By Ian Lowe, from  The Conversation Documentary maker Michael Moore’s latest offering, Planet of the Humans, rightly argues that infinite growth on a finite planet is “suicide”. But the film’s bogus claims threaten to overshadow that message. Planet of the Humans is directed and narrated by longtime Moore collaborator Jeff ...

Bouldering, a popular form of rock climbing, is trending in the West Kootenays like never before, partly thanks to the release of the area’s first Bouldering Guidebook. Rossland-born and raised filmmaker Liam Barnes films Nelson rock climbers Tosh and Tula Sherkat as they navigate the area’s biggest and most difficult climbs,...

As of June 23, a limited number – 10 library patrons at any one time – will be able to enter the Rossland Public Library from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, to browse the shelves and borrow books, movies and magazines. The washrooms will not be available yet, neither will seating or computers. Patrons will be able to print from their...

  Indigenes and Incomers What freedom we possess! To live as an individual, with choice to create one’s own singular culture! Where else in the world can people do this? Canada, a land colonized by massive immigration from Europe, is lucky indeed to be one of the few. People like me are unlikely to live anywhere but within ...

Part II Cultural Revolutions and Wars, changing millions in swift strokes Culture is a small word to cover a phenomenon encompassing just about everything humans do and think and express, all things about us that are not of “nature.” Change culture and you change humans, is pretty much the assumption. Intellectuals and artists...

Visitors to the Rossland Museum will see, and hear, a drilling rig operating on the lower bench area nearby.  Teck has sent a notice to inform the community of the geotechnical drilling program, to take place from June 1 through June 12, 2020, and to assure everyone that there will be no traffic disruption resulting from...

Readers rejoice – our library is accessible again! With restrictions, of course, for everyone’s protection. Our dedicated library staff are offering “take-out” service -- with distancing. Library Takeout @Rossland Public Library is a click or call-and-collect service. Members may request by phone, email or through the online...

  Editor’s Note:  This article is just over a year old, thus contains no mention of COVID-19; readers can add our awareness of the pandemic to the author’s commentary. ByLonnie Aarssen, Professor of Biology, Queen’s University, Ontario, via The...

By Kendra Coulter, for The Conversation My favourite police officer on television is smart, empathetic, attentive and brave. He’s also incredibly handsome. I’m talking about Rex, the fictional police canine played by the German shepherd Diesel vom Burgimwald who co-stars on CITY TV’s hit show Hudson & ...

On March 6, 2020, the Lily  May Room at the Rossland Miners Union Hall held a festive gathering of Rossland notables, Parks Canada personnel, our local Member of Parliament and a representative of our local MLA; all were celebrating the designation of Rossland’s Miners Union Hall as a Federal Historic Site. Speakers...