Selkirk College supports local KAST winner
On April 14, 2012, 82 young scientists participated in the West Kootenay and Boundary Regional Science Fair. The 2012 event involved the largest number of senior students than in previous years. Selkirk College Integrated Environmental Planning Technology Instructor, Rob Macrae, did not expect to be involved but when he was...
Greenwood gold water gets official award
It's official. The City of Greenwood now has the trophy plate to prove it has the best tasting municipal water in the world. City mayor, Nipper Kettle, was presented the award during a "Best Tasting Water in the World" ceremony in Greenwood Friday, May 11. More than 200 people packed the McArthur Centre in downtown Greenwood...
HIGH STREAM ADVISORY: Boundary on watch for flooding
A few days of warmer temperatures led to a shift from accumulating snowpack to melting resulting in rising river levels across the Southern Interior this week, putting the Kootenay / Boundary regions on flood alert. The high stream advisory was posted by the B.C. River Forecast Centre on Thursday as they anticipate continued...
MP Atamanenko urges government to uphold ban on oil tanker traffic
Forty years ago, the Canadian government introduced a moratorium banning oil tankers from the north and central coast of British Columbia. Now with hearings taking place into the Enbridge Northern Gateway project, Alex Atamanenko, Member of Parliament for BC Southern Interior, is urging the federal government to uphold that...
Columbia/Washington Project Update 1
[Editor's note: This weekly feature comes to you courtesy of Rossland City council via Coun. Jody Blomme who's the point person for the Communications Task Force assigned to this project] The results are in, the decisions have been made and the Columbia Washington project is underway. The City of Rossland’s share of the total...
Council approves contract with Copcan for Columbia-Washington project
Council has approved a multi-million dollar contract with Copcan Contracting Ltd. for the renovation of Columbia Ave. and Washington St. up to First Ave.—Rossland's biggest single project ever—as negotiated by CAO Victor Kumar and contract administrator Kevin Terness of ISL Engineering.The final project cost to the city of ...
Survey finds Rosslanders overwhelmingly support K-12 at RSS and MacLean closure—if they have to choose
Councillors applauded the high level of participation and the quality of data made available by the survey on school options for Rossland recently administered by the Neighbourhood of Learning (NOL) committee.The survey received input from 520 households on a wide range of issues around the potential for school closures in ...
USA: The best, most disgusting reporting on food safety
By Blair Hickman in ProPublica. The recent brouhaha over pink slime (and other lovely mass meat production processes) is only the beginning. Here’s our roundup of some standout reporting about the food on your plate. This is a multifaceted, perennial topic. If you think we missed any, we’re happy to hear suggestions. Please...
Local lawlessness on the rise...sort of
Crime in Rossland was up in 2011 from 2010 according to statistics recently released by the RCMP, but Sgt. Rob Hawton of the Trail RCMP pointed out the numbers are fairly small, so real trends are difficult to identify. "Not a whole lot stood out," Hawton said. "We don't want to say it's insignificant, but the numbers are...
Food Sovereignty: An idea worth fighting for
The concept of ‘Food Sovereignty’, was developed by La Via Campesina as the best way to promote social justice and human dignity. La Via Campesina is an independent, non-partisan body of local and international organizations from 70 countries, including Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, representing 200 million small ...
