Local MP pans federal budget
The following is a press release issued by Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko: New Democrat MP Alex Atamanenko feels that the budget presented today falls short of meeting expectations of Canadian families. “As with all budgets, there are some positive aspects, such as providing permanent gas tax dollars for predictable long-term infrastructure funding for […]
RCMP bust 'sophisticated' grow operation in Salmo; NCP stop suicide attempt
Around 250 marijuana plants were seized by RCMP from two “sophisticated” grow operations in Salmo on Thursday. The investigation into the property began following a traffic stop in May of 2011 in which 21 marihuana plants and several pounds of marihuana were seized from two adult men in the Salmo area. Members of the RCMP […]
Delving deep to uncover local history in the Slocan Valley
Local history will literally be unearthed this summer in the Slocan Valley. A hands-on Archeology Field School will take place at Slocan Narrows Pithouse Village near Lemon Creek in the Slocan Valley from June 18 to July 29. Pairing Selkirk College’s School of University Arts and Sciences with the Anthropology Department at Hamilton College (Clinton, […]
Selkirk College support staff in Nelson, Castlegar reach tentative agreement
Selkirk College has reached a tentative two-year agreement under the government’s 2010 mandate with the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada. The tentative agreement covers approximately 227 support staff employees at the college in Nelson and Castlegar. Union members are expected to vote on the agreement in the coming weeks. Selkirk College president and CEO […]
Let’s talk numbers
By Michael Jessen English speaking humans communicate using at least 250,000 distinct words. By contrast there are only 10 individual numbers – larger numbers being combinations of zero to nine. To put our thoughts into words, we have an unlimited capacity to produce vocabulary. We will coin no new numbers. Language is a highly elaborate […]
Burrows, Canucks take major bite out of Bruins, edge Boston 3-2 in overtime
Fourteen wins down, two to go. Alex Burrows took a major league bite out of the Boston Bruins, scoring 11 seconds into overtime to lift the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-2 victory in game two of the Stanley Cup Final Saturday at the Rogers Centre. Vancouver now leads the best-of-seven Cup series 2-0 with game […]
Green Men vow to cheer on Canucks — in Boston — as game three goes Monday night
The Green Men, the two super fans known as Force and Sully who root for the Vancouver Canucks, aim to spice up Hockey Night in Canada’s Monday broadcast with their antics (5 p.m.). Saturday at a fan rally in downtown Vancouver, the Green Men announced they will be making the trip to Boston to watch […]
Lobby group calls for criminal charges against Castlegar men who penned 'Deflowered in Seconds'
Ed note: The following is a press release issued by a lobby group, in which they name the Castlegar men who penned ‘Deflowered in Seconds’. I agonized over whether to publish these names … at first choosing not to, for fear of repercussions for myself and the young men involved. However, I now know this […]
Local guidebook celebrates 15 years of mapping the Kootenays with new version
What started out as a living room enterprise by two brothers from Trail has grown into a cross-country venture that embraces Canada’s great outdoor spaces. The widely popular Backroad Mapbook series tackles BC`s Kootenay Rockies region with a comprehensive new 144-page guide. “Fishermen, families who enjoy camping, hikers and hunters, people who like canoeing or […]
EDITORIAL: Going with the flow
They say there's no surer sign of nothing much to say than talking about the weather. Yet here I am! Living as we do in BC's second highest elevation city, Rosslanders are, or should be, pretty accustomed to unusual weather. This week, however, I found myself the recipient of winter bashing venom on several different occasions...
