Rosslanders win injunction on open pit mine – Melanie Mercier, Save Record Ridge
Kitimat residents cope with noise, soot and light – The Narwhal’s Matt Simmons
War spikes oil prices, will inflation and chaos follow? – Economist Jim Stanford
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The proposed open pit mine on Record Ridge overlooking Rossland has been slowed after a citizens group won a court injunction until their court case about their concerns about noise and dust gets more answers. Melanie Mercier from Save Record Ridge in Rossland talks about it.
Some days 90 metre flames tower over Kitimat from the new LNG Canada plant. The noise and pollution is hard for locals, who want clarity on when it can be brought under control. Journalist Matt Simmons, with The Narwhal says rather than answers they have been getting more ‘gaslighting’.
Prices at the pump jumped almost immediately after missiles and bombs started flying over Iran. Stagnant oil prices last jumped like this back in 2022 when Russia attacked the Ukraine which set off a devastating inflation spiral. Economist Jim Stanford talks about the impact on affordability issues that could soon be worsening even further for Canadian families.
LINKS MENTIONNED
Save Record Ridge in Rossland
https://www.saverecordridge.ca/
Giant gas flare in Kitimat
https://thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-flaring-kitimat-community-response/
Jim Stanford’s analyses at The Centre for Future Work
https://centreforfuturework.ca/
COMING EVENTS
Sunday March 22
All day 10 am to 6 pm
Making Waves a World Water Day Symposium
Nelson Rod and Gun Club
West Kootenay Watershed Collaborative is putting on the World Water Day Symposium to take place in Nelson. Speakers include Yenny Vega Cárdenas from the International Observatory on the Rights of Nature on the legal personhood of rivers. Maude Barlow: Activist, author, and founder of the Council of Canadians; and works globally for water justice and public stewardship.
Tickets are $20 for non members and $15 for members of the Watershed Collaboarative. Everyone is welcome. Find our more or register at WestKootenayWater.ca or admin@westkootenaywater.ca
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April is Earth Day Month in Nelson
There are a whole slate of Earth Day events being planned for the whole month of April in Nelson this year Capping it will be the Earth Day parade planned for Sunday April 19.
The calendar of events online and filling more every day at
https://www.earthdaysnelson.ca/
Saturday, April 4, 2026 11 am to 4 pm
Repair Cafe Nelson
Rod and Gun Club
Part of Earth month: A Repair Café is a community event where people can bring broken or damaged items to be fixed for free with the help of skilled volunteers. Guest organizations, including the Rossland Refactory and the Selkirk Technology Access Centre, to share information about their work.
Saturday, April 11, 2026 11 am to Noon
Registration starts 9:30 am
The Great Kokanee Escape
Lakeside Park in Nelson
Friends of Kootenay Lake Stewardship Society
Aligned with the emergence of Kokanee Fry in the spring, The Great Kokanee Escape is a family-friendly 2 km, 4 km or 6 km run/walk that brings the community together to learn about and support shore-spawning Kokanee salmon in Kootenay Lake. Participants move through fun, interactive “challenge stations” that mirror the real obstacles Kokanee fry face after hatching — from fluctuating lake levels to predators and climate stressors.
Fundraise: Funds raised support FoKLSS and our local Kootenay Lake conservation, education, and shoreline stewardship initiatives.
Also please fill out waiver in advance
Waiver: https://form.jotform.com/260116001728243\
https://www.friendsofkootenaylake.ca/…/the-great…/
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