Opinion: Soothe your jangled nerves with a gift of music
Things to help us feel better are welcome during a season that can be hectic, stressful, demanding – and, for many, isolating and lonely. The demands of holiday entertaining can raise blood pressure levels and jangle nerves. Soothing music, designed to be calming and healing, might help, and is guaranteed to cause fewer...
COUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council Meetings, December 9, 2019
Condo owners upset by noise from Mook Thai; Community Grants; embracing the Step Code; opposing water-bottling from groundwater, and more Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Janice Nightingale, Chris Bowman, Scott Forsyth, Stewart Spooner, Andy Morel and Dirk Lewis. PUBLIC HEARING on the Financial Plan Amendment...
Kootenay DanceWorks presents The Nutcracker
Everyone’s favourite Christmas toy is about to come alive to defeat the evil Mouse King in a battle that’s sprinkled with sugary treats and warm and toasty feels. Experience the beloved ballet The Nutcracker, presented by Kootenay DanceWorks of Rossland at the Charles Bailey Theatre in Trail on Saturday, Dec. 7th at 7:30 p.m....
Your opinions, please, on the arts in Rossland
Does art matter? Of course it does. Then, how should the importance of art be reflected in our community? Can Rossland support a vibrant and resilient arts culture and economy? A group called “Art Matters” is working to learn how residents want decision-making to affect the arts in Rossland. This group was formed by the ...
“Chicanery, Civility & Celebration” -- a new book of tales about Rossland launching at Rekindle
On December 7, during “Rekindle the Spirit of Christmas” in Rossland, the Heritage Commission will launch a new book at The Gold Rush bookstore. A collection of tales from Rossland’s past, “Chicanery, Civility & Celebration” published by Ron Shearer, will add depth and entertainment to readers’ knowledge of Rossland’s...
Bill 41 passes unanimously in BC Legislature
Scott Fraser, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation; Regional Chief Terry Teegee, BC Assembly of First Nations; Cheryl Casimer, First Nations Summit; Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Union of BC Indian Chiefs; and Adam Olsen, MLA for Saanich North and the Islands and member of Tsartlip First Nation, have issued the...
Rekindle the Spirit of Christmas in Rossland
(UPDATED) December 7, 2019, marks the 25th anniversary of Rossland’s “Rekindle the Spirit of Christmas” celebrations. Started by a group of Rossland business people to support the local community, Rekindle truly represents the spirit of Christmas in focusing on the many benefits of local shopping...
COLUMN: The power of symbols, the thirst for revenge -- humanity in peace and war
Symbol and revenge: being human in peace and war “The Fuhrer alone is the present and future German reality.”-- M. Heidegger “Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord.” -- Deuteronomy, 32:35 What is a symbol? Let me cite my dictionary: “an object, animate or inanimate, standing for or calling up something moral or intellectual; an...
Column: Life and Path
A death in my family A cousin of mine died last month, a man with whom for a very long period I had no contact nor true family-feeling. Alcoholism killed him. We once were very close. I feel called to apologize in advance to family members who might feel my remarks here are too personal, that I have said too much that should...
Winlaw's Rabi'a wins second Sculpturewalk People's Choice Award with 'Housing Crisis'
Housing Crisis, by Winlaw artist Rabi’a, has won the coveted 2019 People’s Choice Award, presented at the Castlegar Sculpturewalk Awards Gala at the Lionshead Smoke & Brew Pub on Nov. 2. This piece will now stay in Castlegar, joining the City’s growing permanent public art collection. Rabi’a, in partnership with Carl...
