by Anthony Fenton and Dru Oja Jay | Global Research, April 10, 2006 Part I . Canadian officials planned military intervention weeks before Haitian coup Classified memos obtained by The Dominion through Access to Information Act request raise new questions about the extent of Canadian participation in the 2004 coup against Haiti’s democratically elected President […]

Greg Granstrom, the mayor of Rossland, was presented the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal on Feb. 13 by Coun. Tim Thatcher at the end of council's regular meeting. Granstrom said the medal, for which he was nominated by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), was an "honour" and a "nice recognition," but...

Rossland Council's Feb. 25 meeting put a new animal bylaw in motion, heard an appeal from the museum, moved the farmers’ market back downtown, reset the Cook Ave. development, dove into a new recreation bursary program, and agreed to the possibility of a taxation increase to fund a reserve for the hospital in Trail. Public ...

The West’s hypocrisy and oil-greed are coming home to roost with a vengeance in Libya as the Arab spring in that country turns into a nightmarish winter characterized by armed gangs, economic collapse, a decline in services by an incompetent government and increasing political domination by radical Islamists. Whether or not...

Independent MLAs say the current government is putting a stranglehold on the post-election government by deliberately cutting short funding supply for operations. In a statement released this week, the four independents say that no government in the past has taken this approach in advance of an election. "We are calling on ...

As the once-per-decade review process for federal riding's comes to a close, including a hotly contested redistribution of the Southern Interior riding in which Rossland sits, the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission submitted their proposal to the House of Commons without any significant changes."The final configuration...

Rossland council's regular meeting on Feb. 13 covered a lot of ground, from planning for the inevitable spring dog doo thaw, to the federal government's decision to change our electoral riding apparently, opponents say, to dye our orange with some blue. The lid's wide open for Pitch-In 2013 For several years, Coun. Jill Spearn...

Council's Feb. 13 meeting was marked by the 70-odd people who turned up to advocate for the continued funding of the Kootenay Columbia Trails Society, which triggered an idea by Coun. Cary Fisher that grabbed the rest of council. In other news, the city is now preparing for imminent 2013 budget discussions, a grant for...

The West Kootenay EcoSociety said it plans to submit an application in BC Provincial Court Monday afternoon in Nelson for a Judicial Review of the Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality near Invermere. West Kootenay EcoSociety said it will argue the appointment of municipal councilors without any electors violates the constitution and various provincial statutes. “Fundamentally […]

British Columbians can now replace their CareCard with the new BC Services Card. “Starting today, the old CareCard will be replaced by the BC Services Card, a highly secure form of identification,” said Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid. “This new card will be a secure piece of photo identification with many anti-fraud and security features including […]