It’s not utopian to envision a Canada with less pollution, lower household costs and a smaller gap between rich and poor. We have the technology, knowledge and skilled workforce to make it happen — and we’re seeing effective solutions employed worldwide. But time is running out, and consequences are mounting: record heat killing thousands; extreme […]

Broken Goat!  And, getting ready for  Golden City Days and the Fall Fair.  Columbia Basin Trust’s Community BBQ in Rossland this year! New Zoning Bylaw and updated Recreation Fees and Charges Bylaw adopted.   PRESENT:   Mayor Andy Morel  and Councillors Maya Provençal, Jeff Weaver, Craig Humpherys, Stewart Spooner, Eliza Boyce and Lisa Kwiatkowski. Staff:  CAO […]

This Arc chases a theme I have been circling in various previous columns under different subject heads. Introduction: inner world, outer world, my world, your world – and The World. A person’s inner life and the World humans all live in might not be one Reality, a single state that we share. It was once […]

Library funding by the province of BC is the lowest in Canada by far; the woods are full of fallen trees and branches but FireSmart fuel reduction funding eliminated by the Province; suggestions about the new Zoning Bylaw; a rainbow crosswalk; Rossland’s informative Annual Report …   PUBLIC HEARING – ZONING BYLAW Present:  Mayor Andy […]

I had a great time last weekend at Sunfest in Castlegar and at Cherryville Days. This year’s theme for Cherryville Days was motorcycles. Graduation season has begun in the Kootenays. Congratulations to all our graduates, especially to the young folk walking across the stage over the next week at Stanley Humphries Secondary, J Lloyd Crowe Secondary, Kootenay-Columbia Learning […]

The climate crisis is not simply an isolated technological challenge. It’s part of a much larger “polycrisis.” After all, everything is interconnected. The magnitude of this “system disequilibrium,” as Canadian author, social scientist and Cascade Institute executive director Thomas Homer-Dixon calls it, can cause a sense of hopelessness, but it is resolvable — with major […]

 Rossland’s Mayor, Andy Morel, has added his signature to a letter signed by at least 300 other municipal leaders across the nation, urging Canada’s federal government to undertake a suite of actions intended to improve the country and our climate efforts.  The letter is part of a campaign by a large group of municipal leaders […]

We’re in the heart of spring celebration season across British Columbia. Communities large and small are gathering together to celebrate the places they call home. In Kootenay-Monashee, I’ve recently had the pleasure of attending Silver City Days in City of Trail and Beaver Valley May Days in Village of Fruitvale and I’m looking forward to soon attending upcoming events […]

E-Comm welcomes the appointment of special mediator Vince Ready to assist in reaching a fair and sustainable collective agreement with CUPE 8911, as announced by the Minister of Labour on June 6, 2026. With this appointment, any potential job action ceases and E-Comm will head into mediation to finalize a collective agreement without labour disruption. Vince Ready […]

BC New Democrat MLAs Brittny Anderson and Steve Morissette say that people in the Kootenays will benefit from provincial funding for community safety projects led by local organizations. “The projects that are being supported through these grants here in the Kootenays and across the province are life-changing,” said Steve Morissette, MLA for Kootenay-Monashee. “I’m incredibly grateful to those that dedicate their […]