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Policy failures force citizens to put themselves on the line
By Eddie Petryshen British Columbia markets itself as “supernatural BC” and yet we are one of the last jurisdictions in the world still logging irreplaceable…
Castle mine project headed for federal EA
Conservationists are heralding the August 19 decision by Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson to require Teck Coal to undergo a federal…
Big oil owes British Columbians
More than 50 community groups from across B.C., including Wildsight here in the Kootenays, have signed onto an open letter arguing that fossil fuel companies owe…
Stetski tables bill to establish national local food day
Kootenay–Columbia MP Wayne Stetski yesterday introduced a Private Member’s Bill to establish National Local Food Day. The bill would designate the Friday before Thanksgiving of…
JGMRM process to continue despite uncertainty
Jumbo municipality OCP public hearing report released By Chris Conway Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality has released a report on the public hearing held June…
Avalanche risk forces revision of Jumbo OCP
By Chris Conway A special council meeting of the Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality (JGMRM) council was held April 1 at the Radium Hot Springs…
Jumbo Valley celebrated in annual hike
Upwards of 100 hikers from the East and West Kootenay, infants to octogenarians, converged at various points in time at the Jumbo Pass Hut on…
Jumbo protestors converge on village
(See our photo feature below…) About 135 people converged in Radium Hot Springs Feb. 19 to voice their opposition to the inaugural Jumbo Glacier Resort…
Jumbo council launches
The three-person council that will formalize and formulate Jumbo Glacier Resort Municipality got down to brass tacks Feb. 19. With the bang of a gavel,…