Opinion: A business case for Trans Mountain expansion? A close look at the data
By David Huntley; republished with permission from Watershed Sentinel The Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline is being built to transport Alberta’s diluted bitumen to tidewater and then by tanker to overseas markets. In 2011, the National Energy Board gave Trans Mountain priority access for 79,000 barrels of oil per day...
Final column for 2020 from David Suzuki: We have the power to make a brighter future
This is our last column for 2020. What a year it’s been! As if things weren’t bad enough on the environmental front — record-breaking global temperature increases, the U.S. backtracking on ecological protections and policies and pulling out of the Paris climate agreement, a worsening biodiversity crisis and more — the world...
RCMP apprehend wanted man, take drunk drivers off road in Rossland
A complaint from a Spokane Street resident in Rossland on December 14, about a parked vehicle with its engine running all night, resulted in RCMP officers apprehending a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. When officers investigated the parked vehicle, the 42-year-old Kamloops man initially gave a false name, but officers...
Column: From the Hill -- CERB injustices
In the middle of the pandemic’s second wave and with the holidays fast approaching, many Canadians are still struggling to figure out how they’ll get through these tough times. Last week we saw two examples of how the government’s priorities are hurting many low-income, self-employed Canadians while letting large corporations...
Rossland Council's final set of Zoom meetings for 2020
Chicken coop question resolved! And, Council got through a lot of other business in its final meetings of 2020. Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Terry Miller, Dirk Lewis, Chris Bowman, Janice Nightingale, Stewart Spooner, and Andy Morel. Staff: CAO Bryan Teasdale, DCO Cynthia Año Nuevo, CFO Elma Hamming, Manager...
Rossland Public Library -- inspiration for readers
“Books of My Life” -- Q and A with Catherine Spence, Rossland Public Library Board vice-chair: 1. My favourite childhood book is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It appealed to my imagination and I loved rooting for the hero and seeing the bad kids get what they deserved. Maybe I can blame this book for my...
Book Review: Connor Mackay's first novel is a blast
“Albatross – Contact” is a gripping science fiction novel of the warring-aliens variety. It introduces a variety of well-developed characters, both human and alien, some of whom interact peacefully, and others whose attacks result in full-on, rip-roaring, seriously tech-enhanced battles. The...
Entertainment: This movie is just what we need now
By Anna Augusto Rodrigues, for The Conversation If you missed the Netflix debut of Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, there are reasons to watch it now that go beyond being inspired to keep up fashionable appearances through a winter in COVID-19 lockdown or dreaming about travelling to beautiful Icelandic...
Selkirk College Professional Cook Training Program Students Spread Holiday Cheer
Faced with the pandemic predicament of too much food with not enough customers, Selkirk College students in the Professional Cook Training Program are providing a tasty holiday season gift to their post-secondary peers. Vital to success for learners in the cook program—based out of the kitchen training facility on Nelson’s Tenth Street Campus—is preparing food […]
Column: Raise the bar, Canada, and address environmental racism
In Canada, we’re quick to favourably compare ourselves to our southern neighbours. COVID-19 caseloads may be at an all-time high here, but the U.S. situation is even more dire. Canada hasn’t managed to curb carbon emissions, but the U.S. abandoned emission reduction targets when it pulled out of the Paris Agreement. We may ...
