Opinion: Reach out, listen, be patient. Good arguments can stop extremism
By Walter Sinnot-Armstrong, for Aeon Many of my best friends think that some of my deeply held beliefs about important issues are obviously false or even nonsense. Sometimes, they tell me so to my face. How can we still be friends? Part of the answer is that these friends and I are philosophers, and philosophers learn how to...
Keep it clean, eh? Sex-in-the-laundry-room act leads to arrest
Rossland: On December 14, 2018, RCMP received a report that a man and woman were having sex in the laundry room of an apartment building in Rossland. The sex, it turned out upon investigation, was only simulated; it was a ploy to get, or keep, other people out of the laundry room so the male […]
Rossland Arena Society Scores again! NDCU contributes.
The Nelson and District Credit Union has stepped up to provide more help with the upgrades needed to keep the Rossland Arena open. The local credit union announced last week its donation of $5000 to the Rossland Arena Society, which will contribute the funds toward the expensive work of keeping the arena safe to use. Mayor...
Special Weather Statement for Boundary, West Kootenay, Kootenay Lake
Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement for the Southern Interior of BC, including the Boundary, West Kootenay and Kootenay Lake regions. Environment Canada said a very intense cold front is forecast to move across the southwest interior Friday night, bringing south to southwest winds gusting up to 90 km/h into the evening. “Most […]
New to Rossland? Opinionated Advice on How to be Happier Here (Part two):
Getting to know you: volunteer! Perhaps you have a group of friends and think you don’t really need to know anyone else. Perhaps you’re too busy. But if you’d like to extend your knowledge of Rossland and its people, volunteering is a great way to do that. Volunteerism is at the heart of much that makes Rossland a wonderful...
Parks Canada shirks UN request for review of Site C dam impacts on imperilled national park
UNESCO issued a stern warning that, in order to keep Wood Buffalo National Park off a list of world heritage sites in danger, Canada must take “major and timely” action on 17 recommendations, including an impact assessment of B.C.’s controversial megadam By Judith Lavoie, the Narwhal Canada will not provide...
Council gets down to business: grants in aid, bylaws ...
Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Scott Forsythe, Chris Bowman, Dirk Lewis, Stewart Spooner, Janice Nightingale, and Andy Morel. Staff present:CAO Bryan Teasdale, Executive Assistant Alison Worsfold, Chief Financial Officer Elma Hamming, Manager of Operations Darrin Albo, City Planner Stacey Lightbourne, and Manager...
Op/Ed: Climate 'State of Play' update
From ECOJUSTICE; by Charles Hatt and Alan Andrews As heatwaves and forest fires broke out across Canada last summer, Ecojustice analyzed the “climate state of play.” Now, we’re back with an update. In the months since Ecojustice’s last analysis of the ‘climate state of play’ in Canada, the...
COLUMN: From the Hill -- Government should expunge convictions
Cannabis was legalized in Canada this October, but unfortunately the federal government didn’t include one important piece in that legislation: expungement of the records of a half million Canadians with criminal records for simple possession of cannabis. These people are saddled with a criminal record for doing something...
Rossland Arena Society earns a substantial grant to help with Rossland’s arena costs
The Rossland Arena Society was one of nineteen recipients of grants from the Kootenay Savings Community Foundation’s latest round of donations. Nineteen not-for-profit organizations from Kimberly to Kaslo to Salmo, including the Greater Trail Community Skills Centre and the LeRoi Community Foundation, shared in a total...
