A tradition has been established at Selkirk College. Each year, on the evening prior to the annual graduation ceremony, the Board of Governors gathers to recognize individuals who have distinguished themselves in various walks of life. The recipients of these Board Awards are in very good company with past award winners...

The award-winning and provocative eco-adventure film On the Line is coming to Nelson and Castlegar in May. Film maker, Frank Wolf, travels the proposed Enbridge pipeline route by cycling, hiking and paddling through its pristine environment from the Alberta Tar Sands to Kitimat on the northwest coast of B.C. “This is  a fun and entertaining […]

Don’t miss the Kootenay’s first opportunity to see the WKWRD’s all-star travel team in action, right here at home!  All-Star Kootenay Kannibelles vs Raggedy Rollers All-Stars from the Okanagan-Shuswap at the Rossland Arena!  Saturday, April 21, 2012, 6:00-8:00pm.  Tickets $12 in advance at Rossvegas and $15 at the door. To ...

Dear Rick Hansen: I hope that during your next 25 years of raising money for spinal cord research (SCR) we will see the end of inhumane, scientifically fallacious spinal cord experiments on animals. It was 25 years ago when Lifeforce, a Vancouver based ecology and animal rights organization, gave you extensive data about the failure […]

A Castlegar city councillor is using social media sites to try to gauge how much community support there is for allowing urban chicken husbandry within city limits. Kevin Chernoff, now serving his third term at the council table, says the majority of the people attending council on the issue are in support of the notion […]

As council divided the annual Community Initiatives Program (CIP) funding from the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) among 37 applicants on Monday, one petitioner for an arts organization noted that it is difficult to get arts funding in a sports town like Rossland. But is that the case? Our numbers suggest otherwise.   We took the...

News website grioo.com reports that on April 15, 2012, Swedish Culture Minister, Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, attended a exhibition preview at Museum of Modern Art of Stockholm to celebrate ‘World Art Day'. The highlight of the show seems to have been the tasting of the ‘Painful Cake' representing the body of an African woman, ...

The Traveler, the official newsletter of the Canadian Tourism Commission, recently reported that Rick Mercer chose Rossland as one of his five favourite small towns in Canada. Travel writer Michele Sponagle quotes Mercer: "It is stunningly beautiful," and the people are "so friendly." Mercer came to Rossland in February 2010...

In the Garden of Poems Haida Gwai   There once was a sad season when clouds veiled us from our wanting. And one poem in the garden drowned in all the rain, died under the hood of our hearts.   As we huddle beneath this canopy, a storm rages and tosses trees in the surf. Leaning our backs against this ancient cedar, we talk ...

“…Silently the birds fly through us.” Rilke   We did not begin here, you and me –  hence, this forest is still fresh with magic; ferns are tiny breaths, nightflowers are harlequins, trees shake loose the stars, our voices flutter and swoop; we are innuendo.   and the birds, silently the birds fly through us. Almeda Glenn...