By Colleen Ross Wine tasting season is not dead.  I recently returned from a lovely weekend on Naramata Bench and everyone was in full action.  The last of the grapes were being harvested, the crush pads were flowing with juice and the leaves were changing color.  I don’t know what was more beautiful -- the wine  or the views. ...

Remembrance Day will soon have Rosslanders gathering at the Cenotaph near our library to remember and honour all the lives sacrificed in wars.  Now, our somber meditations on wars and their results will be enhanced – not only on Remembrance Day, but all year long for years to come – by the beauty of a new...

Students, teachers, and non profits in the West Kootenay/Okanagan could get a $10,000 grant this fall. Reel Youth, a media empowerment project that delivers community development programming to youth and adults across Canada, and TELUS STORYHIVE have joined forces, offering 10 grants to schools, teachers and organizations...

              How do we deal with the loss of ability and a life-limiting illness?  The play VESTA, by Bryan Harnetiaux, addresses this subject from the perspective of elderly Vesta and her family.  The script has been adapted to bring a Canadian and regional perspective, and refers to services available locally for families...

This year, the gripping contest known as “Rossland Reads” takes place during one evening only, instead of being spread over three evenings in three successive weeks. Three debaters will each try to convince audience members that the book they’ve chosen is the one that everyone should read. The  2019 theme is “The book that ...

Editorial note: Thanksgiving is coming up; contemplating gratitude seems especially appropriate. This article suggests that conscious gratitude is an easy way to improve one’s quality of life, and discusses how that works. By David DeSteno, for Aeon For the Ancient Greeks, virtue wasn’t a goal in and of itself, but rather a...

Mark your calendar! On Saturday, Oct. 5, The Half Moon Gnarvest is rockin' the valley for a cause!  Join us in Slocan Park for a full day and evening of amazing live music. The day starts at noon with some of the best Folkal (local Folk) legends to be, all the while amping up into a rockin' evening showcasing yet more local...

Most of us have heard about the student exchange program operated by Rotary International, for students from 15 to 19.  Now, Rossland is the North American headquarters for another long-established student exchange program:  En Famile International is designed for students as young as 9, up to age 16. En Famille is a...

Current and anticipatory grief The reality of the continuing extinction of many so species is profoundly upsetting.  Readers may wonder why old people should care.  For example, I’ll be dead in a few years myself;  it will be up to others to live their lives diminished by the loss of caribou and many other creatures, many...

By John Rapley, for Aeon Two questions: is it good or bad that professional athletes earn 400 times what nurses do, and is string theory a dead end? Each question goes to the heart of its discipline. Yet while you probably answered the first, you’d hold an opinion on the prospects of string theory only if you’ve studied...