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COMMENT: The Department of Peace, part 1

by Alex Atamanenko on 11 Jan 2013
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COMMENT: The Department of Peace, part 1

In this column I would like to share part of the speech I gave to those attending the “Open Forum” on a culture of peace and Department of Peace in Canada which took place in Ottawa early in November of 2012.

Arms trade is big business – in 2010 total military spending in the world was around $1.6 Trillion.  According to the World Bank, 1.5 Billion people live in areas affected by fragility, conflict or large-scale organized criminal violence.  No low-income fragile or conflict-affected country has yet achieved a single UN Millennium Development goal.

Kootenay Presbytery offers support to Ktunaxa Sacred Land designation

by Adrian Barnes on 09 Jan 2013
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Kootenay Presbytery offers support to Ktunaxa Sacred Land designation

Members of Kootenay Presbytery of the United Church of Canada met with representatives of the Ktunaxa Nation at the site of a former Residential School – the St. Eugene Mission near Cranbrook, BC. Offering the support of their faith tradition and experience to the Ktunaxa people in their struggle to have the Qat'muk (Jumbo Pass) area recognized as Sacred Land, representatives of Kootenay Presbytery began by reading and reiterating the United Church of Canada's statement of apology and regret with respect to the harm caused and damage done by Residential Schools.

Lone skier rescued after night in backcountry near Revelstoke Mountain Resort

by Nelson Daily staff on 09 Jan 2013
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Lone skier rescued after night in backcountry near Revelstoke Mountain Resort

The Revelstoke RCMP activated the Revelstoke Search and Rescue Team this past Saturday to complete a backcountry rescue of a lone skier.

Late Saturday afternoon (January 5) the Revelstoke RCMP received a report of the man getting separated from his friends while the group was skiing at the Revelstoke Mountain Resort.

The man ended up outside of the resort controlled area boundaries and became lost in the Montana Creek area.

Garry Merkel commended for dedication to region as he retires

by Contributor on 08 Jan 2013
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Columbia Basin Trust's Board. Back row (left to right): Paul Peterson; Denise Birdstone; Garry Merkel, (retired); Laurie Page, V

Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) thanks and extends its best wishes to Garry Merkel, the outgoing Chair of its Board of Directors. From Kimberley, Merkel was instrumental in the formation of CBT, first as part of the committee that negotiated with the Province of BC for the establishment of CBT, and then as a founding member of CBT's Board. He served as Vice-Chair from 1995 to 2006, then Chair from 2006 to 2012.

What's in a light?

by Keith Simmonds on 07 Jan 2013
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What's in a light?

What's in a light? The readings on the first Sunday of the new year focus on Epiphany. An epiphany being one of those moments in life when the light comes on. A comic book illustration light bulb radiating lines over the head of the character concerned. The time a concept in physics or math finally came clear. Or understanding what Jesus meant when he said some of us would be left shuddering in the outer darkness.

By our own choice.

Human conditions: Socialism’s dream or the machinery of matter?

by Charles Jeanes on 07 Jan 2013
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Human conditions: Socialism’s dream or the machinery of matter?

“Being determines consciousness, not consciousness, being.”

“Philosophers have until now merely interpreted the world; the point is to change it.”                                                        - Charles Henry Marx

2012 Kootenay Contraption Contest sets record for entries, solves looming energy crisis

by KAST on 01 Jan 2013
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2012 Kootenay Contraption Contest sets record for entries, solves looming energy crisis

How will we use less energy in the year 2050? That answer just became a little clearer courtesy the hopes, dreams, imagination and creativity of 143 Kootenay Boundary students.

COMMENT: Desitiny or just 'one damn thing after another'?

by Charles Jeanes on 27 Dec 2012
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COMMENT: Desitiny or just 'one damn thing after another'?

 “History is just one damn thing after another.” John Masefield.

“Life is understood backward, but lived forward.”Soren Kirkegaard

OP/ED: An uplifting weekend

by Alex Atamanenko on 26 Dec 2012
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OP/ED: An uplifting weekend

I recently had the opportunity to attend a conference in Nanaimo sponsored by the Council of Canadians.  Maude Barlow and others in this social justice organization have been in the forefront when it comes to dealing with issues that threaten the very fabric of our nation.

The era of the spirit

by Keith Simmonds on 24 Dec 2012
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The era of the spirit

The Scriptures of the Christian Church tell us that the birth of the baby in the manger at Bethlehem came at the end of one era, and the beginning of another. In Luke's Gospel, the Angel Gabriel visits first not Mary, nor Joseph, but one Zechariah, a priest of the temple of Yahweh, and his wife, Elizabeth, a descendant of Aaron. Aaron the brother of Moses and the first of the Priests of the people who fled slavery in Egypt.

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