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Get involved in next week's all candidates' forum at the Miners' Hall

by Adrian Barnes on 03 May 2013
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Get involved in next week's all candidates' forum at the Miners' Hall

This coming Wednesday, May 8th, The Rossland Telegraph and the Rossland Chamber of Commerce will be hosting an all candidate's forum at the Miners' Hall from 7-9pm, featuring all four candidates seeking the MLA seat for Kootenay West. Rosslanders are encouraged to show up AND to post questions for the candidates as comments to this article

Camp Koolaree to reopen for summer!

by Adrian Barnes on 03 May 2013
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Camp Koolaree to reopen for summer!

After nearly closing down, eighty-two year old Camp Koolaree will once again be ringing with the voices of children on the shores of Kootenay Lake. The decision was made on Monday, April 29 by the executive of the United Church of Canada's Kootenay Presbytery, who oversees the Camp Koolaree Society's activities on this church-owned property.

Community groups take the hit after millions in Columbia-Washington overruns

by Andrew Bennett on 04 May 2013
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Community groups take the hit after millions in Columbia-Washington overruns

CAO Cecile Arnott confirmed to council at Wednesday's committee-of-the-whole (COW) that the Columbia-Washington upgrades have cost the city on the order of $6 million, about $1.4 million more than was originally budgeted.

Neighbourhoods of Learning Committee faces an imminent end to city funds

by Andrew Bennett on 04 May 2013
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Neighbourhoods of Learning Committee faces an imminent end to city funds

Council will maintain funding to the Neighbourhoods of Learning Committee (NOL) for 2013, but that may be it for city funds as the municipality faces budget constraints and council begins to reconsider its educational role in a post-K-12 Rossland.

Star Gulch swimming hole dream deferred to 2014 or beyond

by Andrew Bennett on 04 May 2013
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Star Gulch swimming hole dream deferred to 2014 or beyond

Facing hard budgetary constraints, council decided at Wednesday evening's committee-of-the-whole (COW) to defer a study on the potential conversion of the Star Gulch Reservoir beside Centennial Trail into a community swimming hole until at least 2014.

Swathes of community support scythed in the 2013 budget

by Andrew Bennett on 04 May 2013
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Swathes of community support scythed in the 2013 budget

The Chamber of Commerce, Tourism Rossland, the Rossland Pool Society , and the Neighbourhoods of Learning committee were all cut by five per cent relative to 2012 funding during council’s Wednesday evening committee-of-the-whole (COW), for a total expenditure of $107,540—about $5660 less than 2012.

Sustainability Commission funding in flames as museum budget nearly doubles for 2013

by Andrew Bennett on 04 May 2013
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Sustainability Commission funding in flames as museum budget nearly doubles for 2013

Funding to community groups was cut by four per cent (about $14,000) relative to 2012 levels overall at Wednesday evening's committee of the whole (COW), with the Sustainability Commission taking the main hit as funding for the SC manager disappeared—ostensibly to bring the role "in house" to the city—while the city granted a $20,000 increase to the museum budget.

Food for thought: A little friendly ribbing

by Kyra Hoggan on 05 May 2013
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Food for thought: A little friendly ribbing

There's something about this amazing weather that turns every red-blooded Canadian's mind to ... that's right ... BARBECUE!

Ribs being the quintessential barbecue item, I spent many years longing for barbecue but unable to find gluten-free barbecue sauce we could eat. Oh, the horror.

Generation Squeeze Campaign: A Better Generational Deal?

by Alex Atamanenko on 06 May 2013
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Generation Squeeze Campaign: A Better Generational Deal?

CBC Radio recently aired an interesting interview on with Dr. Paul Kershaw, an associate professor in the College for Interdisciplinary Studies at UBC, who has started an initiative called Generation Squeeze. We’ve all either heard of or personally experienced the Boomerang Generation, where children we thought we had successfully launched into the world return to our family homes, usually for economic reasons.

COMMENT: What ails B.C.'s democracy?

by Dermod Travis on 06 May 2013
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COMMENT: What ails B.C.'s democracy?

Trivia time: who was the last leader of the BC NDP to lead his party to more than 45 per cent of the popular vote in a provincial election?

One would have to go back six leaders and eight elections to 1979 when Dave Barrett won 45.99 per cent of the popular vote and still lost the election to Bill Bennett and the Social Credit party.