Hospital Foundation rolls out invitation to 2013 Polar Bear Dip
2013 is just around the corner. And a few hours past the start of the New Year is the annual Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation Polar Bear Swim at Lakeside Park. It doesn’t matter if your a swimmer, floater, young or old, everyone is invited to take the New Year plunge to raise money to enhance […]
Teen dances no longer allowed at Element
It's looking like the teen dances at the Element night club that caused such controversy will now be a thing of the past. Element owner Florio Vassilakakis said the government licensing has banned the events. "They've banned youth events that are like a normal evening in the club (without the alcohol)," he said. "I could,...
Growing Forward program extended for B.C. agriculture
Canada and B.C. targeted funding to support business development, innovation, food safety, and sustainability under the Growing Forward agreement in the first quarter of 2012-13. Growing Forward is a five-year framework that co-ordinates federal, provincial and territorial agricultural policy. Between April 1 and June 30,...
POWER OF THE INTERNET: Security firm to donate proceeds from WBC
Black Lotus Communications, which "prevents malicious traffic from reaching" websites, such as a Denial-of-service attack (DDoS), has announced their decision to donate revenue made from the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) to charity. The company has confirmed their intentions in a statement to Wikinews. "We have received...
Rare Doukhobor recording re-mastered
Traditionally Doukhobor hymns and psalms are passed verbally from generation to generation and rarely recorded. But in the 1960s an unusual taped session sung by Anna Markova, daughter of Peter P. Verigin – Chistiakov and mother of John J. Verigin, was done. This unique recording has recently re-surfaced and has been re-mastered for the community. […]
Initial watershed study goes public
The first phase of the Kettle River watershed management report is complete and is being rolled out to the public. Grand Forks city council received a presentation from the project co-ordinator Graham Watt to update them on the study, key focus areas and next steps at their meeting Monday, Dec. 17. The Regional District of […]
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...
Report critiques Canada's organic certification system
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy recently released a policy study examining the system for testing organic products – or the lack thereof – in Canada. Authors Mischa Popoff and Patrick Moore drop the bomb on organic certification in Canada by revealing that organic crops are not systematically tested by the Canadian Food...
Nelson's Geoff Kinrade plays for Team Canada
Geoff Kinrade grew up spending time during the Christmas holidays watching Canadian hockey teams in action on television at major tournaments in Europe. Now Kinrade will be front and center on one of those teams as the Nelsonite suits up as a member of Team Canada at the Spengler Cup, December 26-31 in Davos, Switzerland. […]
Power of the Internet: hackers target Westboro Baptist Church website, Twitter
Hackers claiming to be associated with the internet activist group Anonymous have attacked the website belonging to the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) and hacked into the Twitter account belonging to Shirley Phelps-Roper, the Church's spokeswoman. The attacks are part of an operation dubbed '#OpWestBor' on Twitter and is in ...
