(Part One ended with this paragraph: On the political right and left, fascists and communists have similarly tried to impose social engineering on the peoples they ruled. But the fascist type of right-wing ideologues are modernists, not traditional conservatives.) Part Two: It is time to consider conservatism. Conservatives:...

First, a bit of background.  ICBC is in dire financial straits. Back in 2016, ICBC applied to the BC Utilities Commission for permission to raise its rates by 4.9%.  This publication posted an article by Dermod Travis of Integrity BC on ICBC’s request. Travis unpicked the rationale for the proposed increase in rates, delved...

Snow loads are humongous this year, and Rossland's City Hall is suffering from that. We're not just talking about the high cost of snow removal and the problems of finding places to put the stuff; City offices will be closed to the public until Friday, March 9, and possibly later, after a "partial possible collapse" of a...

Rossland City Council wants your opinions on various aspects of the sale and use of cannabis in our fair mountain town. Legal recreational use of cannabis is coming our way; every municipality needs to consider how to deal with zoning, business licenses, and bylaws limiting (or not) where cannabis can be smoked. It may sound...

“[A]s individuals express their life, so they are. Hence what individuals are depends on the material conditions of their production... History involves 'a continuous transformation of human nature'... '[there is] human nature in general, and then human nature as modified in each historical epoch' ”...

Editor's Note: This is a press release  from the Union of BC Indian Chiefs. The Treaty 8 First Nations taking the Site C project to court have just secured a major work stoppage in the lead-up to a court injunction application set to be heard this summer. On January 15th, the West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations filed...

Present:   Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Lloyd McLellan, Andy Morel, John Greene, Marten Kruysse, and – electronically – Aaron Cosbey. Absent:  Andrew Zwicker. Public Hearing to consider a bylaw to rezone 2160 Queen Street, the former site of the Odd Fellows & Rebekahs Hall, from R3-Residential Multiple Family to R1I...

Pipeline politics have been in the news a lot over the past couple of weeks, as British Columbia and Alberta square off over Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion project.  Both provincial governments are doing exactly what they promised to do when elected, so their positions are not surprising. But where is the federal ...

Contrary to a common perception, ignoring climate change won’t make it disappear. Global research going back to 1824 in fields ranging through physics, oceanography, biology and geology have confirmed human activity — mainly burning fossil fuels, raising livestock and destroying carbon sinks like forests and wetlands — is...

The City of Castlegar will soon be $1.35 million richer, according to a press release issued today. “The City of Castlegar has sold two city-owned properties to private sector interests (pending public notification period),” said the release. “The former City Centre Motel site at 1101 – 2nd Street ($145,000) has been purchased by a developer […]