UPDATED: Johnson concludes two days of testimony at Sweatman inquest
West Kootenay Search and Rescue Association and swift water search and rescue team member Chris Armstrong concluded two days of testimony at the B.C. Coroners inquest into the death of swift water search and rescue volunteer Sheilah Lorraine Sweatman Thursday at the Nelson Courthouse. Armstong told presiding coroner Matt Brown and the seven-member jury, if […]
The Blue Eyes Brook ponds: A wildlife bonus or a water source hazard?
A four year old water license application has resurfaced as BC’s Water Stewardship Division sought to clean out its files, but as Rossland maintains its objection to the application in the absence of an engineer's report, the landowners question the city's motivation. A small tributary called the Blue Eyes Brook runs south ...
Binding arbitration on sewer service begins between Trail, Rossland, and Warfield
An arbitrator has been selected by BC's Intergovernmental Relations and Planning Division (IRP) to resolve the sanitary sewage dispute that has been dragging on for years between Rossland, Trail, and Warfield over the fair sharing of costs for the existing service—the bulk of the disagreement, however, is between Rossland and...
Rossland's 80 year old pool aims for "age-friendly" grant
The city has applied for a 2013 "Age-friendly Community Planning and Project Grant" to renovate the swimming pool to make it more accessible to seniors—some of whom were here in 1932 for the grand opening of BC's oldest pool. "Due to the age of the facility and the lack of age friendly infrastructure, many of the seniors in...
Old Cooke school site could become 24 units of affordable housing, but developer stymied by city restrictions
The old Cooke Ave. school site may soon see construction as council advanced a zoning amendment that will allow local developer Cezary Ksiazek to build a group of six fourplexes. A public hearing is scheduled for Dec. 10 after which council will vote on third reading and adoption of the bylaw. The plan council advanced,...
Canadian Bar Assn says Bill S-7 duplicates existing laws to combat terrorism
While committed to a safe and secure Canada, the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) says that Bill S-7, Criminal Code, Canada Evidence Act and Security of Information Act amendments (Combating Terrorism Act) would not provide any new tools to combat terrorist offences. “Instead,” says Paul Calarco, member of the CBA’s National ...
Mixed response to BC Government Jumbo municipality approval decision
The decision by the B.C. Government to incorporate the site of the Jumbo Ski Hill expansion as a mountain resort municipality isn’t sitting well with most environmental groups fighting to Keep Jumbo Wild. “We know this was going to be the next step, but that doesn’t make it any better . . . it’s still […]
Lemon Creek Archaeology Field School ready for summer 2013
Offering evidence of a First Nation community dating back to 1000 B.C., a site located at Slocan Narrows near Lemon Creek has been the focus of intense archeological research for more than a decade. For the last four years it has also served as the location for an innovative archeological field school. Co-Directed by Hamilton […]
IntegrityBC calls for BC Libs to re-commit to pre-election advertising restrictions
IntegrityBC is calling on the B.C. government to recommit to its 2009 ban on non-essential government advertising in the four months prior to voting day. The organization made the call following growing public concerns over the government's new TV ads featuring Premier Christy Clark. IntegrityBC released a copy of the...
UPDATE: Wildsight calls Jumbo decision 'public land grab'
Groups opposing the any form of development on Jumbo Glacier have come out swinging after Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Bill Bennett announced Tuesday that Cabinet has approved the incorporation of Jumbo as a mountain resort municipality. “This is a public land grab. For 20 years, the people have said no to the […]
