Charette Date Changed to September 30
Rossland City Council held a special meeting on Friday, September 18, to hear and consider comments from residents about the sewer pipe bridge proposal, and to pass a resolution about its funding. Eight residents appeared, one of whom just wanted to inform the City about a large wasp nest in the ground beside the footpath ...
Letter: Refugees
Editor: Thanks to all the generous Rosslanders who have helped to welcome WKFoR's new Eritrean family! Their arrival is timely. Attached is a letter to our Immigration Minister that I hope will inspire others to speak out as well. Dear Mr. Alexander, Today I signed the petition circulating on change.org which calls on you...
Harper's Refugee Conundrum
Most government leaders would look at the refugee crisis in Europe and see it as an opportunity, especially during an election, to appear on top of the issue – with some combination of statesmanship, leadership and intuitive grasp of their own population’s sensibility. But Stephen Harper is not most politicians and the refugee...
Researchers Want Science to be an Election Issue
By Marija Curran Researchers across the country are mobilizing during Science Literacy Week (September 21-27) to highlight the importance of science and evidence-based decision-making during the federal election campaign. Scientists from St. John’s to Vancouver are organizing ‘Vote Science 101’ events, bringing local candidates...
Cat 2 open fires permitted in west part of Southeast Fire Centre
Effective noon (Pacific time) Friday, Sept. 18, Category 2 open fires will be permitted within the Arrow and Kootenay Lake Fire Zones of the Southeast Fire Centre due to a decreased risk of wildfires. Category 2 fires are fires that burn material in piles smaller than two metres high and three metres wide, or stubble or grass...
Valhalla Wilderness Society calls for independent review of caribou in maternity pens
The Valhalla Wilderness Society (VWS) is calling for an independent review of two maternity penning projects for BC’s endangered mountain caribou, after seven caribou died in the pens this summer. According to a press release from the VWS, “One adult cow and four newborn calves died in a pen near Revelstoke; and in a similar...
Kootenay Lake School District staff scramble to fix scheduling problems caused by My Education B.C. data system
A new student information system is causing issues at L.V. Rogers Secondary School, leaving some students with unwanted gaps in their timetables. Some students at L.V. Rogers in Nelson and Prince Charles Secondary School in Creston are finding out the hard way that there just aren’t enough teachers available for the number ...
City drafts bylaws to deal with 'aggressive' panhandlers
A shout out from the down-and-out looking for a hand out is on the way out as city council is preparing to finalize its stamp on a panhandling bylaw in an attempt to stem the tide of a disturbing trend. The first three readings of a bylaw expected to curb a rise in “aggressive” panhandling in the downtown was passed by the ...
Create a Chance by Taking at a Chance at Selkirk College Fundraising Dinner
Leaping into the financial unknown at the upcoming fundraising evening for the Selkirk College Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping Program will inject an extra dose of excitement into an event that aims to bring an international component to a highly anticipated offering. A Mir Centre for Peace Fundraising Dinner is set for September...
Twilights and High Noons in World History
“The unhistoric peoples of Europe are consigned to the dustbin of history.” --- Friedrich Engels This column is my response to the “migrant crisis” in Europe; I try to provide some context for what is happening there now. A Grand Narrative of Human History People today do not read Arnold Toynbee’s A Study of History. It is...
