To The Editor: I served as a Lieutenant with the Queen’s Own Rifles regiment in the Second World War. In 1945, in the Rhine Valley, Germany, I was injured by an anti-personnel mine explosion, resulting in the loss of my left leg below the knee.   When I returned home from the war, I joined The […]

Other than a small number of people who’ve bought into fossil fuel industry propaganda or who simply haven’t examined the evidence, everyone knows we’re in a climate crisis. It’s why negotiators from every nation are meeting in Egypt in November for the 27th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (officially Conferences...

By Daniel Myran, Public Health physician, and Yaron Finkelstein, Professor of Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Toxicology When Canada legalized non-medical cannabis four years ago, there was enormous uncertainty about how legalization could impact the health of Canadians. Since then, there has been increasing evidence...

Did you know that Trail is the location of one of the most vital facilities on the west coast for keeping waste and hazardous materials out of landfills?Last month I had the pleasure of visiting K-C Recycling Ltd. It’s the largest car battery recycler in Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the continent! They also...

Rossland’s current City Council has two more meetings – September 19 and October 11 -- before the general election on October 15, 2022. Until then, voters can learn something about the candidates and decide which ones to vote for. There are two contestants for the role of mayor: current Council member Andy Morel, who has also...

Character Makes History. What makes Character in Leaders? "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."                                  -- Abraham Lincoln “Character is Destiny.” -- Heraclitus, 5th Century BCE "Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something ...

Sometimes there’s too much water; sometimes not enough. A major challenge with global heating is that it doesn’t necessarily cause more or less of something in a specific geographic area (hotter, colder; wetter, dryer); it just makes everything less predictable and often more extreme. Consider some late-summer headlines....

This summer we’ve all been feeling the effects of inflation.  The price of almost everything has risen dramatically, but the issue that I’ve been hearing a lot about is the cost of gas. In January, the world oil price was about $70 per barrel, up significantly from its early pandemic lows.  Then in late February, Russia invaded...

Katrine Conroy, Minister Responsible for the Columbia River Treaty, has issued the following statement regarding the 13th round of negotiations to modernize the Columbia River Treaty, which took place in Richmond on Aug. 10-11, 2022: “Discussions toward a modernized Columbia River Treaty progressed last week, as negotiators...

NDP MP, Richard Cannings rallied scientists from across the political spectrum in Ottawa last week to urge Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister for Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne to pay Canada’s researchers at least a living wage. “Canada is lagging behind the world on innovation and research at a time when we know these […]