Interest in Rossland's innovative educator rising
As online schooling becomes the new norm and students learn to navigate a new type of classroom, Rossland’s Seven Summits Centre for Learning (in BC) is thriving as local parents and high school students look for a “future-proof” solution designed to meet their current and longer term educational needs....
In-depth: Wildfires, deforestation and flooding
Water-repellent forest floors, soil erosion and a lack of tree cover all influence how snowpack melts in the spring By Natalia Balcerzak, Local Journalism Initiative reporter for The Narwhal The arrival of spring brought a surge of warm weather to Williams Lake, in the Cariboo region of B.C., and with it a rush of...
Column: Rewilding
In early 1995, eight grey wolves were transferred from Jasper National Park in Alberta to Yellowstone National Park in the U.S. Within two years, 23 more were brought in. The last wolves in Yellowstone had been killed in the 1920s. What happened next was remarkable. Over time, the wolves not only reduced rapidly increasing...
FACTS about that Heritage Management Plan; CIP Grant recommendations; bottle bin is open! – and, ‘masks for all.’
Rossland Regular City Council Meeting, May 4, 2020 – by webcast Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Stewart Spooner, Chris Bowman, Janice Nightingale, Andy Morel, Dirk Lewis. Staff members present included CAO Bryan Teasdale, CFO Elma Hamming, City Planner Stacey Lightbourne, Deputy Corporate Officer Cynthia...
Column: From the Hill -- For a fairer, safer, healthier society
At this time of year, we mark two days to remember the contribution and sacrifice that workers make for our society--the National Day of Mourning on April 28th and International Workers Day on May 1st. On the National Day of Mourning we remember those people who died in the course of their work. People who went to work in ...
Op/Ed: Dealing with the absurdity of human existence in the face of converging catastrophes
Editor’s Note: This article is just over a year old, thus contains no mention of COVID-19; readers can add our awareness of the pandemic to the author’s commentary. ByLonnie Aarssen, Professor of Biology, Queen’s University, Ontario, via The...
Accusations and questions: Fletcher Quince challenges Kathy Moore to answer publicly
Fletcher Quince sent Mayor Kathy Moore a lengthy e-mail, published it on Rossland Bhubble as well, and asked that she respond publicly. Moore decided the Rossland Telegraph would be an appropriate forum to make her answers public, and submitted the document including Fletcher’s questions and her answers. The editor agreed...
Road Kings Queen City Cruise run over by COVID-19
Add the Nelson Queen City Cruise as the latest event in Nelson to be run over by COVID-19 pandemic. Nelson Road Kings president Marcello Piro made the announcement Wednesday that the scheduled 2020 show set for September 11-12 in Nelson has also been cancelled. “Unfortunately, as a result of COVID-19, so many things have changed […]
Time to end profit-making in seniors’ care
By Andrew Longhurst and Kendra Strauss, from “Policy Notes” via the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives The coronavirus pandemic has shone a light on serious problems in Canada’s seniors’ care system, as nursing homes quickly became the epicenters of the outbreak. These problems are not only due to the greater vulnerability...
Share your experience of COVID-19 to better inform health care planning.
In light of the coronavirus outbreak leading to the current COVID-19 pandemic, a UBC research team in partnership with the BC Rural Health Network has created a brief, anonymous survey to learn from rural and remote BC communities about their experiences and responses to COVID-19. We will use the findings to understand rural...
