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Editorial: Who opposes proportional representation, and why?
There’s an old saying: follow the money. In the case of the upcoming referendum on whether or not BC should change our voting system from First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) to a form of Proportional...
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The trouble with Bitcoin -- Blockchain and life on earth
We’ve all read about Bitcoin. Blockchain transactions such as those used by Bitcoin are touted for their security – the term “Blockchain” refers to a chain of “blocks” of data designed to be...
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Op/Ed: Buy BC First, says BC Premier
By John Horgan, Premier of British ColumbiaThis B.C. Day long weekend, let's take time to enjoy food, friends and family. Let's also celebrate the farmers, producers, and local businesses who provide...
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Op/Ed: The marvel of electric lighting is now a global blight to health
By Richard G. Stevens; republished from Aeon magazine
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Wage subsidies to hire students and apprentices: CBT
A program to support Columbia Basin employers is evolving to better meet their long-term workforce needs and to support Basin high school and post-secondary students and trades apprentices to gain...
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Column: A Downside of Energy Efficiency?
[Editorial Note: Readers can better understand Suzuki's urgency by first reading a recent article on CBC:https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/world-hothouse-report-1.4775649 ]By David Suzuki
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No Sulphuric Acid Spill -- This Time
This morning a Harms Pacific transport truck and trailer contracted by International Raw Materials Ltd. (IRM), carrying sulphuric acid, went off Highway 22 just west of Rossland. According to a news...
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Shocking news: A few Rosslanders can get a free JOLT
Bothered by bears, dogs and raccoons getting into your garbage? Get in touch with Mayor Kathy Moore to see if you can be one of 20 Rosslanders to receive a free electrified trash enclosure from Zaps...
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Permissive Tax Exemptions being reduced; water for farming? Rossland gets a...
Rossland City Council Meetings, August 13, 2018Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Council members John Greene, Lloyd McLellan, Andy Morel, and Marten Kruysse. Absent: Aaron Cosbey and Andrew...
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Editorial: Sex Problems Abound!
The “mid-life crisis” is a well-known phenomenon, often involving snazzy new sports cars, extra-marital affairs, or other impulsive and rash departures from the norm.Could sexual dissatisfaction be...
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Column: 'Hot-house Earth' isn't inevitable -- yet. There are cool solutions
In the midst of worldwide record heat, devastating wildfires, droughts, refugee crises, and torrential rains and flooding, some particular disturbing headlines have hit the news. “Planet at risk of...
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Opinion: Philosophy Shrugged: Ignoring Ayn Rand Won’t Make Her go Away
Article by Skye C. Cleary, from AeonPhilosophers love to hate Ayn Rand. It’s trendy to scoff at any mention of her. One philosopher told me that "No one needs to be exposed to that monster." Many...
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Special attraction coming to Rossland Fall Fair
On Sat. Sept. 8th the Rossland Fall Fair will fill the Rossland Arena with live music and entertainment.
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Column: Wildfires; lightning, people . . . and climate change
Scientists, journalists, environmentalists and others who draw the connection between increasing wildfires and global warming often face a backlash. It’s not climate change; it’s lightning, careless...
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Op/Ed: BC's Timid Response to Climate Change -- and Twelve Solutions
I wish I didn’t have to write this. I count myself a friend of the NDP/Green Alliance, and I had high hopes for the government’s new climate action plans. [1]BC’s Ministry of Environment has published...
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Column: Constituents' concerns
On Sunday I completed my third annual “Ride the Riding” event, cycling 411 kilometres from Naramata to Nakusp. The ride provides an opportunity to meet and talk with constituents on the trail or at...
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Column: From the Hill -- Court Ruling on KM Pipeline; an Emergency Meeting
Last Tuesday I was in Ottawa for an emergency meeting of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources in the wake of the Federal Court of Appeal decision that quashed the federal government’s approval...
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UPDATED report on local sulphuric acid spills
Teck Trail Operations sells sulphuric acid to International Raw Materials Ltd. (IRM), which contracts with a transportation provider to transport the acid. Sulphuric acid is used in numerous...
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Electric vehicles for the Kootenays
accelerateKootenays was in Rossland on for Golden City Days with their fully electric Chevrolet Bolt. They answered questions about electric vehicles at their booth at the Fall Fair and then allowed...
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Column: Disposable Culture
My parents married during the Great Depression. After the 1929 market collapse, people had to learn to make do, help each other out and live on meager incomes. Those times were seared into my parents’...
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