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Trans Mountain hosts pipeline emergency response drill in Valemount

September 30, 2019 The Goat

By Andru McCracken Trans Mountain set up a ‘full-scale’ emergency response exercise in Valemount September 19. The company set up an Incident Command Post while running a field exercise on Kinbasket Lake. “The purpose of […]

If world leaders choose to fail us, my generation will never forgive them

September 29, 2019 The Goat

Greta Thunberg is a 16-year-old climate activist. This is the speech Greta Thunberg delivered to the UN Climate Action summit in New York on Monday. By Greta Thunberg This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be […]

An affordable geodome

September 26, 2019 The Goat

By Andru McCracken John Christison said he used to be a taker from the food system, but after years of hard work and experimentation he’s now become a food producer and a major one at […]

Scientist looks at nuclear fallout freed by melting glaciers

September 18, 2019 The Goat

By Andru McCracken Nuclear fallout from above-ground atom bomb tests in the 1950s and 1960s have been stored in glaciers and rapid glacier melt means the ground at the snout of the glaciers is becoming […]

On the ground account: pipeline protests & security

September 17, 2019 Arthur Tanga

By Laura Keil In August, Kamloops This Week reported that the RCMP had met with Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) directors in areas along the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion route to discuss security in light of […]

A bad year for salmon on the Fraser

September 16, 2019 The Goat

By Andru McCracken A massive landslide north of Lillooet is having an impact on salmon returns in the Robson Valley. If you haven’t spotted salmon spawning along the local streams and rivers, you aren’t the […]

Tesla travails

September 13, 2019 The Goat

By Andru McCracken Christopher Read, a mountain biking Tesla Owner based in Hinton, Alberta is pleased that Valemount has a new level 3 charging station. Read hoped to use the new charging station on Saturday, […]

Valemount Council: pipeline update, foot sculpture, tax breaks

September 7, 2019 The Goat

By Goat Staff The Village of Valemount held its regularly scheduled council meeting on August 27. In attendance were Mayor Owen Torgerson, Councillors Sheri Gee, Hollie Blanchette, Donnie MacLean and Pete Pearson. Public Comment Neysa […]

50% more rain for a top ten summer

September 5, 2019 The Goat

By Andru McCracken David Phillips, Environment Canada’s Senior Forecaster said although Valemount and McBride’s summer was a wet one, it wasn’t record setting. But it was well above average with 167mm of precipitation falling (107mm […]

Buyer beware: firewood sellers leaving a mess

September 2, 2019 Arthur Tanga

By Laura Keil A local logger is sickened by the mess left in the forest by certain firewood sellers. David Craig says the scene he’s uncovered between Camp Creek and Kinbasket Lake is wasteful, a […]

Valemount Council: childcare needs, cannabis fees, housing costs waived

August 25, 2019 The Goat

By Goat Staff Monique Jamin made a comment related to staff concerns around snow maintenance of a proposed Big Foot Arch on the Big Foot Trail on Main Street. She felt that staff could get […]