Andy Soos, Environmental News NetworkChanges in population growth and composition, including aging and urbanization, could significantly affect global emissions of carbon dioxide over the next 40 years.The research, appearing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), was conducted by an international team of...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The City’s right to sell off a piece of Crown land to a private developer was debated briefly Thursday night at the workshop on the waterfront and downtown master plan. The question was raised during the consultant’s presentation at the Prestige Lakeside Resort during the waterfront and ...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily With the Saturday afternoon public meeting on waterfront project Nelson Landing less than one day away, the question of the cart heading down the road before the horse was raised Thursday night at the workshop on the waterfront and downtown master plans, but it was left unanswered. The...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Nearly one decade ago Dan Gass was involved in the community-wide development of the city’s Official Community Plan and a waterfront visioning workshop. Nine years later, he has seen a number of like processes come and go, with the same result: no action by successive councils. On Thursday...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Grains of sand continue to pour through the hourglass as the time narrows for Save the Red Sands Beach group to step up and, well, save the beach. This Saturday afternoon (11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Prestige Lakeside Resort), the developer of Nelson Landing — which includes Red Sands Beach...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Amidst calls from several mayors across the province to raise the lowest minimum wage in Canada, city council has added its voice to the call, with an asterisk. Council passed a motion Oct. 4 to send a letter to the Provincial government requesting a raise of the minimum wage up to $10 per...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Staying sane while all around you go crazy is a trick for the ages. It is also the trick we are being asked to pull as economic hard times, climate change and “messy issues of oil” assail us on an ever increasing scale. It is also the topic of a public talk and discussion with Kathy McMahon,...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily For those about to replace their woodstove, we salute you. New technology wood stoves are proven to burn one third less wood and reduce emissions by up to 70 per cent, significantly reducing the risk of chimney fires, according to the Provincial Woodstove Exchange Program. That means a lot...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily An alleged move to reduce police presence on Kootenay Lake in the shore-side village of Kaslo is not sitting well with the municipality’s mayor. Greg Lay said he was “disappointed” with the alleged decision by the region’s RCMP police force to reduce full-time operation of the police boat...

Stephen Harper's hypocritical performance at the United Nations, in aid of winning a seat for Canada on the Security Council, should be enough by itself for Canadians to rise up in unison and say we don't deserve it. Both the NDP and Liberals have said that the seat is for Canada, not for the Conservatives, and that...