COMMENT: Political Translation - You Can't Buy Change
Here we go again. The Liberals trying to force an election, not even a year after the last one. As much as Stephen Harper may be continuing to drive Canada in the wrong direction and as much as the fact that well over half of the country disapproves of him as the Prime Minister and less than half of the country voted for him,...
Columbia Avenue Facelift Timing Unknown
Columbia Avenue can expect a spruce up, but it may not be for a while. In a letter distributed to Council and discussed at the meeting Monday night, city engineer Mike Thomas presented an outline of the project to rebuild Columbia Avenue. Not much can be known however about the timing of the project until the BC government ...
Communication Breakdown - Recreation Saga Going Nowhere Fast
The ongoing regional recreation saga took several new twists this week. Tweak may be a better word to use however as the new twists are essentially more of the same story we’ve been hearing which breaks down to a lack of fruitful discussions between the communities involved. If Robert Plant got to have a say on the whole...
Recreation Breakdown Results in Lost Economic Opportunities
The broken down Regional Recreation agreement has reared its head again this week, and this time it would seem the citizens and businesses of Trail and Rossland are the ones losing out. Stemming from a May 1st letter sent from Rossland Mayor Greg Granstrom to Trail’s Mayor Dieter Boggs inviting the City of Trail to participate...
Speaking for Rosslanders - Council Takes Stance on IPPs
This past Monday’s council meeting brought a resolution to a five month process of sending off a letter to the provincial government with the city of Rossland’s stance on IPPs after much reworking and rethinking of the letter. Rafe Mair’s presentation on Independent Power Projects (IPPs) brought to light the issue in the...
Election Eve: BC Political Parties Respond to the CCPA Poverty Reduction Campaign
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is part of the BC Poverty Reduction Committee, which has been steadily gathering steam as we get closer to the election. There are now 281 organizations signed on to the open letter to BC political parties. The campaign has been calling for all the parties to agree to implement...
City Hall Communications Plan Moves Forward
Over the past year in particular, and likely on going back into history for as long as Rossland council has existed, there has been much talk about talking, or rather communications about communicating, as it were. In last fall’s election communications became one of the major issues with Rosslanders expressing a strong desire...
The Telegraph Interviews the Candidates, Part 2
Note: this article is a continuation of the lead story this week. We've split the interviews into two parts for ease or readability. Each Telegraph question is followed by replies from all four candidates, although the interviews were conducted separately.TELEGRAPH: Describe to us what this riding looks like four to ten years...
BC ELECTION: The Telegraph Interviews the Candidates, Part 1
Over the course of the last two weeks, the editorial board of the Telegraph sat down with all four candidates in next week's provincial election. Generally, the candidates revealed themselves to be thoughtful, fairly well-informed people. We decided that the best way to publish the results of our interviews would be to place...
Green Party: Climate Change Requires “Immediate, Bold Measures”
The Green Party of BC has marked international Earth Day by highlighting its comprehensive plan to help revers global climate change and restore economic security. "For over twenty years advanced nations around the world have priced the cost of pollution into the economy through tax shifting - to conserve by reducing energy...
