Gold Rush Bookstore and local authors join nationwide celebration of independent bookstores
Bookstores are the fabric of Canada’s literary community. We anchor neighbourhoods. We provide space and ideas with which to expand. We make sure that Canadian voices resonate. On April 29, independent bookstores across the country, along with the authors we love, will celebrate Canadian Authors for Indies. Here in Rossland...
How to Celebrate Earth Day in Rossland
Come celebrate Earth Day in Rossland! The public is invited to participate in free, family oriented activities organized by local community groups and co-ordinated by the Sustainability Commission. Earth Day Celebrations on Saturday, April 22nd will once again feature the annual Rossland Real Food Chicken and Compost Crawl,...
Trail Historical Society awarded $75,000
The Trail Historical Society is pleased to announce that is has received $75,000 through the B.C. | Canada 150: Celebrating B.C. Communities funding stream towards heritage spaces in the Riverfront Centre. The application, submitted in February 2017, requested funding to assist with the design and fabrication of the three exhibit galleries in the new museum.
Grant Money Allocated for Community Initiatives
Rossland City Council held a Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting on April 4, 2017, to discuss the 35 applications for funding from the available "pot" of CBT's CIP dollars to be allocated by Rossland. That pot of funding amounted to $56,008. The amounts sought by the 35 applicants totaled $134,263 -- well over double the amount...
U19 Film Fest Submissions Open Now
We are calling for film submissions from youth! The Rossland Council for Arts and Culture (RCAC) proudly presents the 10th annual West Kootenay U19 Youth Film Showcase on Thursday, May 4th, 2017, at the Rossland Summit School. The showcase will be part of the Youth Week Gala, which is organized in partnership with the Rossland...
The Follies need a bit of help -- two host families, please.
Every summer, the Gold Fever Follies enliven Rossland with fun and frolic, entertaining locals and visitors. The Follies are busy preparing for the coming season. There are still two out-of-town female cast members who each need a bedroom to call their home for the summer. (If you would prefer a male, we can do some shuffling...
Joe Hill Coffeehouse on March 19 -- Don't miss it!
The March 19 edition of Joe Hill Coffee House features talent from near and far: · Johnny P. Johnson, with Javan on fiddle – Prairie roots, rising stars in the Kootenays, songs of life and experience · The Reluctant Dragon – highlights from the upcoming show by the Rossland Light Opera Players · Anna...
Film Screening in Rossland: A New Economy
A recent documentary film, " A New Economy," explores what might happen if working together for the common good were to become the most common business model. Can the world be saved? Can co-operation save us? Or can global capitalism, with its dependence on the infinite exponential economic growth demanded by return on...
Author reading at Rossland Library
Kootenay elders celebrated in new book When Nelson author Lee Reid set out to learn about elders and aging in the West Kootenay, she was unprepared for the richness and complexity of the stories she heard. Before long, interviews about gardening, cooking, and collective wisdom began to take root. The result is a fully illustrated...
Last chance to vote for Castlegar artist in Kootenay Music Awards
A well-known local artist is a contender for a Kootenay Music Award for Best Video, after releasing the video Faded Away – and your vote could be the one that helps her win! Christina (Nina) Amelio said the Faded Away video was filmed in the Nelson Cemetery. “I know it's weird to say, but (the cemetery) is so gorgeous,” Amelio...