e-KNOW Editorial By Ian Cobb Sometimes editorials write themselves. On Monday afternoon (Sept. 23), I learned about a series of important-sounding open houses being held…
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Idlewild Park transforming beautifully
Have you seen Cranbrook’s Idlewild Park lately? Along with the reconstructed Idlewild Dam, completed in February 2017, the 19 hectare park has received numerous improvements,…
Time for B.C. to control private land logging
e-KNOW Editorial By Ian Cobb British Columbia currently has two standards when it comes to logging. There is Crown land logging, where the Ministry of…
One giant leap for mankind, two steps back
Kootenay Crust By Ian Cobb Op-Ed Commentary One of my earliest memories in life is Neil Armstrong setting foot on the Moon; “That’s one small…
Don’t ticker in the morning
Kootenay Crust By Ian Cobb Op-Ed Commentary I am learning it is best not to watch television news in the morning. Jay and Dan buffoonery…
NDP hypocrisy a Jumbo thing
Kootenay Crust By Ian Cobb Op-Ed Commentary Sometime last week I was mindlessly scrolling through my Facebook feed, sneering at the haters and scoffing at…
Winter in the East Kootenay
What a weird winter. Around about January 31, I foolishly bleated on Facebook that I loved living on the warm side of the Rockies, as…
Why I oughter!
Kootenay Crust By Ian Cobb The older you get the faster years go by. In the case of 2018, that truism brought some relief. Anyone…
Merry Christmas and some long sentences
Kootenay Crust By Ian Cobb Op-Ed Commentary A lone deer walks across a white field, pausing briefly to contemplate a spot on the ground, the…
Oregon’s Painted Hills is wondrous
Road Trippin’ Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds, Oregon It is a landscape that ensnares artists, photographers and videographers. Rolling, sweeping, swooping, bulbous bands of…