A WHOLE lot of new programs starting up this week!
There are several Recreation Programs starting this week or continuing from last week. For more information about the specific programs, please take a look at the Fall / Winter Recreation Guide, at www.rossland.ca, City Hall, Recreation, Program Guide. You can drop by City Hall to register for a program or call our office,...
VIDEO: Rossland's female hockey pioneers
After 100 years, the Rossland Ladies Hockey Team is finally getting some long-overdue recognition. This summer they received the Pioneer Award at the BC Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Celebration. Marilyn Buchannon was in Penticton to accept the award on behalf of her mom, Grace Lougheed. The plaque will be displayed at the ...
The Rossland Reads Debaters for 2014 are...
What is the one thing that all Rossland Reads debaters have in common? Well, they love to read, obviously. But beyond that, our intrepid debaters, Aerin Guy, Mark Jeffery, Kate Harrison Whiteside, and Liz Anderson, all read for different reasons, and have different taste in books. Well, enough different to make for some...
Let's celebrate the 75th birthday of the Rossland Library--this Saturday!
This Saturday, October 4, the Rossland Public Library will be holding an open house to celebrate its 75th anniversary. Rossland musician Sparky Steeves will be performing, we will share a birthday cake and local author Avi Silberstein will be reading from his first novel, Human Solutions. In conjunction with Avi's...
MLA and MP join forces to offer congrats on Communities in Bloom win
BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko and Kootenay West MLA Katrine Conroy join in congratulating the City of Castlegar on winning the 2014 Communities in Bloom International Challenge. Castlegar received 5 Blooms and competed against other cities across Canada and in Ireland for the overall win in the small category (less...
No school in session? Time for the School Of Skate!
What were Rossland’s kids doing when school was out last week? Everyone found different activities, and for a group of fortunate youngsters the answer was the School Of Skate. Rossland Recreation, in cooperation with the Rossland Skatepark Association, ran a learn to skateboard program in the Emcon lot (the site the City...
UPDATED: Petition to save Pass Creek Fall Fair
The link to sign a petition letting the RDCK know you'd support taxpayer investment to save the Fall Fair is here: http://passcreekfair.com/ Previous story: The 19th Annual Pass Creek Fall Fair last weekend was, by all accounts, a screaming success … but will this popular regional event still happen next year? That’s not ...
Work in the age of anxiety
Working Canadians, from blue collar workers to middle class professionals to hamburger flippers are facing the worst economy insecurity, most stressful working conditions, the slowest increases in real income and the most cynical anti-worker governments literally since the 1930s. At the same time the 1% and the powerful...
The Dewdney Trail, Past and Present – A Talk by Richie Mann at the Rossland Historical Museum
Last Thursday evening, Richie Mann spoke to a packed crowd of about 50 people in the Cominco Theatre (located inside the museum) on the history of the Dewdney Trail, which links to our own local history and the discovery of gold in the area. He began with Edgar Dewdney the person, and expanded into the dramatic building of...
Mozart, Schumann, and Brahms...coming to Trail!
La Cafamore has been a performing group since 2008. Over the years, the configuration has changed, but every concert brings its challenges and rewards. For pianist Carolyn Cameron, this particular set of concerts has her on the piano instead of her regular position as violinist. “People often ask which instrument I prefer”,...
