Column: Blueberry River First Nations court case victory and what it means
A recent momentous court victory for Blueberry River First Nations could put Canada on track to realizing key Truth and Reconciliation Commission “calls to action.” Two of those are for government to “fully adopt and implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as the framework for reconciliation”...
COUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council Meetings, July 12, 2021
Metal Tech Alley forging ahead; a farmers’ market coming to Esling Park; City seeking an EV; is logging four lots in the City “development”? Green Link improvement moving along; a campfire left burning despite province-wide campfire ban! – and, how much should farmers pay for ...
Rossland's Tara Howse named Green Party of Canada candidate in the SOWK
On July 7, 2021, the local Green Party membership voted to elect their candidate in the federal riding of South Okanagan–West Kootenay (SOWK). After a great turnout from the membership, Tara Howse from Rossland won the race against New Denver’s Trevor Holsworth. “I’m thrilled to be the representative again. I’m so glad Trevor...
As Parliament wraps up, MP Cannings wants more support for Canadians
Last week, as Parliament held its last session until is resumes in mid-September, local MP Richard Cannings is calling for government to do more to support Canadians. Cannings is one of 24 New Democrat MPs in Parliament that have successfully punched above their weight in the minority government. The NDP’s consistent pressure...
COUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council Meeting, June 21, 2021
It's Bear Smart to keep doors locked -- all the time! No Canada Day public celebration this year; May was a very thirsty month; have your say about the OCP review! Questions about the City's Annual Report? -- Come to the July 12 meeting; and, another proposal for the Cook Avenue site. Present: ...
Council Matters: Rossland City Council Meeting, June 7, 2021
A new arts centre in the old Drill Hall? Human trafficking and sexual exploitation; a sad farewell to CFO Elma Hamming, welcome CFO Michael Kennedy . . . Public Hearing and regular Council Meeting Council members were all present -- Mayor Kathy Moore and Councillors Dirk Lewis, Stewart Spooner, Andy Morel, Terry Miller,...
MP Cannings speaks to residential schools
The discovery of 215 unmarked and seemingly undocumented graves of children on the grounds of the former residential school in Kamloops has produced an outpouring of grief and anger across Canada. While the discovery was not a surprise to many people, especially to residential school survivors, it served as a shocking reminder...
MP Richard Cannings speaks to ongoing housing crisis
Canada is in the middle of a housing crisis, and the south Okanagan, Boundary and West Kootenay areas are very much in the middle of that crisis. This is an urgent and rapidly growing problem that demands the cooperation and priority of all levels of government. The crisis has emerged out of a perfect storm of factors....
COUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council Meeting, May 17, 2021
Got invasive species? The high cost of a weekend call-out; RDKB report, with some good news for Black Jack and the Rec Site; bird feeders still up? – it’s bear season Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Dirk Lewis, Chris Bowman, Stewart Spooner, Andy Motel, Janice Nightingale, and Terry Miller....
Council challenged, answers questions, passes replacement motions
Rossland City Council held a Special Meeting on Tuesday, May 11, by Zoom, at 11:00 am; all members were present. The meeting was needed to rescind and replace the previous Council motions, unanimously approved on April 19, 2021, awarding the tender for the Mid-Town Mixed-use project, because of a 'transcription error" from...
