Trail needs a Champion!
Submitted by Trail Champion on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 18:02

The embryonic Trail Champion, which you are holding in your virtual hands at this very moment, is about to come fully to life. However, before this can happen, Trail's first online newspaper needs an editor/owner to take the helm--someone with a passionate commitment to the life of their community, its politics, and its culture. The Trail Champion needs someone who can create a strong-voiced newspaper that reflects the dynamism and uniqueness of one of BC's strongest communities.

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Recent News

The Roller Derby Cometh: Babes of Brutality and Gnarlies Angels to duke it out in Rossland

by Contributor on 31 Aug 2010
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The two teams that make up the West Kootenay Women’s Roller Derby League(WKRDL) will hit the track for the first time at the Rossland Arena on Sept. 12. at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.). Rossland’s Gnarlies Angels and Salmo’s Babes of Brutality have been practicing their hits, blocks and skating in preparation for “Mountain Mayhem,” sponsored by Mountain FM.

OP/ED: Turn that boat around

by Rob Leggett on 25 Aug 2010
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 Right now, the Tamil people-smugglers are assessing Canada and, the more friendly they discover our shores for their human payload, the more ships bursting with Sri Lankans they will be able to send. It is an outcome that, under current laws, Canada is powerless to avoid. The only alternative is to modify the existing system.

Regional News

Register now for 'Currents'--CBT's youth water forum

by Contributor on 01 Sep 2010
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CURRENTS participants are inspired and learn about local water issues through hands on exercises, networking and fun.

Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) invites Basin youth ages 15-29 to sign up now for CURRENTS: Columbia Basin Trust Youth Water Forum 2010, being held at Halcyon Hot Springs in Nakusp, September 24-26, 2010. 

Bears will not be shot: Minister of Environment; and the Bear Dude talks

by Mona Mattei on 31 Aug 2010
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For 3,794 people who are linked into the ‘Help save the B.C. Black bears’ Facebook site, and Allen Piche, the man responsible for feeding them, word that the bears at Christina Lake are not facing imminent destruction will be a relief. Barry Penner, Minister of the Environment for B.C., said the suspects who were feeding the bears will need to ween them off their cushy lifestyle by winter.

National and International

Housing prices and sales to slow, CMHC says

by Contributor on 31 Aug 2010
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By: Julie Fortier and Kim Covert, Postmedia News

Expect to see home sales and prices fall in Canada the second half of 2010, while housing starts moderate, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's second quarter Housing Market Outlook released Tuesday.