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COMMENT: A potpourri of points-of-view at a liberally spiced political potluck

MP Alex Atamanenko and his wife Ann joined more than 20 Rosslanders for a potluck on Tuesday evening to discuss Canada under the current Conservative leadership and the strategies concerned Canadians can use to turn our nation in a different (i.e. better, brighter) direction. Andy Morel's house was abuzz with moose burgers,...

MP Alex Atamanenko slams the Conservative corporate agenda at Rossland potluck, encourages action

After a potluck dinner at Andy Morel's house in Rossland on Tuesday—and after the diners had each expressed their concerns about the current Conservative leadership in Ottawa and Canada's lurch to the right—MP Alex Atamanenko offered some of his observations and experiences. "Thanks for all the food!" Atamanenko began, before...

More room for roots makes for happier, healthier Columbia Ave. trees

Big stacks of large black lego—or so it looked—were installed last week along the south side of Columbia. The multifunctional blocks are "Stratacells" as assistant city planner Stacey Lightbourne explained. "I'm not the expert," she began, deferring to ISL engineers and landscape architects for the details, "but it's a fairly...

OP/ED: Defending gay marriage and potato salad diversity

I have to admit, as the hot, humid summer days stretch out before us, I can’t seem to get myself worked into a lather over anything much more controversial than whether or not to put hard-boiled eggs in the potato salad for camping (I asked my Facebook friends and, 51 comments later, the consensus seems […]

COMMENT: Dead bears, nature-illiterate moderns, and the knapweed bloom

Our report last week on “Li’l Cinnamon”—the black bear runt who’d learned to forage in human property and so was caught and killed by conservation officers—generated a lot of interesting discussion. Les Anderson’s comments struck a particularly harmonious chord for me: “Humans have no understanding of wild animals whatsoever,” he wrote, “so they turn to […]

Memorial held for Ron and Jackie Legare

Memorial for Ron and Jackie Legare said goodbye to a well loved, generous couple at their memorial service onThursday. Ron and Jackie Legare, who drowned in a rafting trip on the Kettle River last Saturday, were honoured by friends and family Thursday, Aug. 2 at the Christina Lake Hall. Friends fondly remember the couple as...

UPGRADE UPDATE: Those things are called 'strata cells'!

It’s another busy week and the downtown streetscape will remain much the same for the next two weeks. Strata cells are being installed on the south side of Columbia Ave., starting at St. Paul. These strata cells contain the soil in which the trees will grow, as well as the tree irrigation piping, electrical conduit for...

Emergency over, recovery ongoing following massive mudslide at Johnsons Landing

Now that the recovery mission has been shut down, the focus of the recent Johnsons Landing slide is turning to the residents, who some, may be able to return home as soon as Thursday (August 2) officials said. That decsion will come after officials finish survey the mudslide. During the next two days a team […]

Couple lost in Cascade Gorge identified, third tuber presumed drowned

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a married couple who died in a float-tubing accident, which occurred near Christina Lake on July 29. The man is Ronald Legare, aged 74, and the woman is his spouse, Jacqueline Jean Legare, aged 71. They resided in Christina Lake. The Legares were part of a […]

Citizen input for Federal Budget 2013

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance has launched its annual pre-budget consultation process, which will result in a report to be tabled in the House of Commons prior to the December 2012 parliamentary break. This year, the pre-budget consultation process will take a slightly different form: online submission of answers to specific questions […]

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