Cellphone Service (NOT) Lately
UPDATE: A Telus representative has just informed us that service was restored to Rossland in the morning on Sunday, November 13. However, She explained that the cause of the interruptions in service is still not understood, and that the Telus "team continues to closely monitor the site and (is) now in the process of determining...
Op/Ed: The US Election: of Hate, Grief and a New Story
By Charles Eisenstein Normal is coming unhinged. For the last eight years it has been possible for most people (at least in the relatively privileged classes) to believe that society is sound, that the system, though creaky, basically works, and that the progressive deterioration of everything from ecology to economy is a...
Deconstructing the US Election
A quick glance over current headlines: madness and dread “You spread your paranoia, all over this land – Creating situations you don’t understand… You’ve got to stop flashing pictures of the People. Stop! Flashing pictures of the Power!” -- Tom Fogarty, Goodbye Media Man [1968] “In times of apparent madness, the insane person...
'Initiative Petition Application' underway, to change paramedics' bargaining rights
British Columbia’s Chief Electoral Officer, Keith Archer, has granted approval in principle on an initiative petition application. The petition will be issued to proponent Joshua Henshaw on Monday, January 9, 2017. The title of the initiative is: An initiative to amend the Fire and Police Services Collective Bargaining Act....
Op/Ed: Why your stuff turns to junk so fast (and cooks the planet)
Note: This article was originally posted on the Worldwatch Institute blog. Worldwatch is an independent research organization based in Washington, D.C. that works on energy, resource, and environmental issues. Much of the energy of the environmental movement and of policymaking is focused on reducing greenhouse gas...
COLUMN: From the Hill -- Forestry and Trade Wars
The forest industry has been a critically important sector in the BC economy for over a century, but it has been hit hard. A 30-year trade war with the United States cost our industry billions of dollars. The softwood lumber agreement did bring back certainty to lumber export access and costs, but the Canadian industry paid...
Rossland Food Bank says "Thank you!"
The Rossland Food Bank is very grateful to the many people who put time, energy, and expertise into helping them move to their new location on the south end of the Arena building. The new facility provides an administrative space, a storage room with a refrigerator for perishables and freezers for meat and bread, and a...
Library's value to Rossland; new section of a trail coming up; the problem of invasive weeds; GHG emssions reduction plan
Regular Rossland City Council Meeting, October 24, 2016 All Council members were present, as well as Chief Administrative Officer Bryan Teasdale, Chief Financial Officer Elma Hamming, City Planner Stacey Lightbourne, manager of Public Works Darrin Albo, and Executive Assistant Alison Worsfold. Public Input: A resident asked...
COLUMN: 'Collective cowardice' on climate change
Scientists worldwide accept that Earth is warming at an unusually rapid rate, that humans are primarily responsible, mainly by burning fossil fuels, and that the consequences for humanity will be disastrous if we don’t take immediate, widespread action. The U.S. Defense Department calls climate change a security risk “because...
Want to influence our federal government? Here's one way to make an attempt.
The Candian Environmental Protection Act is under review by a committee of the House of Commons. Citizens are invited to comment -- in the form of written "briefs." There are guidelines for these briefs, accessible via a link in the material pasted in below. Are you worried about foxes guarding hen-houses in terms of our...
