The Mir Lecture Series presents James Loney at the Shambhala Music & Performance Hall in Nelson on Friday, February 8th. In November 2005, Loney and three other men were captured by armed gunmen and held hostage in Iraq.  Loney was part of a delegate from Christian Peacemaker Teams – an organization that sends activists...

There’s always something going around. You know, a bug, a cold, a virus, a flu--a whatever.  In Rossland’s heyday, when living conditions were a little more...er...”rustic” than they are now, and the population ever-growing, one can imagine that there would be the odd outbreak of some kind of disease or nasty illness, and...

The Better Business Bureau announced its top 10 scams for 2012, and it’s obvious from the list scammers are getting a little daring in attempting to steal the trust of the public. “We are seeing trends towards spoofing well-known brands and ‘scams of the moment’ which capture people’s attention because the topic is in the […]

A court ruling released last week dropped drug charges against Christina Lake resident, Allen Piche because of inconsistencies in RCMP testimony and evidence. Piche, also known as the ‘Bear Dude’ fined in May 2012 for two counts of feeding up to 24 bears on his property, was waiting for a decision for charges of production […]

The remarkable Idle No More movement is the biggest and most important national outpouring of grassroots aboriginal anger ever seen in Canada. Not since the late 1960s when Indians (as they then referred to themselves) and Métis confronted governments with demands for justice has such a dramatic and passionate expression of...

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations’ Wildfire Management Branch is recruiting physically fit, motivated and team-orientated individuals to fill fire crew positions for the 2013 fire season. Interested candidates can apply until Jan. 24 online through the Wildfire Management Branch website: www.bcwildfire.ca/employment The job requirements are listed on the website, including details […]

Motorists may not see the technology working on a sunny winter afternoon, but should road conditions deteriorate the new road signs at both entrances to the Beasley bluffs will warn drivers of the dangers ahead. “They’re now up and running,” Hugh Eberle, District Operations Manager 
for the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure told The Nelson […]

AMEC, one of the world’s leading engineering, project management and consultancy companies, recently decided to dip into the grass roots of the country to donated $1,000 West Kootenay-based Selkirk College.  “AMEC has been donating annually to Selkirk for 14 years now and we are committed to providing support whenever possible,” says AMEC GM, Eric MacFarlane. […]

Columbia Power wants to hear from you. We have embarked on a consultation project to gather feedback and insight from the public to help in the process of determining what’s next for the corporation. The consultation is intended to tell the Columbia Power story, seek feedback on our proposed strategy, and gather information...

In this column I would like to share part of the speech I gave to those attending the “Open Forum” on a culture of peace and Department of Peace in Canada which took place in Ottawa early in November of 2012. Arms trade is big business – in 2010 total military spending in the world was around $1.6 Trillion.  According to the...