It’s been two years since Coco Love Alcorn last spread her love in Rossland, playing at the Old Fire Hall. This week she’s making her long awaited return with a stop in the Golden City to play a show in the Rouge Art Gallery. This Tuesday night Coco Love Alcorn will bring her joyful sounds, new songs and her new family in ...

The Rossland Public Library is the place to be this Monday May 16 when acclaimed BC author Caroline Woodward comes to town as part of her book tour of the Kootenays. She’ll be reading from her latest novel, Penny Loves Wade, Wade Loves Penny, which was published last fall by Fernie’s Oolichan Books. The story is described as...

The countdown to the BC Seniors Games has officially begun after a torchlighting ceremony in Castlegar last night. More than 100 people turned out to watch the torch being lit at 8 p.m. at the Castlegar Complex, after words from games organizers, Castlegar mayor Lawrence Chernoff, Nelson city councillor Deb Kozak, Trail mayor Dieter Bogs, […]

By Nicole Brewer Shambhala Music Festival may be hidden and nestled in the mountains, held on a farm near Salmo, but it still ranks in the upper half of a top 100 most visible music festivals on Google, according to a study recently conducted by Marianne Lorthiois, an MBA student in Quebec City. Massive festivals […]

One of the advantages of having a retired dad who is into guns is that he enjoys road-tripping hither and yon to all kinds of gun shows. This works well for me because I enjoy the benefits of getting free trips hither and yon where I can do things not associated with gun shows. Take for instance, this past weekend: the biggest...

Strip away the mega-star cameos, the high school love stories and slushy attacks and what you’ve got left of Glee the TV show is a bunch of everyday folks with a penchant for song and dance that, when put together with proper direction, has spawned a hit TV show and seemingly weekly appearances on the iTunes charts. Consequently...

By the Kootenay Library Federation It’s a book club anyone can join – and you don’t even have to provide hors d’oeuvres. One Book, One Kootenay (OBOK) is a region-wide book club that celebrates the work of the talented writers living in the Kootenay Boundary. This year, readers from across the Kootenay region will read […]

By Phil Larstone Water, water everywhere and plenty of drops to drink. It’s a mantra well known in the West Kootenays, but it isn’t one that is shared throughout the rest of the world. But if you enjoy the pure, refreshing water that happily flows from mountain to ocean, throughout our lives and into our […]

Just in time for Easter the Grade 7's at RSS have been working on their own egg-cellent works of fragile art. Finishing up their Pysanky or Ukrainian Easter eggs the group dabbled in the festive style.   The Ukrainian Easter egg art form involves drawing on raw eggs with hot wax before dying the eggs in vibrant colours.  When...

If you should happen to have an opportunity to visit the Rouge Gallery this week, you will be greeted by the charming and colourful Animaux Magiques, or Magic Animals, painstakingly created over many months by students at Rossland's Francophone school, L’École des Septs-Sommets. The project was lovingly executed by the grades...