COLUMN: From the Hill -- COVID-19
I am writing this from my small Ottawa apartment. It’s Sunday and the spring sun is shining, beckoning me to walk down to the river. But I’ll obey my doctor’s orders and stay inside—although I received the good news yesterday that my COVID-19 test results came back negative, I was told to stay in self-isolation one more...
EXPLAINER: To understand BC's push for the Coastal Gaslink pipeline, think fracking, LNG Canada and the Site C dam
By Sarah Cox, for The Narwhal The pipeline at the centre of the Wet’suwet’en conflict is also central to the province’s long-running effort to attract multinational corporations and build up a liquefied natural gas export empire — all with infusions of public money. Here’s what you need to know...
Rossland City Council meetings, March 9, 2020
Declassified material on the Mid-town Transition Project; GreenLink Trail; better by-law enforcement; and more Present: Mayor Kathy More, and Councillors Janice Nightingale, Chris Bowman, Andy Morel, and Stewart Spooner. Absent – Dirk Lewis. 1 Public Hearing to consider: Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2718to...
POSTPONED: COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN SALMO AND TRAIL
In response to recommended best practices for public gatherings, Columbia Basin Trust is postponing its public engagement events scheduled for March 11, 2020, in Salmo and March 12, 2020, in Trail. These were the first in a series of events that invite people in the Columbia Basin to celebrate all they have accomplished alongside the […]
City of Trail given Community Wellness and Harm Reduction Grant
The City of Trail is one of 24 communities that were awarded Community Wellness and Harm Reduction Grants. Funded projects will be active from March 2020 to February 2021. The Community Wellness and Harm Reduction Grant was launched to support community partnerships on focused, action-oriented harm reduction projects or initiatives, tailored to meet local needs. […]
National Historic Site designation for Rossland Miners Union Hall
On March 6, 2020, the Lily May Room at the Rossland Miners Union Hall held a festive gathering of Rossland notables, Parks Canada personnel, our local Member of Parliament and a representative of our local MLA; all were celebrating the designation of Rossland’s Miners Union Hall as a Federal Historic Site. Speakers...
Rossland's Junior Curling Program
The four young curlers pictured above celebrated being the “most improved” during skills testing at their last session of the season in the Rossland Curling Club. Teams competed in three one-day Bonspiels at Rossland, Trail, and Nelson. About the Junior Curling Program: The Junior Curling Program is free for the kids, which...
RDKB $63-million Liquid Waste Management Plan approved
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has received approval from the Province of BC for its Liquid Waste Management Plan (LWMP), which includes major upgrades planned for the Columbia Pollution Control Centre (CPCC) that provides sewage treatment to the communities of Rossland, Trail, Warfield as well as Oasis and Rivervale in Electoral Area B / Lower Columbia-Old […]
Letter: That violent 'Greta' decal
A decal of a cartoon Greta Thunberg being sexually assaulted was posted on social media with the name of an Alberta-based company prominently on display. When questioned about it, the owner both acknowledged he was aware of the sticker and downplayed the clearly violent imagery of the rape of a minor. On the cusp of […]
Vancouver City Council supports free prescription birth control
On Tuesday, March 3, 2020, Vancouver City Council unanimously passed a motion calling on the Provincial Government to make all prescription contraception available at no cost under the BC Medical Services Plan. “Unless prescription contraception is free, people who don’t have much money won’t have the same access to it as...
