The SunMine is LIVE, The Sullivan Mine in Not

all the views we dare to share

Our Neighbors

Kim McLean — Bavarian Home Hardware

    Kim solved a serous hardware problem for the city.

D • U • C • K • S

Stan Cuthill — Kimberley Building Supplies

                          
Tara Penner — Pivot Data

Grady Pasiechnyk — Wine Works

Elected Representatives

Mayor Don McCormick

The SunMine is up and operating and the Sullivan Mine will never reopen. These and "viiable development" are the principal subjects for the August edition of our chats with Mayor McCormick.

 

The earlier editions of conversations with the Mayor are here.

 

Broadband is Not Enough, But It IS Essential

 

Before deciding to relocate to Kimberley, we looked at communities on four continents and one large island. Two important criteria in our seach were air quality and internet connectivity. Kimberley's air quality is acceptable, though significantly improved by HEPA filters.

 

In June, 2009 we were assured by the appropriate authorities that Kimberley had "high-speed" internet service, aka broadband. Our sources believed what they had told us. They had been given inaccurate information. Since moving here, we have become tedious on the absolute necessity of having broadband service available to our community.

 

With Telus now about to offer service via fibre optics and Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation working to facilitate access to broadband, we thought it time to assess where Kimberley is in the broadband-sphere.

 

In January we had scheduled a discussion with Johnny Strilaeff, CBT's chief operating officer. We planned to talked about the SunMine but also took the opportunity to discuss CBT's relatively new creation, Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation (CBBC). Over the next several days we'll share those videos.

 

What does all this mean to the people and communities of the Columbia Basin?

 

Part 8

 

 

The other parts of this conversation are here.

 

 

 

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The SunMine is Now Open for Business

 

27 July, 2015

 

Congratulations Kimberley!

 

 

 

 

On the evening of April 21, Studio 64 hosted Bluesman Guy Davis along with an enthusiastic audience. The next day, Mr. Davis sat down with us to talk about why he sings the blues. This is a preview of the program we produced:

The full conversation is here.

(links are being added incrementally)

Contents:

Of Possible Interest/Relevance

 

Archive

 

If your internet connection has the bandwidth, watch these video clips in High Definition.

Audio Bits: 

Author and social critic Malcolm Gladwell — Power

Why we do this

During Kimberley's 2011 election campaign, we made an offer to all the mayoral candidates to produce a regular discussion with the Mayor as part of the communication process everyone was talking about. We renewed that offer in 2014. On April 1, 2015, we recorded the first program. Here 'tis (on the right of this page).

 

This project is based on the notion of democratic dialogue, first introduced to us by Cornel West. Respectful discussions between and among the citizens of a community are the central core of a polity's ability to govern itself. That's why we're including some of our neighbors.

 

*—"Attention must be paid" is a line from Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. In a conversation with Gay Talese in 2006, he pointed out to us the importance of attending to everyday events and the people who inhabit them.