COLUMN: From the Hill -- better funding for rural municipal infrastructure?
In my last column, I discussed some of the issues we heard about at House Finance Committee hearings. I’d like to mention a few more of the thought-provoking ideas discussed on the second day of hearings in Edmonton. Both the National Cattle Feeders Association and the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association focussed on...
Cyclocross Race at Red, October 30
Some new excitement is scheduled at Red -- the region's first cyclocross race ever! Hope for good weather on October 30, for the sake of cyclocross racers doing the "Hallocross" event. This is a fun race; for those rare individuals who don't already know all about it, here's a definition cribbed from Wikipedia:...
‘Wishes for Annabelle’ raises funds for Nelson family
Through online auctions and a crowdfunding campaign friends and family are pulling out all the stops to help a little Nelson girl facing a life-threatening illness. In August eight-year-old Annabelle Edl started feeling fatigued, pale and feverish. In September, she was diagnosed with Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia....
UPDATED: Two sides in Kootenay Savings labour dispute take weekend hiatus
Even members of bargaining committees need a few days off for a weekend break. Talks in the Kootenay Savings Credit Union Labour dispute are taking weekend hiatus Jeff Bromley of the United Steelworkers Union said in an email release Friday. Bromley said bargaining has stopped for the weekend with employer (Kootenay Savings...
Snow starting to accumulate on Kootenay Mountains
It's looking a little white on top of Kootenay mountains Thursday morning after another storm passed over the West Kootenay/Boundary region. The Kootenay Pass between Salmo and Creston received a dusting of the white stuff as did the Blueberry Paulson stretch between Trail/Castlegar and Christina Lake. As for the ski hills,...
Calvin Vollrath, internationally acclaimed fiddler, to perform in Castlegar
World-class fiddler Calvin Vollrath will be playing at the Old Castle Theatre in Castlegar on October 24 at 7 PM. If you watched the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, you’ve heard his music. He was commissioned to write, arrange and play five fiddle tunes to share the richness and variety of Canadian...
The Health and Economic Costs of Everyday Chemicals Added to Nearly Everything
A detailed economic analysis recently completed by the New York University Langone Medical Centre suggests that low-level daily exposure to chemicals found in many products has a large economic cost to the United States -- in the order of $340 billion annually. The costs referred to are health care expenditures and lost ...
Selkirk College Alumnus Graduates Top of the Class at University of Victoria
Peter Kremler credits the strong foundation he secured during his time at Selkirk College as a springboard to graduating at the top of his Faculty of Engineering class at the University of Victoria. Kremler took first-year courses at Selkirk College before transferring to UVic where he graduated with a degree in Electrical ...
Food security = important for humans and other animals too
As leaves change colour and drop from trees, and a chill in the air signals the approach of winter, many of us are thinking of the fall harvest and hearty soups and dishes that will soon warm our bellies. Not everyone is lucky enough to enjoy such thoughts. About four million Canadians — including more than a million children...
RSS, Wildsight and FORRS working together
It's common knowledge: spending time in the outdoors is good for our health and our brains. People learn best from experience, and we also learn best when we're young; hence the growing interest in outdoor education and experiential learning. Early in October, a crew of young people from Rossland Summit School (RSS) were...
