City hires Collections Coordinator for the Trail Museum and Archives
The City of Trail is pleased to announce that Joyce Austin will be joining the City as the part-time Collections Coordinator for the Trail Museum and Archives, effective Feb. 26. Austin will work directly with Sarah Benson-Lord, the Museum and Archives Manager, in the new Trail Riverfront Centre scheduled to open later this...
Youth: want to get more creative with your smartphone?
The Rossland Council for Arts and Culture announces a two-part youth multimedia workshop entitled “Creative Stories Digitally”, instructed by Red Mountain Resort photographer, Ryan Flett. Over nine years as a professional outdoor adventure photographer, Ryan Flett has explored the backcountry of BC, Yukon, the Pacific coast...
Tickle your funnybone? Live improv comedy at the Miners Hall
The Rossland Council for Arts and Culture is pleased to offer a great opportunity for local youth (under age 30) to participate in an Improv Workshop at the Miners Hall at 1pm on Friday February 9th (a P.D. Day). The workshop will be facilitated by professional improv comedians from the VancouverTheatre Sports League. The...
Castlegar's own Lisa Nicole to perform in Trail as part of release tour
Award-winning Canadian country music artist and Castlegar native Lisa Nicole is excited to announce the release of Mad About It to Canadian radio along with an accompanying music video in conjunction with a tour that will take her from the Canadian Kootenays all the way to Nashville. Mad About It– co-written by Lisa Nicole ...
COLUMN: Consumer society no longer serves our needs
My parents were born in Vancouver — Dad in 1909, Mom in 1911 — and married during the Great Depression. It was a difficult time that shaped their values and outlook, which they drummed into my sisters and me. “Save some for tomorrow,” they often scolded. “Share; don’t be greedy.” “Help others when they need it because one day...
Winter Carnival is coming; big changes for bobsled
By Tara Kowalchuk, Rossland Winter Carnival President Everyone’s favourite high speed, high adrenalin Winter Carnival event is back, with a few updates. The biggest change is that registration and inspection night, and the Bobsled Calcutta Auction will be held one week earlier on Thursday, January 18 at 7:00pm at the Legion....
Library Renewal plan close to reality -- at last!
Rossland’s public library provides exceptional service for its size. Aside from loaning out books and movies, making computers available for research and other work, and providing friendly assistance, our library offers after-school drop-in programs, hosts a book club on the last Thursday of each month, offers the popular...
Canada's Pink Floyd tribute band, PIGS, coming to Charles Bailey
PIGS are starting 2018 with the second leg of a 12 week, 45-date tour that started out at the end of September at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo and took the band across Canada as far as Sydney, Nova Scotia. The second leg of the 'LEFT + RIGHT Canada Tour' features dates in Saskatchewan, BC and Alberta and will take them to over...
Rossland Museum welcomes its first national traveling exhibit
The year 2017 marks some important anniversaries in Canadian history: Canada’s 150th birthday as a nation and the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge – a battle that historians describe as a defining moment in the development of Canada as an independent nation. 2019 is the 75th anniversary of the D-Day and Normandy...
Rossland Council for Arts and Culture: Membership drive!
The RCAC is excited to announce our brand new website and first ever Membership drive! We’re changing and inviting Rosslanders to play a huge part in their Arts Council! Most people know the RCAC for some things but the breadth and width of our operations and art installations is often a big surprise. From regular shows at ...
