FortisBC receives approval for electricity rate change
In a media release Wednesday, FortisBC announced the company has received approval from the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) for an electricity rate change effective January 1, 2017. The rate customers pay is increasing by 2.76 per cent, which is approximately $3.65 more per month for the average residential...
Editorial: Seven Summits Centre For Learning is now partnered with SD 71; how is that working?
Thanks to the Seven Summits Centre for Learning (Seven Summits), Rossland still has Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K -12) education within its city limits. When School District 20 decided to close Maclean Elementary School, sell that building and move its former students into the former Rossland Secondary School building, and ...
COUNCIL MATTERS: Special Meeting -- Community Grants and an IT Decision
Special Council Meeting, December 5, 2016 Council met to discuss and make funding decisions for Community Grants, and to make a decision on the City's Information Technology (IT) needs. Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Aaron Cosbey, John Greene, Andrew Zwicker, Andy Morel, and Lloyd McLellan; Absent-- Marten...
Paper pushes jet fuel trial back months
The work preparing volumes of evidence is pushing the start of the Lemon Creek fuel spill trial well into the new year. Lawyers for all the involved parties gathered by conference call before Judge Robert Brown in a Nelson courtroom Tuesday morning. The trial was also delayed back in November of this year as both crown and ...
November the mildest on record, but cold weather is coming
November’s mild weather is going to look pretty good next week as Mother Nature whips up some cooler weather for the region during the next week. Environment Canada forecasts temperatures as cold as minus 9 C with snow during the end of the week. That’s in stark contrast to November says Ron Lakeman, Weather Forecasterfor the...
It's Time to Strengthen Your Immune System
It is time to build up your system before the holiday season is upon us and keep it strong for the winter. I’ve already seen the start of viral abdominal flus, so this will help prevent and minimize the typical viral and bacterial flus common at this time of year. I try to remind folks that having a cold or flu once...
Canada's Long History of Waffling on Electoral Reform
Our government established a special committee to consider the subject of proportional representation, and the committee noted that “it must be apparent to all that the present system of election in single-member constituencies meets fully the purpose intended only when not more than two candidates are nominated.” The committee...
Police seek public's assistance to locate missing man
The Elk Valley Regional RCMP is seeking the assistance of the public in their investigation of a missing person. On Saturday (December 3) , Jeremy Roy Scott Wellman was reported missing to the RCMP. The 32-year-old man was last seen at around 7 p.m. on Friday (December 2), when he went to get gas in Fernie, BC. Wellman is ...
Radon testing available for Trail residents and public buildings
Interior Health has donated 44 radon kits to the Trail Area Health and Environment Committee (THEC) and City of Trail to springboard a campaign to encourage homeowners and municipalities to test their buildings for radon before the end of 2016. “Everyone should get their home tested. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer […]
Scammers are out trying to steal your money — know before you spend
It's December 1, meaning less than a month before Christmas Day. While shoppers are busy finding that perfect gift, so are scammers busy trying to steal away any, or all, of the happiness that goes with the festive season. The Better Business Bureau says Canadians typically spend in the range of 30 billion dollars over the ...
