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...

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 […]

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...

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...

By Marie-Hélène Dubé, via The Broadbent Institute As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many restrictions have been placed on fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In response, serious warnings have rightfully emerged regarding the necessity of safeguarding these freedoms...

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) announced Tuesday in a media release that the Junior B league will seek financial assistance from the provincial and federal governments due to the monetary impact as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 20-team -Junior B league followed the lead of many other sports organizations around the […]

St Andrew’s United Church in Rossland is selling dozens of its pews from the 1950s ahead of its $344,000 renovation project. The landmark heritage building at the corner of Queen Street and 1st Avenue in Rossland hasn’t  been solely a place of worship since Seven Summits Centre for Learning (7S) moved in seven years ago and...

The coming struggle over ‘Normal’:  when pandemic lessons are erased, forgotten, or falsified – what is to be done? There’s something that I’m watching, means a lot to me. It’s coming for me darling, no matter where I go. Its duty is to harm me, my duty is to know.       -- Leonard Cohen, Banjo Writing about it Are you tired...

Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia: “Today, we are announcing 71 new cases, for a total of 1,795 cases in British Columbia. “Every health region in British Columbia has patients with COVID-19: 745 […]

In the midst of a global pandemic, conspiracy theorists have found yet another way to spread dangerous disinformation and misinformation about COVID-19, sowing seeds of doubts about its severity and denying the very existence of the pandemic. Since March 28, conspiracy theorists — “coronavirus deniers” —...