Scientists Discover Thick Layer of Oil Stretching for Miles on Gulf Sea Floor
By Marian Wang in ProPublicaScientists conducting research in the Gulf have found a thick layer of oily sediment on the ocean floor stretching for miles. "We have to [chemically] fingerprint it and link it to the Deepwater Horizon," Samantha Joye, a marine scientist at the University of Georgia, told NPR. "But the sheer...
Mir Lecture brings Suzuki to Castlegar
David Suzuki will be engaging audiences in the West Kootenay this September with a thought-provoking talk about an elder’s vision for our sustainable future. The Irving K. Barber lecture featuring David Suzuki is part of Selkirk College’s Mir Centre for Peace Lecture Series. The presentation is founded on his recent book THE...
Cleanup of Teck waste begins at Black Sand Beach: access closed during construction
Pending approval of a final permit, contractors will begin work between Sept. 13 and Sept. 20, 2010 to remove granulated slag at Black Sand Beach on the upper Columbia River. The work is being conducted to clean up polluted material on the beach from the Teck Metals Ltd. (formerly Teck Cominco) smelter in Trail. The […]
Register now for 'Currents'--CBT's youth water forum
Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) invites Basin youth ages 15-29 to sign up now for CURRENTS: Columbia Basin Trust Youth Water Forum 2010, being held at Halcyon Hot Springs in Nakusp, September 24-26, 2010. “CBT is looking forward to engaging youth in water issues in the Columbia Basin for a second year at CURRENTS,” said Heather Mitchell, CBT Program Manager, Water […]
After Katrina, New Orleans cops were told they could shoot looters
By Sabrina Shankman and Tom Jennings of Frontline, Brendan McCarthy and Laura Maggi of The New Orleans Times-Picayune and A.C. Thompson of ProPublica This story was co-published with The New Orleans Times-Picayune. In the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina, an order circulated among New Orleans police authorizing officers...
ATAMANENKO: Living with autism
Autism is the most common neurological disorder that affects children in our nation. Currently, one in every 200 people in Canada has been diagnosed with some form of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). If we look specifically at children, this number jumps up to one in 165, or .6 per cent of all children. Diagnoses are […]
Canadian households: Among highest debt-to-income ratios in the world
by Armine Yalnizyan In the past few weeks some of Canada’s most respected economic authorities, including Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, have voiced concerns over the fragility of the recovery, globally and at home. Now Paul Krugman joins that chorus of Cassandras, pointing his finger straight at the wishful thinkers who say Canada’s heavy lifting […]
Time for BC Liberals to act on HST initiative and uphold democracy! says MLA Conroy
Kootenay West MLA, Katrine Conroy is celebrating the successful completion of the HST initiative petition. “This is an historic democratic achievement for the people of BC” stated Conroy. “However the attempt by the BC Liberals and their friends to thwart the public will is a dangerous precedent for democracy.” Conroy joins her colleagues and the […]
Pulling together to pull out the Hound's Tongue!
The Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee (CKIPC) would like to thank the Rossland Rotary Club and the Rossland Interact Club for their hard work pulling Common teasel and Hound’s tongue in and around Rossland on July 19th, 2010. Over 30 people came out to pull these two invasive plant species, and their combined efforts...
How will climate change affect Rossland down the road? One committee has been working on that very question
What will Rossland’s climate look like 30 to 50 years from now? What positive and negative impacts will the city feel from that change? Of those changes, what are the highest priorities for Rossland and what can and should we be doing now and into the future to cope? Those are the ultimate questions that Rossland's Climate ...
