Rossland candidate contests Kootenay West for Green Party
Andrew Duncan of Rossland is running for election, hoping to represent our riding for the Green Party of BC as an MLA. Asked to explain his priorities and his reasons for running for office, Duncan apologized for being tired because he had been out until 3:00 am on a Search and Rescue mission, helping to get an injured...
Column: Politics: a meditation -- PART I
[First published in the Rossland Telegraph] “I support the left, tho' I'm leanin'to the right I support the left, tho' I'm leanin' to the right... I’m a political man, and I practice what I preach.” -- Cream, English rock band, Politician “Politicians won’t integrate into normal society. It’s no use trying to understand ...
Opinion: Canadian Citizenship study guide should tell the truth about racism
By: Anne-Emanuelle Birn, Amaya Perez-Brumer, Angela Mashford-Pringle, Lisa Forman, and Roberta K. Timothy; from The Conversation At this crucial time of confronting systemic anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, the Canadian government must take responsibility for its enduring role in propagating racism. This ...
Council Matters: October 5, 2020 meetings
Chicken coops, flu clinics, speeding, short-term rentals, upcoming OCP review, and more . . . Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Janice Nightingale, Chris Bowman, Andy Morel, Stewart Spooner, and Dirk Lewis; Staff: CAO Bryan Teasdale, Deputy Corporate Officer Cynthia Año Nuevo, ...
Open letter to Dr. Bonnie Henry: speading COVID-19 in prisons
Dear Dr. Henry, Thank you profusely, Dr. Henry, for everything you and your ministry staff have done these past many months to safeguard British Columbians from the suffering of the global novel coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic. I am a sixty-six year old Extinction Rebellion climate activist residing in Victoria, and am writing...
Editorial rant: Caribou, moose, wolves, and government obtuseness
Does it seem odd (to put it mildly) that our provincial government is willing to spend between $4,300 and $10,000 per wolf to kill over 400 wolves near small and struggling groups of caribou in BC, allegedly to help endangered caribou survive, while at the same time, authorizing the razing of essential caribou habitat? How ...
Column: Challenges for voters -- and candidates
We can debate whether holding an election now is opportune or opportunistic. We have had three referendums in the past 15 years on the subject of our electoral system, and we have decided to leave things as they are. Debating the timing of an election is part and parcel of our preferred system. Having decided to maintain the...
Explainer: Fall election – has the BC NDP kept its election promises?
The NDP rose to power in 2017 vowing to take action on climate change, old-growth logging, the Trans Mountain pipeline, endangered species and more. Three years in, The Narwhal examines how the government has fared on the environment By Sarah Cox, for The Narwhal B.C.’s NDP government came to power in 2017 promising to...
Op/Ed: How Canada could benefit from a carbon budget
By Kathryn Harrison and Anna Kanduth, for The Conversation Canadians have understandably been preoccupied by the COVID-19 emergency. Yet the climate emergency that prompted hundreds of thousands to march in the streets in September 2019 has not subsided. Just as Canadians have worked together to “bend the curve” on COVID-19,...
Column: COVID-19, school and climate change
The global pandemic has created a unique and challenging back-to-school season. Many parents, guardians and teachers are struggling to balance children’s safety with education, all while keeping their households running smoothly. It’s like nothing we’ve seen before. Many adults are rightfully focused on making sure the...
