Op/Ed: How much do we care?
Few people here can recall war efforts in Britain during the Second World War, but more of us have read about them. Most everyone pitched in; they sacrificed personal comfort and convenience for the common good, obeyed blackout rules, saved even gum wrappers for the aluminum content, contributed pots and pans, rationed food,...
Editorial: About that referendum this fall on how we vote – and how we’ll be represented; Part One.
There’s a lot of palaver about the upcoming referendum on electoral reform in BC. The questions that will be asked on the referendum ballot have been released, and the government has made other commitments. Let’s look at these things. First, the questions. Based on news released so far, there will be two questions. The...
The Definitive Guide to Electric Cars in Canada
By Eric Swanson, for The Narwhal You’ve seen them around. They used to look ridiculous, but now they’re starting to look kind of cool. Electric vehicles are getting better all the time and represent the mostly undisputed future of motorized transportation. But should you get one? Like, right now? Or never? Or should you wait?...
Opinion: Your stoke won't save us
By Ethan Linck, for High Country News (republished with permission) The twin summits of the mountain that U.S. Geological Survey Capt. George Davidson called “The Brothers” are 60 miles from Seattle on the far side of Puget Sound. From my office in the biology department at the University of Washington, I can just see their...
Letter: Cabins at Paradise
Dear Editor When driving into Trail from Columbia Gardens/Waneta I am always awed at the beautiful Rossland Range. Normally, I don’t think much beyond the view, except to note the increasing white patches (clear cuts) on the landscape. Recently, I learned that Red Mountain Resorts was approved by Rossland City Council, to...
Another way to help: count bats
Volunteers are needed to help the flooded-out residents of Grand Forks. The Trail and District Chamber of Commerce is appealing to local businesses to send some employees to Grand Forks for a few hours to assist. Sandbagging efforts are winding down, but clean-up crews are needed. For people who would like to make a positive...
Editorial: FLOODS AND FIRES: A PLEA
While rivers grow and flow over their banks and spread through communities in southern BC, flooding streets and homes and businesses, people in those communities may have trouble imagining a risk of wildfire, even if they had time and energy to do more than deal as best they can with damage from the floodwaters and the trauma...
FireSmart Action -- and Awards
Rossland was a hive of FireSmart activity on Saturday May 12 – the FireSmart Wildfire Hazard Cleanup Day (aka Bring Out Your Dead) was underway across the townsite, residents of the McLeod East neighbourhood held a FireSmart Awareness workshop and Rossland’s FireSmart Community Recognition Program held an awards ceremony at...
COLUMN: Canada takes major step to curb emissions
Canada has taken a major step in cleaning up its oil and gas sector. We’re the first country to commit to methane emission regulations for the industry, marking an important shift toward climate protection. The new regulations help uphold a major plank in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, under ...
If BC won’t act for mountain caribou, the federal government will
Last Friday, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna declared an “imminent threat” to mountain caribou recovery, ordering the BC government to take immediate action to protect core mountain caribou habitat—or the federal government will step in and do it for them. Mountain caribou populations have been steadily declining since...
