Science Matters Vol. 17, No. 4 27 Jan 2015 By David Suzuki In 1997, Canada restricted import and transfer of the gasoline additive MMT because it was a suspected neurotoxin that had already been banned in Europe. Ethyl Corp., the U.S. multinational that supplied the chemical, sued the government for $350 million under the...

Rossland City Council  meeting, January 26, 2015 Present:  Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Lloyd McLellan, John Greene, Andrew Zwicker, Marten Kruysse, and Aaron Cosbey.  Councillor Andy  Morel came in slightly late, and Aaron Cosbey left for a brief interval. No one appeared for Public Input Period, and there were no...

Downsize Democracy for 40 Years, Here’s What You Get by murraydobbin If you are searching for significant anniversaries for 2015, one that you might find illuminating is the publication of a book published 40 years ago entitled The Crisis of Democracy. The title would seem fitting today but that's not the crisis...

If all goes well, a 25 year dream will be completed in 2017,  just in time for Canada’s 150th birthday party, when the East and West Kootenays are linked to the Trans Canada Trail (TCT). To date, nearly 17,000 kilometres of the trail---hailed as the longest recreational trail in the world--- are operational, which is 75 percent...

The province says to maintain high service levels in B.C. provincial parks for an increasing number of visitors, it's raising camping fees as of March 15, 2015. "British Columbia’s world-renowned parks provide superb recreational opportunities for visitors from throughout the province and around the world. From diverse terrain...

Rossland City Council:  Committee of the Whole meeting, January 21, 2015, 4:00 PM Committee-of-the-Whole meetings, or COWs as they are called by council members who refer casually to "having a COW", are relatively informal meetings of Council designed for information and discussion.  Motions made in a COW are not final...

A city council standing committee is looking to change its name and increase its mandate to ensure Castlegar keeps pace with rapidly evolving opportunities, according to city councillor Kevin Chernoff. Chernoff, reporting at Monday night’s regular council meeting on behalf of the Green Committee, said it makes sense to change...

To Mayor and Council of the City of Grand Forks, I write you today as a concerned citizen of this amazing City. I am compelled to write to you about some concerns I and many other citizens have arising from the Regular City Council meeting this past Monday January 12th, 2015.  I was unable to attend the meeting in person but...

As time eats into the New Year, our new Council chews on some tough issues. Rossland City Council Regular Meeting January 12, 2015 Present:   Mayor Kathy Moore,   Councillors Lloyd McLellan, John Greene, Andrew Zwicker,  Marten Kruysse, Andy Morel,  Aaron Cosbey. Staff:  Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Tracey Butler,...

Science Matters Vol. 17, No. 2 13 Jan 2015   Digging out of Canada’s mining dilemma By David Suzuki   It sometimes seems people in the mining and fossil fuel industries — along with their government promoters — don’t believe in the future. What else could explain the mad rush to extract and use up the Earth’s resources as...