VESTA: A play about living, loving, and letting go
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...
New format for the 2019 ROSSLAND READS debate!
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 ...
Opinion: The benefits of gratitude
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...
Concert for a cause - food bank fundraiser on tap
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...
En Famille International -- student exchange opportunity
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...
Editorial: What to do?
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...
Op/Ed: Few things are as dangerous as economists with physics envy
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...
Double stuck, and charged with theft; and, who hurt Rusty?
On September 12, 2019, officers from the local RCMP detachment tracked down a truck reported as stolen from the Red Mountain Ski Resort. The truck was owned by a contracting company working in the area, and was equipped with GPS – which provided live updates on the truck’s location and made finding the stolen vehicle much ...
Artists - enter by the end of September!
The Rossland Council for Arts & Culture (RCAC) will be presenting a juried visual art exhibition entitled Life in the Kootenays, and the deadline for submissions is September 30, 2019. Submissions to Life in the Kootenays exhibition should be an artist’s representation of living and working in the Kootenays. The juried...
Golden City Days in years gone by: Rossland’s Golden Nugget Saloon and the Dancing Waiters
Once upon a time, I heard, Rossland had the Golden Nugget Saloon and its Dancing Waiters during Golden City Days. Inquiries led me to Jim Albo, who told me the story. “It started in 1972. Rossland was going to be 75 years old, and the celebration was getting organized. They were looking for somebody to run a beer garden, and...
