Kettle River watershed planning to begin soon
The Boundary region has come together over a common concern: the Kettle River. Over the last few years, residents of the Boundary have become more aware about the state of the Kettle River and its tributaries, especially with diminishing flows during the summer months and the quality of the water. The state of the watershed […]
Gaming grants to School's Parent Advisory Council's doubles: still not what it once was
It was announced today that “more than 1,400 B.C. parent advisory councils (PACs) will share $11 million in community gaming grants this school year to support activities for children, “wrote Rich Coleman, Housing and Social Development Minister and Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education in a press release. "To recognize...
New SD 20 facilities report dooms RSS?
The latest Facilities Report in the Planning For the Future process, as distributed at Monday's Open Board meeting, contains four options—all of which involve the bussing of Rossland's secondary students down to JL Crowe and the closure of RSS in 2012. The plan calls for the district to: Configure MacLean Elementary as K – ...
How're we doing on climate change preparation?
Mega-forest fires, torrential flooding rain, scorching heat, drought and food shortages. Sound like an end-of-the-world style horror film? Maybe. But these things could also be looming in Rossland’s future should climate change continue to have its way. For most, dramatic climate change is no longer a matter of if, but when....
Registration Now Open for Shaping Our Future Together
Registration is now open for the 2010 Columbia Basin Symposium: Shaping Our Future Together: Take Action, Build Partnerships, Strengthen Communities. Hosted by CBT, the symposium takes place October 22–24, 2010, in Revelstoke. People interested in attending the free event are invited to register online, call 1.800.505.8998 or drop into a CBT office as soon as […]
INTERVIEW: Joanne Schroeder – Deputy Director of the Human Early learning Partnership at UBC
According to a recently-released study by UBC’s Early Learning Partnership BC, as a whole, has an issue with underdeveloped kindergarten-age children. According to the study, approximately one third of BC’s five-year-olds are vulnerable. Rossland, however, seems to be bucking the trend and came out as the top-ranked community...
MP Atamanenko supports Charter rights for RCMP
MP Alex Atamanenko has taken up the cause of various professional police associations across the country in their efforts to obtain an effective labour relations system for the RCMP, based on the principle of collective bargaining. Currently, the RCMP is the only police agency in Canada that does not have the right to collectively bargain with […]
Steelworkers International president comes to the West Kootenays
Leo Gerard, the international president of the United Steelworkers is coming to the Kootenays on October 2. He will be speaking at a fundraising dinner for the Kootenay West NDP at the Labour Centre in Trail. “It’s a great honour for us to get such a distinguished labour leader to speak at our dinner in […]
BP says well is sealed, but oily Gulf and accountability questions remain
By Marian Wang in ProPublicaBP announced on Sunday that its ruptured well in the Gulf has at last been sealed, bringing to a close the five-month struggle of the company — and the Obama administration — to control and permanently plug the “nightmare well” that killed 11 workers and caused the worst oil spill in the history ...
BC Greens call on Premier Gordon Campbell legislate changes to the Initiative Act
“Like others, I was astonished by Premier Campbell’s statement that the result of the Initiative vote on September 24, 2011 will be binding on the government if a simple majority of those voting vote to get rid of the HST,” said Green Party of BC Leader Jane Sterk. “Greens want to know if the comment […]
