As time eats into the New Year, our new Council chews on some tough issues. Rossland City Council Regular Meeting January 12, 2015 Present:   Mayor Kathy Moore,   Councillors Lloyd McLellan, John Greene, Andrew Zwicker,  Marten Kruysse, Andy Morel,  Aaron Cosbey. Staff:  Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Tracey Butler,...

  New tool provides crowd-sourced observations for public avalanche safety Jan 14, 2014, Revelstoke, BC: Avalanche Canada is pleased to announce a new tool for backcountry users that brings real-time information sharing to recreational users. The Mountain Information Network (MIN) offers an easy and effective method for...

The "Goat FM Tour de Soup"  held at the  Black Jack Cross-Country Ski Club, went through five vats of delicious soup this year -- the supply of mouth-watering soups ran out  as hungry skiers kept lining up with cups. The "Tour de Soup" is a day of free skiing at Black Jack,  with free soup, too -- donated by local restaurants...

Science Matters Vol. 17, No. 2 13 Jan 2015   Digging out of Canada’s mining dilemma By David Suzuki   It sometimes seems people in the mining and fossil fuel industries — along with their government promoters — don’t believe in the future. What else could explain the mad rush to extract and use up the Earth’s resources as...

What can you get for under a buck? Well, as of this week in Nelson, a litre of gas. Petrol in the Heritage City joined the rest of the province in seeing its gas prices plummet from $1.40 not that long ago to 99.9. Average gas prices have fallen more than 40 cents per litre since June due to declining oil prices. The price ...

In less than three weeks millions of fans, football or not, will be parked in front of the television set to watch the Super Bowl. National Football League fans will be cheering for their favourite teams while others will be glued to the television to see what Anheuser–Busch, Apple, Go-Daddy and Doritos have dreamed up during...

Comments from the Minister of Energy and Mines have fueled the already burning controversy over new hunting regulations brought in by the government on December 10. East Kootenay MLA Bill Bennett recently told the Province newspaper that the province “didn’t get it quite right”, saying they will go back to the drawing board...

Since 2005, Eileen Delehanty Pearkes has researched and explored the natural and human history of the rivers of the upper Columbia River Basin.  She speaks frequently at conferences and symposia throughout the Basin on the history of the Columbia River Treaty and its effects on Basin residents.  She has recently completed a...

The Slocan Lake RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in locating a woman reported missing on Wednesday (January 7). Victoria Aguilar, 63, was last seen walking on Harold Street in the Village of Slocan a short distance from her home.    Aguilar, listed at 5'4" tall, medium build, fair complexion with freckles and a shaved...

Authors Note: The You can do that here! podcast is produced by Andrew Zwicker for the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology (KAST). It is a weekly series of half hour conversations with the most innovative entrepreneurs in the West Kootenay. Each episode is full of advice, and learnings from those that have been...