End prohibition of marijuana, say B.C. mayors
Tax and regulate say B.C. mayors calling for the end of prohibition of marijuana to lower violence in their communities. Grand Forks mayor Brian Taylor joined his voice to the call that came out last week from the eight mayors of Vancouver, Burnaby, North Vancouver City, Vernon, Armstrong, Enderby, Lake Country and Metchosin. The joint […]
Ancient Musqueam Marpole village site must be protected from further desecration
First Nations Summit leaders are speaking out in support of the Musqueam Nation in their continuing fight to protect the remains of their ancestors located on the former Musqueam village site C̓əsnaʔəm, now known as the Marpole Midden. The Musqueam Nation has been engaged in discussions with the City of Vancouver and the ...
Rossland recognized for efforts to climb Mt Sustainability
The Fraser Basin Council's "Smart Planning for Communities" (SPC) partnership program has put Rossland in the spotlight as an example of best practices in community sustainability and land use planning. The SPC report says Rossland was an "early adopter of Integrated Community Sustainability Planning," so is able to "provide...
A helping hand for hoppers
The modern dating scene might be a perilous one but the modern breeding scene for local frogs, salamanders and toads is just plain deadly. The Pacific Chorus Frog, the Tiger Salamander, the Long-toed Salamander and the Spadefoot Toad spend their winters among the rocks and trees found in Gilpin Grasslands Provincial Park. But when the […]
OUT OF LEFT FIELD: And you thought the hospital closure was scary ...
Anyone made uneasy by the temporary closure of Castlegar’s hospital in February and the lack of ambulance coverage in Castlegar over the holidays is going to be delighted with this latest bombshell from B.C. Ambulance Services (BCAS) – I was so horrified by what I learned here that I feel obligated to write about it […]
HIGH STREAM ADVISORY: Kettle and Granby rivers at risk
The BC River Forecast Centre has issued a high streamflow warning for several rivers in the Boundary and across the Southern Interior today, including the Kettle and Granby Rivers. Several days of seasonally hot weather has led to high snowmelt rates over the past two to three days, particularly at the Moyie Mountain , East Creek […]
LETTER: Not everyone thrilled about Rick Hansen's visit
Dear Rick Hansen: I hope that during your next 25 years of raising money for spinal cord research (SCR) we will see the end of inhumane, scientifically fallacious spinal cord experiments on animals. It was 25 years ago when Lifeforce, a Vancouver based ecology and animal rights organization, gave you extensive data about the failure […]
Wildfire prevention fuel treatments to hit high gear this spring around Rossland
Provincial grants under the Strategic Wildfire Prevention Initiative (SWPI) totalling more than $145,000 have been awarded to Rossland for its Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWP Plan), both for prescriptions completed last fall for another 25 hectares of “high hazard interface lands,” and for the actual fuel treatments...
ANALYSIS: Sports versus Arts—where do council's priorities lie? A closer look at CBT's Community Initiatives Program in Rossland.
As council divided the annual Community Initiatives Program (CIP) funding from the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) among 37 applicants on Monday, one petitioner for an arts organization noted that it is difficult to get arts funding in a sports town like Rossland. But is that the case? Our numbers suggest otherwise. We took the...
VIDEO: William Housty addresses NEB on Heiltsuk culture, threat of oil spill
30 year-old William Housty's powerhouse presentation to the National Energy Board's Enbridge hearings in his community of Bella Bella. William describes the history, language and culture of his people in fascinating detail - and how the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline and Tar Sands supertankers transiting the waters of his...
