Column: From the Hill — Long-awaited initiatives
In late November, the federal government introduced a new climate action accountability act, then followed that on the last day of the fall session with a climate action plan. These are long-awaited initiatives. In the decades since climate change was identified as the number one issue facing the globe, through pacts at...
Rossland anti-mask incident prompts police attendance
An incident in Rossland Christmas Eve has RCMP explaining why a Kelowna man was not ticketed for failure to comply with Covid-19 mask requirements. “On Dec. 31, 2020 at 1 p.m., a front line Trail and Greater District RCMP officer responded to a complaint about a 55-year-old Kelowna man who allegedly declined to wear a […]
Column: What we need
The following is adapted from The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature (Greystone Books), a book I wrote with Amanda McConnell in 1997 and updated in 2007. It seems as relevant today as when we wrote it, if not more so. I hope you enjoy it and that the year ahead brings new ways of seeing and thinking about the...
Seven Summits Centre for Learning students Dressember campaign at success
The Dressember campaign to end human trafficking and modern day slavery at the Seven Summits Centre for Learning (7S) in Rossland was another success as students raised more than $500 during the fundraising drive. "We want to thank all those in the community, as well as our 7S students and parents, who donated to our...
COLUMN: Duality, choices, and truth (PART TWO)
War metaphors: Charles Eisenstein Another very lengthy book on humanity’s love affair with dualism is by Charles Eisenstein, with whom regular readers of this column will be familiar, so often do I reference his work. I most especially appreciate his insistence that any time we allow ourselves to use war metaphors, of battle...
COUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council Meeting, January 4, 2021
Present: Mayor Kathy Moore and Councillors Stewart Spooner, Chris Bowman, Terry Miler, Janice Nightingale, and Andy Morel. Staff: CAO Bryan Teasdale, City Planner Stacey Lightbourne, Manager of Operation & Infrastructure Scott Lamont, Manager of Recreation & Events Kristi Calder, and Executive Assistant Rachel...
West Kootenay December weather above seasonal normal temperature
The month of December provided above seasonal normal temperature said the Southeast Fire Centre Weather Services. “The large-scale pattern was initially dominated by a mild and dry area of high pressure that transitioned to a more active pattern with a series of Pacific frontal systems in a mild westerly flow,” the Southeast...
December above seasonal normal temperature
The month of December provided above seasonal normal temperature said the Southeast Fire Centre Weather Services in the monthly weather synopsis. “The large-scale pattern was initially dominated by a mild and dry area of high pressure that transitioned to a more active pattern with a series of Pacific frontal systems in a mild westerly flow,” […]
Letter: Thank you
Dear Editor: I am writing to thank the Rossland Telegraph for publishing submissions from the Rossland Public Library. It is rare to find a newspaper these days that has either the space or the inclination to inform its readers about new and recommended books. As a B.C. author, I am always pleased to see this type of support...
2020 was quite a year -- with some good things in the works
A surprising thing happened at The Narwhal during the very-bad-not-at-all-good year of 2020: we wrote more good news and solutions-focused stories than ever before By Carol Linnet, for The Narwhal You don’t need me to tell you what the seven years of 2020 have been like. But if the pandemic has revealed anything...