Would you know what to do if someone collapsed right in front of you? Of course, call 9-1-1, but what about those critical moments spent waiting for the ambulance? Performing CPR and defibrillation within one to two minutes of a cardiac arrest helps to increase survival rates to 90 per cent, but that rate plummets […]

Boss Power Corp. surrendered its uranium exploration and mining rights to the Province of B.C. for $30 million this week.  The negotiated settlement comes after Boss Power launched a law suit in 2009 after the province announced a prohibition against uranium exploration and development in 2008. The agreement gives the Crown the mineral rights to […]

Our next round of municipal elections will be held--province-wide--on Saturday, November 19, 2011. That's pretty much exactly a month from now--and we here at the Telegraph couldn't be more excited.We're big believers in democracy here at the Rossland Telegraph. Believe it or not, the fomenting of democracy is precisely why...

The fan stuffed into my front door roared into life, sucking out air at a rate "equivalent to 55 kph winds hitting your house on all sides," energy assessor Bryce Eberle told me over the din.Oh my, my! Cracks around windows, doors, and electrical outlets suddenly tickled my cheeks. We lit some incense to watch the smoke blow...

Nelson Police Department was called to an altercation involving two males Wednesday evening at the Occupy Nelson camp in front of Nelson City Hall.At 7:30 p.m., NPD attended the scene where two males were engaged in a verbal dispute and disturbance.NPD members conducted an investigation into the incident and it was alleged ...

UPDATE: Omarah Baker-Ainsley has been found, alive and well.   On Oct. 16 at approximately 11 p.m., 16-year-old Omarah Baker-Ainsley was reported missing by her foster parent.  Omarah is new to foster care and failed to return to her foster home by her curfew.  She is described as 5′ 5″ tall, weighing 105 pounds, with long black hair, […]

By Braden Goyette in ProPublicaAs protests supporting Occupy Wall Street have swelled in recent weeks, hundreds of demonstrators have been arrested across the U.S. This weekend, nearly 100 people were arrested in New York and 175 in Chicago. More than 100 protesters were arrested in Boston last week; a few weeks ago, 700 were...

U.S. presidential candidate Herman Cain denied a suggestion from Huffington Post reporter Amanda Terkel that his 9-9-9 tax plan derived from Maxis' 2003 computer game SimCity 4. During an interview that aired on The Rachel Maddow Show Friday, Cain bluntly characterized the suggestion as "a lie". Cain, the former CEO of...

A global call was put out for a day of action on October 15th, 2011.  Inspired by the swelling movement at “Occupy Wall Street” and hundreds of similar protests around the world, Vancouver residents answered the beckon.  This morning marked the inception of Vancouver’s Occupy Movement with thousands converging at the Vancouver...

Some of the “Orange Crush” wave of newly-elected, young Quebec MPs will be in the West Kootenays at the end of October, joining in on local events. On Saturday, October 29th at the Fireside Inn in Castlegar, the federal NDP Riding Association of BC Southern Interior will be holding its Annual General Meeting from 1:00 to 3:00...