s been having a great year so far and is looking forward to another 70+ days of fantastic skiing. We have been grooming consistently since Nov 3, and if all goes well, expect to groom into late April or early May. That means cross-country skiing for exactly half the year! We have 701 members this year, our 2nd highest...
