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Kootenay Contraption Contest 2013 enlists Kootenay Kids to Solve Global Energy Crisis

Imagine the year is 2050. Wind and Solar have proliferated as clean, green, sources of electricity. As society has yet to teach Mother Nature to blow wind all day long, and that pesky issue of the sun only shining sometimes is fundamentally unchangeable, we need better ways of saving up the clean energy we make - so we can ...

Castlegar/Nelson to host events questioning the safety of Genetically Engineered foods

Two renowned Canadian scientists will be speaking in Castlegar at 12 p.m. on Dec. 6 to answer questions and concerns regarding genetically engineered (GE, also called genetically modified or GM) foods and human health. As well, they will present at 7 p.m. at Nelson’s United Church. The Selkirk College Student Union (SCSU)...

Police confirm body found is that of woman missing from Quesnel

Quesnel police are confirming news that a body discovered near Williams Lake was that of 59-year-old Susan Jane Durham, of Vernon, who went missing from Quesnel on Nov. 9. Const. Lesley Smith said Durham was thought to have departed her Quesnel hotel room that morning in her White Ford Explorer, and, “her family and friends...

Celebrate Chistmas with your whole community this Friday!

Trail Silver City Nites organizers, sponsors and City of Trail staff and council are getting ready for the big event this Friday evening in downtown Trail. There will be activities for the entire family, starting at 6:15 pm with Santa’s Candy Parade on Bay Avenue followed by hot dogs and hot chocolate courtesy of Local 480 ...

New program offering Aboriginal people throughout the region very valuable C.O.I.N.S.

There's a new and exciting resource available to Aboriginal people throughout the region, according to Kris Taks, executive director of the Circle of Indigenous Nations Society “The Circle of Indigenous Nations Society (C.O.I.N.S) formed in September 2012 and formally registered as a non-profit society in March 2013,” Taks ...

Kootenay Contraption Contest 2013 enlists Kootenay Kids to Solve Global Energy Crisis

Imagine the year is 2050. Wind and Solar have proliferated as clean, green, sources of electricity. As society has yet to teach Mother Nature to blow wind all day long, and that pesky issue of the sun only shining sometimes is fundamentally unchangeable, we need better ways of saving up the clean energy we make - so we can ...

Rossland Stewardship Society offers opinions on proposed Star Gulch Swimming area

The following is a summary of the 30 responses from members of the Rossland Stewardship Society to the presentation by Mr. Eric Kalacis to decommission Rossland’s Star Gulch water reservoir ( the older one, containing ~43% of storage capacity) and convert it to a swimming lake. This would leave the Ophir reservoir as Rossland’s...

COMMENT: Hired dictators and a passive populace in the Mountain Kingdom?

It’s curious that the majority of comments in the Telegraph lately are a discussion between three A’s (Adrian, Andre and Aaron) and I give you all an A+++ for trying to get this discussion going. However, like a triple A battery, the light it generates is great while it lasts but soon expires and fades away.   Unfortunately...

Another week filled with action-packed activities sure to keep you warm while the world freezes

Thrift Store Toy Sale on Saturday! Rossland Health Care Auxiliary Thrift Shop is holding its Annual Christmas Toy Sale on Saturday, December 7th, from 10am to 4pm, in conjunction with the Rekindle the Spirit of Christmas celebration. Folk Dancing This Thursday, Dec 5, there will be folk dancing at the Rossland Miners Hall, ...

Silver City Nites...this Friday nite

Trail Silver City Nites’ organizers, sponsors and City of Trail staff and council are getting ready for the big event this Friday evening in downtown Trail. There will be activities for the entire family starting at 6:15 pm with Santa’s Candy Parade on Bay Avenue followed by hot dogs and hot chocolate courtesy of Local 480 ...

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