New limit on maximum rent increases for 2020 in BC
British Columbia’s annual allowable rent increase for 2020 has been set at 2.6%, the province’s annual rate of inflation — 2% lower than it would have been prior to the reduction government made in 2019.
View ArticleSpokane Airport Shuttle on for coming ski season
It can be challenging travelling in the winter and even more so crossing the border, but Tourism Rossland has confirmed that a Spokane Airport Shuttle, facilitated by Kootenay Gateway Mountain Shuttle,...
View ArticleColumn: Our biodiversity crisis -- connecting the dots
The polar bear has become the poster child for climate change impacts in the Arctic. Sea ice, which the bears depend on for hunting, is melting at an ever-expanding rate.For other species, climate...
View ArticleTeck Trail Operations Announces Completion of New Acid Plant
Teck Trail Operations announced today completion of the new No. 2 Acid Plant, a $174 million investment in the long-term future of Trail Operations.“This investment supports our ongoing focus on...
View ArticleCOUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council, September 16, 2019
Cannabis edibles production in Rossland? Get ready for the Thingery; Trail seeks water use exemption for cemetery; Cycling Without Age and trishaws; water billing adjustment, and more.Present:...
View ArticleOp/Ed: Few things are as dangerous as economists with physics envy
By John Rapley, for AeonTwo questions: is it good or bad that professional athletes earn 400 times what nurses do, and is string theory a dead end? Each question goes to the heart of its discipline....
View ArticleGreta Thunberg: 'How dare you!'
Greta Thunberg’s speech to the UN was transcribed. Here is the full text. For the full effect, though, listen to her speech at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYqtXR8iPlEIn response to...
View ArticleCOLUMN: We must purge privilege from politics
Tackling climate change means purging privilege from politicsOur national political arena often seems dominated by unproductive partisan potshots and misplaced accountability, with corporate interests...
View ArticleTrail recycling company fined almost $23,000 by WorkSafeBC
A Trail recycling company has been fined almost $23,000 by WorkSafeBC, according to a report published on the organization’s website.According to WorkSafeBC, the $22,866.82 fine levied against...
View ArticleRossland's climate march
“Thank you all for coming out to support us! There are so many more people than we had expected,” said one youth representative from the steps of City Hall. Another shouted, “We are Generation Zed! We...
View ArticleEnergy Specialist Targets Carbon Emissions in the RDKB
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has hired a new Senior Energy Specialist.
View ArticleRossland City Council Meeting, September 3, 2019
Council members present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Scott Forsyth, Dirk Lewis, Janice Nightingale, Stewart Spooner, Andy Morel, and Chris Bowman. Staff present: CAO Bryan Teasdale,...
View ArticleNew limit on maximum rent increases for 2020 in BC
British Columbia’s annual allowable rent increase for 2020 has been set at 2.6%, the province’s annual rate of inflation — 2% lower than it would have been prior to the reduction government made in 2019.
View ArticleSpokane Airport Shuttle on for coming ski season
It can be challenging travelling in the winter and even more so crossing the border, but Tourism Rossland has confirmed that a Spokane Airport Shuttle, facilitated by Kootenay Gateway Mountain Shuttle,...
View ArticleColumn: Our biodiversity crisis -- connecting the dots
The polar bear has become the poster child for climate change impacts in the Arctic. Sea ice, which the bears depend on for hunting, is melting at an ever-expanding rate.For other species, climate...
View ArticleTeck Trail Operations Announces Completion of New Acid Plant
Teck Trail Operations announced today completion of the new No. 2 Acid Plant, a $174 million investment in the long-term future of Trail Operations.“This investment supports our ongoing focus on...
View ArticleCOUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council, September 16, 2019
Cannabis edibles production in Rossland? Get ready for the Thingery; Trail seeks water use exemption for cemetery; Cycling Without Age and trishaws; water billing adjustment, and more.Present:...
View ArticleOp/Ed: Few things are as dangerous as economists with physics envy
By John Rapley, for AeonTwo questions: is it good or bad that professional athletes earn 400 times what nurses do, and is string theory a dead end? Each question goes to the heart of its discipline....
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