Here in the lifestyle bubble that is Rossland, one can often feel like they're part of some sort of large scale reality show full of wacky characters. The Golden City sports a culture that is truly one of a kind. It has been said by many folks that Rossland is one of the last true ski towns with an active, non-artificial ski...

A red tide has been rising, slowly and steadily in our mountain city over the last few years and recently it took another passion-fueled surge forward. Instead of an invasion of single-celled phytoplankton killing fish and wildlife in its path, Rossland’s own red tide has been floating the arts scene in town. Claude Stormes...

We’ve all heard of Tom Jones, right?  Welsh-born crooner, swoon-inducing songster famous for 1970s hits like “She’s a Lady”? He’s actually a bit before my time, but his Wikipedia page makes for some interesting reading if you’re into salacious Hollywood soap-opera type stuff.  The Mountain Kingdom has its own Tom Jones, and...

Oh, sometimes there is nothing better and more Rossland-ish than sitting out on the sidewalk in front of the Sunshine Cafe, enjoying a nice sandwich and a cool drink, chatting with friends and passersby, meeting some convivial dogs - all accompanied by the idyllic soundtrack of DT Chambers and other assorted semis trundling...

If you see people humming familiar tunes and step-dancing their way around town this Sunday morning, there’s a good bet they spent their Saturday night this week taking in the fourth installment of the Rouge Music Series. The latest cultural addition to our city- launched this past Spring in the new Rouge Art Gallery – will...

Fusion is a risky, tenuous proposition. Consider cold fusion, the oft-referenced solution to so many of our energy woes. In case you hadn’t heard, it’s an apparently impossible to replicate process. No energy security for you!    More successful examples of unlikely fusings and musings have us enjoying the benefits of the...

Mother Nature and the 11th Annual Rossland Mountain Film Fest--sponsored by the Nelson District Credit Union--conspired together this past week to rock Rosslanders stoke meter up and off the charts as four days of mountain culture combined with the first major snowfalls of the year.   Selling out both the Thursday and Friday...

After the successful debut and local area tour of Iron Mountain Theatre’s original musical production “White Star Lady,” IMT is preparing to enter the pre-production and rehearsal phase of its"destined-for-greatness" musical “Ski Bum: The Musical.”     Yes ladies and gentlemen, a musical imagined, written, and produced locally,...

My basement is chock-a-block full of kindling this year. Igniting a fire in the blackened heart of my welded steel woodstove has never been so easy, so immediate, so primal. In contrast, my holiday spirit has flagged somewhat this time around, more so even than in seasons past--the pyrotechnical equivalent of a big wet log....

My little series of historic pieces about Rossland’s past has been quite the adventure to say the least because the research has been very revealing. Having done my share of essay writing and research projects while studying Classics in university (one of the quirks of a creative writing major was that it involved almost no...