Police seek public assistance in Boundary Creek Provincial Park assault
S/Sgt. Annie Linteau, E Division Senior Media Relations Officer with the RCMP said in a media release Thursday, police are continuing their investigation of a sexual assault that allegedly occurred on Tuesday (July 4, 2017) between 9:30-9:50 a.m. at the Boundary Creek Provincial Park, located four kilometres west of Greenwood. Linteau said a woman […]
COLUMN: The Pain of Living: human attempts to find comfort
“Life is hard. Then you die.” We have all heard this. “Life is difficult”, says M. Scott Peck, in the first sentence of his highly-recommended work on the psychology of love, The Road Less Travelled.* Some wit added the tagline – “then you die.” [ *Listen to the audio book at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysgUYsBoeY0&t=36s]...
Summer fun comes with caution
Combine beautiful weather, vacation time and our great outdoors and you’ve got the ingredients for a lot of people having fun on and around the water. Add this year’s fast-flowing, high water levels, poor judgement, lack of preparation and alcohol and you’ve got the recipe for a tragedy. “It can happen so quickly,” says...
FireSmart Workshop for Black Bear Residents.
Would Rossland become a mini-Fort McMurray in the event of a nearby wildfire? Or could FireSmart measures provide protection? How much? Don Mortimer, Rossland resident and consultant with FireSmart Canada, thinks preventive measures can provide significant protection. Residents in Rossland's Black Bear neighbourhood are...
Balfour pro Craig Wilkinson golfs to fight ALS
Balfour Golf Club professional Craig Wilkinson is a great supporter of finding a cure for ALS. So much, that last week (June 26) Wilkinson golfed 200 holes in the sunrise to sunset fundraiser to support of those living with ALS, playing for 11 hours, 27 minutes, and 26 seconds to achieve the mark. Wilkinson began […]
Seven Summits Centre for Learning is on the move -- to a new home with a red roof.
It's official: The Seven Summits Centre for Learning will start the coming school year in different, more spacious premises. Emphasizing that Seven Summits is NOT a religious school and has no religious affiliations, Seven Summits board member Shelley Ackerman confirmed that the Centre for Learning has reached an agreement...
June weather starts cool, but finishes hot, hot, hot
June was a tale of two weather months said Ron LakemanWeather Forecaster for the Southeast Fire Centre. Lakeman said June opened with unsettled conditions coupled with variable temperatures before closing with the final two weeks of warm, hot and dry weather. “Showers or thundershowers occurred on nine of the initial 16 days as a series of […]
House Fire at Caldera Subdivision
Rapid action by local firefighters prevented a house fire on July 3, 2017, from becoming a forest fire in the current hot, dry conditions. The Caldera subdivision home, surrounded by trees, is badly damaged, but the fire was contained. An eyewitness who saw the house burning said, "It looked like there wouldn't...
COLUMN: Face to face meetings and international trade disputes
Last Monday I travelled to Washington, DC with Tracey Ramsey, the NDP critic for International Trade. I was there in my role as NDP critic for Natural Resources, and we were both there to talk about softwood lumber with senators, congressmen and their staff. We had a full day of meetings on Tuesday, going from office to...
MakerMobile in Rossland! One Day Only -- July 6
What is the MakerMobile? There's a website, and this is what it says: "MakerMobile is a travelling classroom, hackspace, workshop, art studio and laboratory. Our goal is to explore the endless possibilities of imagination and creativity by engaging young people in hands-on projects and workshops exploring art, crafts,...
