BC and Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines on Hook to Pay $230,000 in Court Costs to Coastal First Nations and Gitga’at First Nation
Vancouver, May 10, 2016) – The Supreme Court of BC has ruled the Province of BC and Northern Gateway must pay $230,000 in court costs to the Coastal First Nations (CFN) and Gitga’at First Nation. “We are very pleased with the decision,” said CFN Chair Kelly Russ. “The decision is a victory for the tireless work of our leaders...
COLUMN: Ain’t nothing like the real thing — but virtual reality comes close
By David Suzuki The digital revolution is breaking new ground every day. Technology has a way of doing that. I remember when Hewlett-Packard introduced its first “laptop” computer, which stored a page and a half of writing. It revolutionized my life as a newspaper columnist, allowing me to write on planes or in a tent and...
Todd Shymko's Story, in His Own Words
My name is Todd Shymko. I’m 37 years old and have been snowboarding for over 25 years. I’m fit, active and have spent a reasonable amount of time in the outdoors since childhood, hiking, camping and snowshoeing. This is my story of mistakes I made, and the results of those mistakes, and how Rossland Search […]
'The Butt Ugly Truth' -- a Tale of Youth and Hope
By: Jean Paul Kamand, Aman Mohar, Vanessa Vuen Parrenas, Navin Gill, Manesha Dulay, and Jasmin Mander We are a group of conscientious students in a Leadership 11 Class from R.C. Palmer Secondary School in BC's Lower Mainland, working together. The President of WediditServices, Jean Paul Kamand, was invited as a speaker to...
OP/ED: Rethinking Trade Treaties and Taxation?
If the federal Liberal government is on the verge of a major shift in economic and industrial policies, as Terence Corcoran suggests in his April 20 column, “Ghosts of business past — and future,” then all that can be said is thank goodness. Since the mid-1990s Canada has basically been without any coherent or deliberate...
WHAT'S OPT? FOR INFO ON ALL ASPECTS OF SEXUAL HEALTH
Trail’s Opt clinic is doubling its hours and lowering the cost of birth control. Starting May 4th, the Trail Opt Clinic is now open every week: every Wednesday night from 4:30-7 p.m. The Trail Opt Clinic is one of Options for Sexual Health’s (Opt) 58 clinics in the province of B.C. Since the clinic opened in 2003, it has...
MELT, THE MOVIE -- BEING CREATED.
Three high school boys from Vancouver are making a movie. Correction: three young men who have graduated. They've been allowed to graduate early to work on this project, and they're busy raising funds for the work. The introduction video (above) tells a bit about why they're doing it. It's an ambitious and exciting idea; ...
Getting to Silverton and Taking Personal Action Against Climate Change
Some West Kootenay environmentalists have decided to join the audience converging on Silverton, B.C. to attend the Convergence Writers’ Weekend May 13 to 14 without using a fleet of greenhouse-gas-emitting internal combustion-driven vehicles. Members and supporters of Kootenays for a Pipeline-Free B.C....
BC Residents Want Big Money Out of Politics
Across the province, 86% of residents support a ban on corporate and union political donations. Voters in British Columbia believe corporations have outsized influence in determining government policy, thanks in part to unlimited political donations, a new poll by Insights West has found. The online survey of a representative...
Hockey Talk, Airbnb issues, Washington Street Excavation Schedule, and More.
Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Lloyd McLellan, John Greene, Andy Morel, Aaron Cosbey, Andrew Zwicker. Marten Kruysse arrived at 6:25. Staff: new Chief Administrative Officer Brian Teasdale, Consulting Chief Financial Officer Steve Ash, City Planner Stacey Lightbourne, Manager of Public works Darrin Albo,...
