Local MLA welcomes funding for five capital projects across Kootenay West
New Democrat MLA Katrine Conroy is welcoming $252,267 in capital project funding to support five capital projects across Kootenay West. The W.E. Graham Community Service Society, Trail Association for Community Living, Rossland and District Search and Rescue Society, Castlegar Society for Search & Rescue, and Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club Society are five of […]
New Council gets its feet wet with a long agenda
Editor’s Note: These reports on Rossland City Council meetings are intended to be as complete and as neutral as reasonably possible, so that residents can track Council’s decisions and also better understand what the job of Council entails. Report: Regular Meeting of Rossland City Council, November 26, 2018 Present: Mayor...
UPDATED: Rosslanders -- Share Your Thoughts, Help Shape Heritage Plan, Maybe Win a Prize
The City of Rossland wants everyone who cares about our community to help shape our Heritage Management Plan. If you missed the drop-in event on December 1, you can still take part by answering the survey questions at this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RosslandHeritageSurvey The survey will be open through...
Dams and Earthquakes: Austin Engineering Honoured Again
Austin Engineering Ltd. and its team of like-minded partners are constantly analyzing dams, including how they react during earthquakes. The innovative thinkers are pleased to announce that their research, recently presented at the Canadian Dam Association, has received another accolade: the Clean Energy BC ‘Operational...
Rossland's "New" Library Re-opening Soon
Rossland Public Library will re-open on December 11, according to library director Beverley Rintoul. Before that, the building will open briefly just to host “Santa” during the Rekindle the Spirit of Christmas celebration on December 1. In the week preceding the opening date of December 11, book-lovers who “fostered” library...
Op/Ed: Monty Python or Kafka?
I have occasionally been critical of the way we do politics. The recent leaders’ debate on electoral reform provides me with material to explain. The Opposition prefers electoral reform to be studied by a citizens’ assembly, as in 2003, over the Government’s process. It is a reasonable proposal. The members of the 2003 Citizens’...
B.C. environmental assessment overhaul marred by deficiencies, scientists say
Nearly 180 scientists say impending legislation leaves the task of collecting evidence for major project reviews to proponents — without adequate independence, transparency or scientific rigour. By Sarah Cox for The Narwhal Simon Fraser University scientist Michael Price was in his office on Saturday, putting the finishing ...
Op/Ed: 100% Renewable Energy for BC
By Marc Lee, for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, from Policy Note It is well established that we need targets and timelines for reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are causing climate change. BC’s latest targets include a 40% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030, 60% by 2040 and 80% by 2050. And...
Letter: What we can do
Don’t worry! The Group of Twenty (G20), composed of nineteen countries (including Canada) and the European Union, will meet in Buenos Aires (Argentina) November 30th and December 1st. By then, newspapers and media analysts will most likely tell us again that they won’t all get along on some major issues during this summit. ...
Column: Can one person influence our culture for the better?
Introduction: topics committed, topics mapped “I will probably write the next column with the intent to persuade readers that the human project demands that non-conforming individuals challenge culture more and more, as culture more and more escapes our understanding, our ethics and morality, and our capacity to regulate it....
