UPDATED: Former Alberta Premier Jim Prentice confirmed killed in Lake Country plane crash
The RCMP is saddened to confirm that four individuals have been killed in a plane crash that occurred late Thursday night, October 13 in Lake Country. Media agencies have confirmed one the four people on the plane was former Alberta premier Jim Prentice. Prentice, 60, was aboard a twin-engine Cessna Citation that disappeared from radar […]
West Kootenay Transit on Board with Selkirk College to Boost Adventure by Bus
A new video starring Selkirk College students shows off the benefits of jumping on board West Kootenay Transit. Produced by Digital Arts & New Media Program student James Tucker, the partnership between the college and BC Transit aims to change how the community thinks about transportation. “Public transit in the West Kootenay region provides an […]
COLUMN: We can't dig ourselves out of the fossil fuel pit
I’ve often thought politicians inhabit a parallel universe. Maybe it’s just widespread cognitive dissonance, coupled with a lack of imagination, that compels them to engage in so much contradictory behaviour. Trying to appease so many varying interests isn’t easy. Rather than focusing on short-term economic and corporate...
Council is in favour of more beer; a food charter in the works; paving may be delayed by cold
Present: Councillors Andy Morel (acting Mayor in Kathy Moore's absence), Lloyd McLellan, Aaron Cosbey, Marten Kruysse, John Greene, and Andrew Zwicker. Public Input Period: Petri Raito of the Rossland Beer company said he supports the proposed bylaw to allow for a larger micro-brewery in Rossland's downtown core. Cosbey...
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans sued for putting wild salmon at risk
The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is breaking the law by not testing B.C. farmed salmon for a virus that has spread like wildfire in Norway and Chile, before allowing them to be transferred into open-net ocean pens alongside wild fish. “According to federal fisheries laws, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is required...
Snow Season: City Ponders What to Plow, What Not to Plow
When is a public roadway a "private driveway"? At its regular meeting on Tuesday, October 11, 2016, Rossland City Council (minus only Mayor Kathy Moore) examined a proposal that would save the City an amount estimated at a little over $11,700 for an average plowing season. The suggestion was to amend the City's policy on...
No bang for the Saints as Clan steals opener from Selkirk
The Selkirk College Saints opened the 2016-2017 British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) regular season with a slight stumble, but nobody said the quest for a fifth straight league title would be easy. Coming into the regular season as the four-time defending league champions, the Saints home opener Saturday...
Lemon Creek fuel spill trial delayed
The trial on charges stemming from an aviation fuel spill in the Slocan Valley in 2013 is promising to be a long and complicated one. The trial resumed in Nelson on Tuesday- only to be put off for at least two more months. Crown counsel John Cliffe told Judge Phillip Seagram the Crown intends to call about 65 witnesses to...
Opinion: How to be Happier and Healthier; a Few Reminders.
Last weekend, we were reminded to be thankful. Now, as winter looms and days grow shorter, darker, and colder, perhaps we could use a few reminders of the things we already know, really, about being happier and healthier -- mentally healthier, too. Thanksgiving day -- Monday, October 10 -- was also World Mental Health day. ...
Opinion: Hw to be Happier and Healthier; a Few Reminders.
Last weekend, we were reminded to be thankful. Now, as winter looms and days grow shorter, darker, and colder, perhaps we could use a few reminders of the things we already know, really, about being happier and healthier -- mentally healthier, too. Thanksgiving day -- Monday, October 10 -- was also World Mental Health day. ...
