Medicare and the Retirement Conundrum
There's been lots of attention paid recently to the Canada Pension Plan and how to extend it, and news stories and commentary about how adequate or otherwise Canadians' retirement situation will be. The sunshine boys over at the C.D. Howe Institute (a.k.a. the Isn't Capitalism Wonderful Institute, or ICWI) reassure us that ...
Attacks Have Long Diminished Debate
By David Suzuki In 1962, biologist and writer Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, a book about the widespread use of agricultural pesticides, and how toxic chemicals like DDT were threatening insects, birds and other elements of our natural world. It garnered widespread critical and popular acclaim and is heralded as the...
Outdoor Classroom Build a Success!
By Caley Mulholland As of Monday morning, students and visitors to Jubilee Field in Rossland have been enjoying a new spot to hang out. Over the weekend, a lively and efficient volunteer work crew, including Mayor Moore, planted trees and shrubs at the new outdoor classroom space and forest walk on the East side of Jubilee ...
Refugee Family Finds a Home in Rossland
By Jan Micklethwaite In December, 2013, the West Kootenay Friends of Refugees (WKFoR) welcomed Lun Lun San, Aung Ko Ko Latt and their son Samuel to Rossland. Originally from Burma, they had been living in Malaysia where they were selected for sponsorship by a Canadian government program set up to assist refugees. After...
Fisheries biologists explain to local anglers moves to restore Kootenay Lake fishery
Even Game six of the Stanley Cup Playoffs could not stop more than 120 anglers from leaving their televisions to fill the Balfour Community Hall in Balfour Monday to listen to answers on how Forest Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO) biologists plan to address the recovery of the Kootenay Lake fishery. “We are...
WKTEP moving to Heritage City beginning in September
By Zaynab Mohammed, The Nelson Daily The Heritage City is going to see a lot more teachers roaming around in the downtown core after the West Kootenay Teacher Education Program decided to move its operations from Castlegar to Nelson in September. For the past 26 years the WKTEP has been located at Castlegar’s Selkirk College....
RCMP, Nelson SARS conduct search for missing Blewett man
Nelson RCMP and Nelson Search and Rescue conducted a ground search of the area around the residence on Blewett Road and the Kootenay Canal/Rover Creek area Saturday evening. Nelson RCMP said to date no signs of Joe Moyer, age 42, have been located. Friends and family advised they will be conducting their own searches ...
What BC Can Learn From California's Drought
By Laura Brandes, Communications Director, POLIS Water Sustainability Project British Columbia can learn valuable lessons from California’s extreme drought and recent groundwater law reforms as it drafts its own groundwater regulations, which will have impact in communities across the province. Released today by the POLIS...
Taking over the Big Apple — Selkirk's Kiesza, Parenteau get gig on ABC's Good Morning America
It was a Selkirk College reunion that played out before millions of television viewers across Canada and the United States on Wednesday morning. Selkirk College Contemporary Music & Technology Program Instructor Gilles Parenteau and program alumna Kiesza performed together on ABC’s Good Morning America, the number-one...
HEY SPEEDY -- WHAT'S THE RUSH?
"It's in the ABC of growing up Now, now, darlin' Oh don't kill yourself." (From "Speeding Cars" by Imogen Heap.) The last line bears repeating: "Oh don't kill yourself." And don't kill anyone else, or mangle them into any permanent disability. Driving too fast? It's a killer. Truly. Grow up. Yes, speeding was still...
