Has Main Street been thought out
A reader commends the Main Street enhancement committee for widening sidewalks and planting trees to improve downtown. He criticizes the proposed rounding of street corners as excessive, cites traffic and truck-turn concerns, and warns empty storefronts undermine eye appeal. He notes four standout stores and questions why the burnt lot wasn’t sold for tax and business value.
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Russell
Russell Street
Russell Flower
Wella’s
Home Hardware
Reavies Pharmacy
Layh
Olympian Park plans stalled but progress listed
Town discusses renaming Millennium Park to Olympian Park while land talks with the province delay expansion. Plans include Olympic rings to honor Russell's gold medalists, brass plaques for Jon Montgomery and Theoren Fleury at the Civic Centre, and a highway sign near Memorial Avenue South.
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Russell
Water war risk as Indus treaty strains amid floods
Gwynne Dyer argues Pakistan faces a looming water crisis far beyond current floods. Melting Himalayan glaciers will shrink Indus flows, shifting leverage to India under a 1960 treaty that fixed water shares. By 20 years, reduced Pakistani supplies threaten famine and regional conflict unless the pact is revised.
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Indus River
India
Tibetan
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Indus
Kashmir
World Bank
Indian
United States
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