Selkirk College Graduating Nursing Student Recognized for Top Marks by University of Victoria
Selkirk College nursing graduate Holli Norberg was recently recognized by the University of Victoria for top marks in the faculty of Human and Social Development which partners with the local school in offering the Nursing degree program. There are over 3,500 students enrolled in the faculty. Norberg, a Nelson resident, took...
Putting Your Garbage Out After August 15
CORRECTION: This notice originally mis-stated the time when people will be required to put garbage out for collection. The correct time is AFTER 5:00 am on the day of collection. The time has been corrected below. ________________________________________________________ Here's some advance notice: After Rossland City...
Jail Time for Counselling Tax Evasion
From the Canada Revenue Agency The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced on August 5 that Russell Porisky of Chilliwack, British Columbia, was sentenced on July 29, 2016, in British Columbia Supreme Court. This was the second trial for Mr. Porisky and his common-law spouse, Elaine Gould, as their first conviction on January...
What BlackJack Skiers Do in their Summer Vacation
BlackJack Skier Development Program The Junior skiers had their first summer training camp in early July. They joined with skiers from five clubs from Alberta and BC – Canmore, Calgary, Foothills, Kimberly and Comox – and completed an eight day training camp. The first four days were dryland training in Kaslo followed by...
COLUMN: From the Hill -- Site C and Treaty 8
On February 18th of this year a group of First Nations activists came to Ottawa to speak to the government about the Site C dam project on the Peace River. They met with myself and other MPs in the BC NDP caucus to discuss their attempts to delay construction of the dam until the concerns of their people were heard in federal...
EDITORIAL RANT: Rape Culture Sums Up Human Society, So Far
A reader recently commented privately about the recent "Rape and Consequences" article, and expressed dismay that Canada's "rape shield" legislation is not more effective at curbing defence attorneys' strategy of "whacking the victim" in court. Her comment made me think: our society's acceptance of "rape culture" is...
Easy to view Perseids’ spectacular outburst this week
Forget the Olympics or the US presidential election. The big show this week is right above your head. The Perseid meteor shower is expected to put on a major display this week with more than 200 meteors flashing across the sky every hour on Thursday and Friday night. But you may have to be a bit of a night owl to see them...
Residents' report finds government’s feasibility study 'clearly inadequate'
After receiving no response from the provincial government, citizens opposed to closing the Balfour ferry terminal have gone public with the release of their own analysis of the government’s feasibility study. The Queens Bay Residents Association said the 12-page document finds the SNC-Lavalin study inadequate, biased and...
BOOK REVIEW: 'My Brother's Basement -- Stories and Interludes' by Joy Huebert
It arrived in the mail, an envelope containing a slim volume, from a former Rossland resident who moved to Victoria a few years ago. I wasn't expecting much, really. Pinching the book between thumb and forefinger, I was fully prepared to be underwhelmed. But then I started reading. And laughing. The wry wit, the humanity...
Gimme a Break! More Classic Car Collector vehicles now eligible
The British Columbia government is committed to making changes to the modified collector vehicle program to allow specialty cars and trucks, up to and including 1974, into the program. ICBC currently has a modified collector vehicle program that allows individuals with vehicles registered as a 1958 model year or older to apply...
