By Chris Conway Documents obtained through Freedom of Information (FOIPPA) establish that vague location details in Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality (JGMRM) building permits enabled…
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GRL ordered to cease work at Jumbo
By Chris Conway The Government of British Columbia has issued an order of non-compliance and ordered the cessation of all construction on the Jumbo day…
Mr. Oberti, tear down those slabs
The Purcell Pundit By Chris Conway Last October Glacier Resorts Ltd. poured two concrete slabs in the upper Jumbo Valley. A subsequent detailed avalanche risk…
Costello tweet disputes avalanche report
By Chris Conway Grant Costello, Senior Vice-President of Glacier Resorts Ltd., used social media last week to seemingly contradict the findings of the company’s avalanche…
The tail is wagging the dog
By Chris Conway It’s a municipality with no residents. It has an appointed mayor and two councillors. That makes a council of three. Three is just enough. One…
Groups say Jumbo cannot legally proceed
Jumbo Creek Conservation Society (JCCS) and Wildsight, with the assistance of Ecojustice, last week made submissions to the Environmental Assessment Office that will help determine…
No election for a ‘town’ with no residents
By Gerry Taft When most of us think of a small town, we think of friendly neighbours and quiet streets – the type of place where…
Ktunaxa bid to quash Jumbo MDA dismissed
The Supreme Court of British Columbia today (April 3) dismissed an application by the Ktunaxa Nation Council to quash the Master Development Agreement (MDA) between…
Requiem for a Glacier followed by checkpoint
Click to enlarge. Photos courtesy Pat Morrow From a symphonic ode to the glaciers of the central Purcell Mountains to a “checkpoint”, the campaign to…
Jumbo council paves way for resort construction
The appointed municipal council that represents a ski hill proposal May 21 gave the go-ahead for the construction of that proposal. Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort…