Beware of alcohol, wrong tires in slippery conditions, and soft shoulders
Recent police reports demonstrate that alcohol and driving don’t mix; that “4-season” tires don’t really include the winter season in the mountains; and that soft shoulders are a hazard, especially on the old Cascade Highway. A 17-year-old “new” male driver from Castlegar slid his vehicle off the road on Highway 3-B , near...
Movie Night at the Miners Hall -- snow talent, prizes, and more . . .
Getting offline and spending more time outside in nature is something we can all get on board with, right? West Kootenay EcoSociety is bringing two movies, Level 1 Productions’ Romance and Nitro Snowboards’ Offline to Rossland on Wednesday, November 20th at the Miners Hall at 7:00 pm, and to Nelson on Wednesday, November 27th...
BC taxpayers subsidized fracking companies to the tune of 1.2 billiion in two years
Although the amount of natural gas fracked in the northeast corner of the province has increased by 70 per cent over the last decade, British Columbia is increasingly out of pocket when it comes to collecting on this industry's resource royalties, according to newly released data By Judith Lavoie, for The Narwhal Fossil fuel...
Column: Forming bonds in times of crisis
The climate and ecological crises touch each of us to varying degrees. Some carry the emotional weight of worrying about what kind of diminished, unstable world we’re leaving for our children while others are directly, physically affected by climate-fuelled disasters like storms, wildfires, droughts and changing wildlife...
Column: Life and Path
A death in my family A cousin of mine died last month, a man with whom for a very long period I had no contact nor true family-feeling. Alcoholism killed him. We once were very close. I feel called to apologize in advance to family members who might feel my remarks here are too personal, that I have said too much that should...
Remembering in Rossland, 2019
Crowds of Rosslanders gathered near the cenotaph for the customary ceremony to remember those killed and damaged in wars. The new mural provided a fitting and poignantly beautiful backdrop for the scene, and as the Master of Ceremonies pointed out, it will serve to remind people all year ‘round, for many years to...
Op/Ed: Canada doesn't protect whistleblowers, and they're at serious risk.
By Paloma Raggo, for The Conversation Whistleblowers put their careers, and sometimes their safety, on the line to protect democratic ideals and the public interest. Canada, like its southern neighbour, is not immune to whistleblowing controversies at the highest levels of government. Would a whistleblower be protected in...
Opinion: Wine not do some wine tasting, here and there?
By Colleen Ross Wine tasting season is not dead. I recently returned from a lovely weekend on Naramata Bench and everyone was in full action. The last of the grapes were being harvested, the crush pads were flowing with juice and the leaves were changing color. I don’t know what was more beautiful -- the wine or the views. ...
Community Futures hosts Operational Compliance 101 for Cannabis Producers
Calling all Pot Growers. Kootenay cannabis producers have been invited to attend a free workshop on operational compliance, offered by Community Futures Central Kootenay (CFCK) and the Vancouver-based developers of the CertiCraft software system for craft growers. The session is set for Friday, November 15th from 4-7 p.m. at the Prestige Hotel in Nelson […]
Council Matters: November 4, 2019, meetings
Notes: Rossland City Council Meetings, November 4, 2019. Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Janice Nightingale, Dirk Lewis, Scott Forsyth, Stewart Spooner, and Chris Bowman. Absent: Andy Morel. Staff: CAO Bryan Teasdale, Deputy Corporate Officer Cynthia Año Nuevo, CFO Elma Hamming, Manager of Planning & ...
