News and Views – The Rocky Mountain Goat News

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 […]

Mount Robson Marathon 2019

September 15, 2019 The Goat

Submitted by Mount Robson Marathon The 9th annual Mount Robson Marathon took place Saturday September 7th under sunny skies. The majestic peak of Mount Robson towered above participants who came to the Robson Valley to […]

Injured senior calls for better maintenance

September 14, 2019 The Goat

By Andru McCracken & Laura Keil The senior citizen who fell to the ground when a flight of outdoor steps collapsed beneath her at the Golden Years Lodge last month did not escape unscathed as […]

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, […]

Post Office Crash

September 13, 2019 Arthur Tanga

One foot over the line

September 11, 2019 Arthur Tanga

By Andru McCracken A proposed 12-ft foot sculpture for the Big Foot Trail was tabled at the last council meeting. The project was worth $10,000 to a local artist. Tom Jamin is the president of […]

80-year-old explorers revisit early ascents

September 11, 2019 Arthur Tanga

Submitted by Carman Smith “You should see the Premiers.” Those were the words Carman Smith exclaimed to his buddies when they were UBC students in 1959. And so, they took a week off from summer […]

Trans Mountain reveals new camp location

September 8, 2019 The Goat

By Andru McCracken At Valemount’s August 27 council meeting, a spokesperson for Trans Mountain Corporation presented what she could about the proposed 7.4 billion dollar pipeline and what it means for Valemount. Although construction is […]

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 […]