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Kootenay Savings headed for one-day lockout of employees
Members of the United Steelworkers Local 1-405 and 9705 in some branches of Kootenay Savings Credit Union are head to the picket line after the company announced Thursday its plan to lock‐out employees...
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New Partnership: National Ski Academy and RED
We are proud to announce that RED Mountain’s Legacy Training Centre has been designated The National Ski Academy’s 'Official Western Canadian Training Centre'. Boundary Sentinel Castlegar Source...
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Special meeting may see city net grant for airport expansion
At a special meeting Friday at 12 p.m., city council unanimously voted in favour of applying for a grant that would help fund an expansion of the West Kootenay Regional Airport.The reason for the...
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Successful First Nations in Canada support economic development and are...
First Nations with the highest living standards capitalize on, rather than oppose the economic opportunities available to them, and are governed by long-serving, fiscally prudent leaders, finds a new...
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Tragedy Struck and a Kootenay Mom Adapted
What do you do when your world changes in an instant?Following the tragic news of her husband’s skiing accident which left him a quadriplegic, Invermere’s own Cassy Campbell did what any mom would do:...
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COLUMN: From the Hill -- Forestry and Trade Wars
The forest industry has been a critically important sector in the BC economy for over a century, but it has been hit hard. A 30-year trade war with the United States cost our industry billions of...
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COLUMN: 'World Class' Oil Spill Response a Failure
In July, a pipeline leak near Maidstone, Saskatchewan, spilled about 250,000 litres of diluted oil sands bitumen into the North Saskatchewan River, killing wildlife and compromising drinking water for...
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Op/Ed: Why your stuff turns to junk so fast (and cooks the planet)
Note: This article was originally posted on the Worldwatch Institute blog. Worldwatch is an independent research organization based in Washington, D.C. that works on energy, resource, and...
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COLUMN: A Blow to Regional Collaboration
Over the last couple of years many elected officials in our region have been trying hard to improve collaboration and cooperation between our various local governments. Unfortunately, the region has...
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Deconstructing the US Election
A quick glance over current headlines: madness and dread“You spread your paranoia, all over this land –Creating situations you don’t understand…You’ve got to stop flashing pictures of the People.Stop!...
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Cellphone Service (NOT) Lately
UPDATE: A Telus representative has just informed us that service was restored to Rossland in the morning on Sunday, November 13. However, She explained that the cause of the interruptions in service...
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REKINDLE THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS -- COMING ON DECEMBER 3
ROSSLAND’S REKINDLE THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS EVENT IS IN THE WORKS!Tourism Rossland is excited to announce the upcoming 22nd annual Rekindle The Spirit Of Christmas event on December 3rd. Events will...
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Sweden provides lessons on how to increase accessibility for low- and...
Amid continued calls in some provinces to reduce or even eliminate government funding of independent schools, policymakers could look to Sweden and its full government funding model that increases...
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A Letter to Trudeau From Young Researchers
More than 1500 early-career researchers in Canada and Canadian researchers abroad are sending an open letter to the Prime Minister and six Cabinet Ministers, calling for scientific rigour and...
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Trail Airport has new, lower approach limits approved by NAV CANADA
All weather aircraft access will improve greatly at the Trail Regional Airport (YZZ), starting this winter. Effective January 5, 2017, YZZ will have the official approval from NAV CANADA to allow...
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Canada’s health-care wait times hit 20 weeks in 2016 — longest ever recorded
Canadian patients waited longer than ever this year for medical treatment, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. The...
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COLUMN: On the Quality of Public Discourse, and the Difference Between Debate...
The U.S. election was a chilling illustration of the atrocious state of public discourse. It doesn’t bode well for a country once admired for leadership in education and science. Rossland Telegraph...
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Rekindle the Spirit of Christmas with music, Experiences Canada, and more
A day jam-packed with entertainment, shopping, and celebrations is planned for the 22nd annual Rekindle the Spirit of Christmas scheduled for December 3rd in Rossland.The day will include the Santa...
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OPINION: The Trouble With CETA and Faith-based 'Reality'
"Sweep away the community of honest brokers in America [and] we'll be left with a culture and public dialogue based on assertion rather than authenticity, on claim rather than fact."-- U.S. journalist...
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LETTER: From Rafe Mair to Justin Trudeau
TO PRIME MINISTER THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JUSTIN TRUDEAUMr. Prime Minister, as you contemplate approving pipelines in our province, I respectfully suggest you ask yourself a couple of questions.How come...
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