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Category: Rural

Highway One Problems & Solutions

August 20, 2014 Mike Thomas

Summer is time for road-trips and camping, Albertan’s spilling into BC to enjoy the Province’s natural beauty, families travelling to…

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Posted in: BC, Canada, Civil Engineering, Regulation, Revelstoke, Rural, Technology, Transportation

Improving Castlegar through Placemaking

January 27, 2011 Mike Thomas 2 Comments

The Kootenays, a beautiful, rural part of British Columbia, features sparsely populated river valleys punctuated by forested mountain ranges, struggles…

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Posted in: Castlegar, Cities, Community, Design, Governance, Kootenays, Rural, Sustainability Filed under: community, Development, economic development, Kootenays, place, placemaking, planning, Quality of life, town planning, urban planning

Castlegar’s Recreation Complex – The Referendum

November 3, 2010 Mike Thomas 20 Comments

Castlegar and surrounding communities are preparing to go to referendum on whether to build a $25 million dollar renovation for…

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Posted in: Castlegar, Community, Design, Rural, Sustainability Filed under: BC< arena, Castlegar, Creston, election, Kootenays, Pioneer Arena, Recreation, Recreation Complex, referendum, voting

Peak Oil Vignette 6 – A Trip into Town

July 12, 2010 Mike Thomas 3 Comments

Jude stood on the simple wooden train platform, it was just long enough to accommodate a family of four, and…

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Posted in: Kootenays, Peak Oil Vignettes, Rural, Transitions, Transportation Filed under: Big-box store, Columbia, fiction, Kootenay, peak oil, Rail transport, Railway platform, Train, Trains and Railroads

The Kootenay Cone of Silence

May 19, 2010 Mike Thomas 3 Comments

Aside from what you read on the internet, life in the Kootenays just keeps on rollin’ on. Who would know…

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Posted in: Blogging, Community, Kootenays, Rural, Sustainability, Transitions Filed under: BC, British Columbia, Castlegar, economics, economy, environment, future, futurism, Kootenays, long emergency, oil spill, reality, Rossland, Technology, USA

Goats @ Google

May 11, 2010 Mike Thomas 1 Comment

As I take a break from writing my comments to the Draft Sustainability Discussion Paper for Castlegar, I was drawn…

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Posted in: Rural, Sustainability, Urban Farming

Castlegar Delegation to Minister on Forestry Employment

April 22, 2010 Mike Thomas

I understand the sentiment, really, but the idea that whenever something impacts your community, you send a delegation off to Victoria to meet with Minister-such-and-such, doesn’t sit comfortably with me.

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Posted in: BC, Castlegar, Governance, Rural Filed under: Castlegar, Castlegar Council, community, Forestry, Kootenay, Kootenays, Ministry of Forest

A Focus on Food

March 11, 2010 Mike Thomas

While Castlegar City Council makes an impassioned plea for residents to understand the tough times the City is facing, it…

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Posted in: Business, Castlegar, Rural, Sustainability, Urban Farming Filed under: Castlegar, economy, farming, food, future, Kootenays, peak oil, Resilience, Sustainability, urban farming

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