Wow yesterday was busy in Trail.It was all about the bikes; there was the free bike safety clinic for the kids plus a car seat clinic and bouncy castles.The local bike store Gericks just down the road was having their annual bike swap;they had a ton of second hand bikes from kids to adults, vintage to almost new, road...

Something is happening in Canada that seems, in the context of a majority Harper government, counter-intuitive. Harper continues implementing his right-wing revolution by fiat, and Preston Manning’s “democracy” institute says Canadians actually want “less” government and more individual responsibility. Yet a flurry of polls...

http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2011/04/13/HarpersBigQuestion/...

Think you can take on a Dam?  Wanna wear the wings of an Angel?  Or is Bad News more your style?  Got a Vendetta to take care of?  Do you love the Killjoys, or have an axe you wanna share with the Jackies?  Or are you just a brutal Babe?  Here’s your chance!  That’s right, the West Kootenay Womens Roller Derby League has got...

What’s going on (or not going on) at City Hall about the tenders for the Columbia Avenue infrastructure project?  Tenders were opened on April 3 and there hasn’t been a peep about what the bids were.  If the bids had come in below estimates, staff and council members would have been bragging about the money they saved the...

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Entomologist Lynn Westcott is coming back to Rossland for another round of talks and demonstrations about native bees. On April 12,  she’ll lead a workshop on the biology, ecology and habitat needs of native bees.  Part of this workshop  will be similar to what Lynn covered in last year’s workshop, in that she will describe...

The date for receipt of tenders for the Columbia Avenue infrastructure project has been delayed - again.  So has council’s often-requested discussion about what to do about the project - particularly the issue of parallel vs. angle parking. The latest delay comes about because the tender documents have been changed again.  ...

Asthma is an increased response of the airways to certain stimuli that are irritants/allergies or sensitivities to that person. This causes broncho-constriction, which means narrowing of the breathing passageways, which can lead to shortness of breath, wheezing or a chronic cough and in some cases can be life-threatening. At...

I am just wondering why there was a picture on the front page of this paper of the people who support the parking etc changes to the main street.  But there is nary a word about the number of people who went to the City Council meeting on Monday to offer their opinion on the issue against parking changes. Is it because it...