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...

It seems unlikely a dispute between the City of Castlegar and two downtown business owners is likely to be resolved outside a courtroom, after discussions between the parties have clarified each position but offered little in the way of practical compromise. The issue became public during a Dec. 3, 2012 council meeting in...

Ed. Note: A quote in this editorial alludes to a vulgar cuss-word. If a reader finds that troublesome, please read no further.  I’m guessing lots of people in the tri-city area remember Australian deejay Drex, of the Drex and Johnson morning radio show on Mountain FM. Drex, whose real name is Justin Wilcomes, left our […]

After nearly a week of snow storms avalanche potential is considerable in the back country so winter sports enthusiasts need to exercise caution over the coming weekend. “The mountains have hit the reset button and we need to do the same with our expectations of what is safe to ride,” commented Matt Peter, forecaster with the...

Castlegar RCMP have received several calls from concerned citizens due to another computer scam that is occurring. While on their computer, they have received a pop-up message complete with a siren wailing, warning them that their computer has been associated with child pornography and that in order to “unlock” their computer they need to pay […]

by Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily The weather has been miserable of late in the valley bottoms in the province as well as in the mountains but the worst may be over as a cold snap heading over the province should make for a change for the better. “A cold air mass is going to […]

Two men were sent to hospital and one is facing a laudry list of charges after a violent incident in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, according to Trail RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton. ‘On Jan. 8 at 1:35 a.m., Trail RCMP were called to a residence in West Trail where a male had broken in […]

As the School District No. 20 (SD20) board approaches it’s February, 2013, decision on school closures in Rossland, council decided on Jan. 4 to inject $5000 into the Neighbourhoods of Learning Committee (NOL) prior to adopting the 2013 budget. The deadline for written public submissions to SD20’s facilities process ended on Jan. 4, but the […]

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 […]

When Josh Fox received a letter offering him nearly $100,000 for the natural gas extraction rights on his Pennsylvania property, his first reaction was: nice chunk of change. Then he started wondering what was involved in the hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) process proposed.  Looking for the answer took him on a road trip...