Sports News
by Contributor on Monday Dec 21 2009
Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) Board member Kim Deane met with George Apel, Director of Biathlon BC and Director of the Hannah Creek Biathlon Society on Saturday, December 19 to announce a $60,000 grant toward the Society’s Hannah Creek Biathlon Enhancement Project.
The project has seen the society expand trails, increase the number of lanes in the...
by Dr. Brenda Gill on Monday Dec 14 2009
Controlling the pH is simple. For 4 days test every urination with a indicator paper which show the pH values between 4.0-7.5. (These you can buy at your friendly compounding pharmacy in Nelson or Fruitvale). If the value shows repeatedly below pH 6.2 or when it constantly lies around pH 5- danger exists. You should change to a high vegetable/fruit/whole grain diet and again test...
by Andrew Zwicker on Thursday Dec 10 2009
Last week’s article and discussion around the Rossland arena raised a number of questions over the project. However, the overwhelming sentiment in the story was that the arena is indeed important to Rosslanders and that something--be it renovations or replacement--should be done to maintain it. Now that Rossland council has turned down a $400,000 grant to replace the roof of the arena,...
by Kimberly Joines on Monday Dec 07 2009
Hey Rossland,
It’s been a while since I’ve written, so I thought that I’d check in. After nearly 2.5 months off to heal a shoulder injury, I am finally cleared to get back out and ski. I was about half way to crazy, and now I’m probably about half way to fully healed. Turns out I will be needing surgery, but it’s something I am able to put off until after the games. Nothing like...
by Dr. Brenda Gill on Monday Dec 07 2009
Recently, there have been articles in health magazines in regards to acid-base balancing and what that entails. It is based on the essential metabolic processes in the body. These processes take place at the smallest cellular level. Energy is acquired in humans by the breakdown or oxidation of large carbohydrates into smaller compounds from which the cell draws nutrients for it’s activities...
by Contributor on Monday Nov 30 2009
Dear editor,
While looking for information about the Telegraph I came upon the story about 'wreckreation' [COMMENT: B.C>'s shameful backcountry 'wreckreation']. This story is sooo lame I just have to respond. These leaf lickers and tree huggers are a real piece of work. First of all, I live in one of the areas this article refers to...
by Contributor on Monday Nov 30 2009
There’s an unwieldy stack of coolers. Skis and gym bags litter the sidewalk. Dads and girlfriends hang on the fringes. The FIS (International Ski Federation) skiers are off again. Ten kids: six girls and four boys. Five kids are local. The rest are here training and going to school from such ski meccas as Spain and the United Kingdom. They are leaving for Panorama for 10 days of training...
by Dr. Brenda Gill on Monday Nov 23 2009
After waking up Saturday morning to a brilliant blue sky, I couldn’t help
but jump out of bed and go for a cross-country ski before breakfast. I still
hadn’t had enough of that sunshine, so, I went for a back-country ski in the afternoon up at the pass!
I felt like I had been sunshine starved for a few weeks!!!! It’s hard to look forward
to winter if you don’t like the...
