New IHA CEO visits Nelson but leaves laundry services question in spring spin cycle, with social fabric softener now added in
The social equation will factor into the recommendation given to the Interior Health Authority board in March when they are called upon to decide the future of laundry services — and 17 fulltime jobs — at Nelson’s Kootenay Lake Hospital, claims the IHA’s new president and chief executive officer. Chris Mazurkewich said Monday...
A Plea on Climate Change
While large numbers of Rosslanders (and others) found comfort in the sunshine on Sunday by skiing on the Blackjack trails, and doing just about everything -- skiing, snowshoeing, hiking and fat-bike riding -- up around Nancy Greene Pass, a crowd of about 200 Rosslanders gathered downtown in the winter fog-gloom, outside the...
On Choosing a New Electoral System
Hon. Maryam Monsef, Minister of Democratic Institutions, House of Commons, OTTAWA, ON K1A 0A6 Dear Minister Monsef, RE: Electoral Reform Democracy has been my life-long passion, and I believe that one of democracy’s primary elements is the process by which citizens elect their representatives. My reason for writing...
This Changes Everything
“This Changes Everything“ will show on Sunday, December 6, at the Rossland Miners Hall. Come at 7:00 pm. There will be sock puppets! Based on Naomi Klein's bestselling book by the same title, the film This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. Shot over 211 days in ...
Rossland Chosen for SOWK Green Party AGM
The day after “Rekindle the Spirit of Christmas” in Rossland, the South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding association of the Green Party of Canada will hold its AGM at the Old Firehall in Rossland, at the corner of Queen Street and First Avenue. On December 6, at 1:00 pm, the meeting will open to Green Party of […]
Less Smoking; an Advisory Task Force for Washington Street Project
Rossland City Council -- Meeting Held November 24th, 2015 Council Members Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Marten Kruysse, John Greene, Andrew Zwicker, Aaron Cosbey, and Lloyd McLellan. Absent: Andy Morel. Staff present: Deputy Corporate Officer Cynthia Añonuevo and Chief Administrative Officer/Chief Financial...
Report From the Hill (Parliament Hill, that is ... not the ski hill!)
By Richard Cannings, Member of Parliament for South Okanagan-West Kootenay: News from Parliament Hill has been overshadowed in the past two weeks by news of tragic events in Beirut, Paris and Mali. The terrorists that carried out these attacks may have had different local political goals, but they had one overarching aim in mind—to sow […]
RANT: From coffee cups to remembrance to refugees - we are getting it ALL wrong
There’s an insidious either/or mentality invading our political lexicon that I think is actually becoming an outstandingly effective camouflage for genuine evil, and it’s making me crazy to see how few people seem to realize how totally they are being manipulated by it. It starts off benign enough – in fact, in such a stupid...
Solar garden grows into seedling as pre-sales begin to move ahead
The city’s solar garden project is over half way to realization after the launch of pre sales last week and city council’s final stamp of approval. City council gave its blessing to the program last week by bestowing the authority to Nelson Hydro to begin pre-selling panels, as well as selecting the city’s Bonnington Generating […]
Castlegar to host climate change rally
Castlegar citizens will come together to demand climate justice from our leaders on the eve of the Paris UN climate summit. The rally will be at the Celgar Pavilion in Millennium Park on Sunday, November 29 at 2pm. There is also a march starting at City Hall leaving precisely at 1:30pm to arrive at the Pavilion for the rally’s...
