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| The Mass Elementary School Children's Choir performed at the Alliance Church on Wednesday, December 3rd |
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| The Christmas Train pulling its load of toys at the Railway Museum See it on Sunday at the Christmas Tea! |
Saturday, December 6, 2014
December Treats
Thursday, December 4, 2014
A Christmas Advertisement from the Royal British Legion and Sainsbury's
Presenting the new Sainsbury’s (a supermarket chain in UK)Christmas advert. Made in
partnership with The Royal British Legion. Inspired by real events from 100
years ago.
What's Happening.......
Saturday December 6th
A Celtic Christmas
with harpist Keri Lynn Zwicker
Symphony of the The Kootenays
Key City Theatre
7:30pm
Adults $29.50
250-426-7006
Local Authors Meet and Greet
Lotus Books
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Keith Powell, Brendan Gillen, Colin Cartwriight,
Janet Penner,, Susan Lohrer
Annual Cookie Walk
Cranbrook United Church
Noon - 3:00pm
admission covers container and glove
Remember Me Candlelight Vigil,
Action to end violence against women
Cranbrook Women's Centre
6:30pm
Ongoing
Affordable Art
Key City Theatre Gallery
A Celtic Christmas
with harpist Keri Lynn Zwicker
Symphony of the The Kootenays
Key City Theatre
7:30pm
Adults $29.50
250-426-7006
Local Authors Meet and Greet
Lotus Books
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Keith Powell, Brendan Gillen, Colin Cartwriight,
Janet Penner,, Susan Lohrer
Annual Cookie Walk
Cranbrook United Church
Noon - 3:00pm
admission covers container and glove
Remember Me Candlelight Vigil,
Action to end violence against women
Cranbrook Women's Centre
6:30pm
Ongoing
Affordable Art
Key City Theatre Gallery
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
What Can be Done to Create Meaningful, Lasting Jobs in BC?
What Can be Done to Create Meaningful, Lasting Jobs in BC?
Off the top, here are 31 ideas.
By Iglika Ivanova, Today, Rabble.ca
Off the top, here are 31 ideas.
By Iglika Ivanova, Today, Rabble.ca
Five years have passed since the end of the Great Recession but both B.C. and Canada as a whole are very far away from a meaningful recovery in the labour market.
Headline unemployment rates are not terrible (6.1 per cent in B.C. and 6.8 per cent in Canada) but fewer people are looking for work and part-time positions are increasingly replacing full-time jobs. In fact, the closer you look at the job market the worse the picture gets.
Headline unemployment rates are not terrible (6.1 per cent in B.C. and 6.8 per cent in Canada) but fewer people are looking for work and part-time positions are increasingly replacing full-time jobs. In fact, the closer you look at the job market the worse the picture gets.
Here's a list of 31 ideas that would create good jobs in B.C. You can click on each idea to read the details.
Dominican Republic receives a Christmas Gift
An advertisement for West Jet but more importantly the spirit of giving.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Municipalities Thrown to the Wolves, The Tyee
Cities 'Thrown to Wolves' by Province: Burnaby Mayor
Against Corrigan's wishes -- and despite several ongoing city legal challenges -- the Texas pipeline giant conducted exploratory drilling deep into Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area last week, sparking more than 100 arrests this week under a court injunction protecting company workers.
....
But the pugilistic mayor's growing confidence is tempered by the limited powers held by municipalities in Canada. Because of that, some call his protests merely quixotic -- tilting at borehole drills.
Cities have no protected status or role under the country's constitution. So if a municipality like Burnaby doesn't want a pipeline -- or if Vancouver rejects oil tanker traffic -- neither actually has any say over the matter.
...
''Municipalities are creatures of the province in our constitution,'' explains Simon Fraser University political scientist Patrick Smith, who researches metropolitan governance and local democracy. ''The silent player here in all this has been the province.
''It's not the federal government that can wipe out a municipality if it wants to… The feds have less capacity to whipsaw municipalities into submission if they need to.''
BC government 'abdicated': Corrigan
If anything, the province's silence on Kinder Morgan has galvanized Corrigan's resentment over having his wishes bulldozed.
''The provincial government has abdicated its responsibility,'' he laments. ''They've simply thrown us to the wolves as far as the federal government is concerned.''
...
''We're being stymied … which is incredibly frustrating,'' Robertson complains. ''But it is difficult given the archaic laws of Canada and the constitution not recognizing local governments.
''I'll be very interested in seeing what happens with the constitutional challenge from Burnaby, because obviously it has massive implications for local governments across the country.''
...
But for Corrigan, the issues go well beyond one project, company or regulator. ''This is a battle worth fighting'' for more than just reasons for climate change or peak oil, he says.
Corrigan's war is over enlarging the power of cities.
''It's an issue that will affect municipalities right across Canada,'' he says, ''…and the ability of local governments to be able to uphold their citizens' interests against the interests of multinational corporations under the auspices of the federal government.''
Corrigan feels he's in the right place at the right time to set the stage for a historic showdown over cities' short end of the constitutional stick.
http://thetyee.ca/News/2014/11/29/Cities_Thrown_To_Wolves_By_Province/
From saving refinery jobs to leading a revolution in civic
powers, Derek Corrigan has bigger plans.
On Derek Corrigan's desk sits a wooden slingshot, a gift from a
Burnaby resident to the mayor at the centre of an increasingly heated battle
with Kinder Morgan.
''It's a David and Goliath analogy,'' he says, turning the weapon over in his
hand. ''I guess I'm David.'' Against Corrigan's wishes -- and despite several ongoing city legal challenges -- the Texas pipeline giant conducted exploratory drilling deep into Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area last week, sparking more than 100 arrests this week under a court injunction protecting company workers.
....
But the pugilistic mayor's growing confidence is tempered by the limited powers held by municipalities in Canada. Because of that, some call his protests merely quixotic -- tilting at borehole drills.
Cities have no protected status or role under the country's constitution. So if a municipality like Burnaby doesn't want a pipeline -- or if Vancouver rejects oil tanker traffic -- neither actually has any say over the matter.
...
''Municipalities are creatures of the province in our constitution,'' explains Simon Fraser University political scientist Patrick Smith, who researches metropolitan governance and local democracy. ''The silent player here in all this has been the province.
''It's not the federal government that can wipe out a municipality if it wants to… The feds have less capacity to whipsaw municipalities into submission if they need to.''
BC government 'abdicated': Corrigan
If anything, the province's silence on Kinder Morgan has galvanized Corrigan's resentment over having his wishes bulldozed.
''The provincial government has abdicated its responsibility,'' he laments. ''They've simply thrown us to the wolves as far as the federal government is concerned.''
...
''We're being stymied … which is incredibly frustrating,'' Robertson complains. ''But it is difficult given the archaic laws of Canada and the constitution not recognizing local governments.
''I'll be very interested in seeing what happens with the constitutional challenge from Burnaby, because obviously it has massive implications for local governments across the country.''
...
But for Corrigan, the issues go well beyond one project, company or regulator. ''This is a battle worth fighting'' for more than just reasons for climate change or peak oil, he says.
Corrigan's war is over enlarging the power of cities.
''It's an issue that will affect municipalities right across Canada,'' he says, ''…and the ability of local governments to be able to uphold their citizens' interests against the interests of multinational corporations under the auspices of the federal government.''
Corrigan feels he's in the right place at the right time to set the stage for a historic showdown over cities' short end of the constitutional stick.
http://thetyee.ca/News/2014/11/29/Cities_Thrown_To_Wolves_By_Province/
Monday, December 1, 2014
Holiday Train Goes through Banff this Year.
Judging by the popularity of our Holiday Train post from a few years ago people are looking for the schedule. It will miss Cranbrook this year and go though Banff. Go here for the schedule:
http://www.cpr.ca/en/community/holiday-train/schedule
So this is the best we can do.
CP Holiday Train from Canadian Pacific on Vimeo.
http://www.cpr.ca/en/community/holiday-train/schedule
So this is the best we can do.
CP Holiday Train from Canadian Pacific on Vimeo.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Trash to cash: Quebec town aims to turn food waste into gas and profits. CTV News
A Quebec town known for producing food is now working to convert organic food
waste into natural gas on a large scale.
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