The organizers of an incredibly ambitious plan to bring recreation and tourism to Castlegar are asking you to throw dirt at them. Well, not at them, per se, but they do want your dirt, to help build up what they intend will become one of the largest bike parks in the West Kootenay region. “The proposed Bike Park in Castlegar...

Big news! You may know her as Christina Amelio, vocal coach at SuperCat Studios here in town, but soon you’ll know her like the rest of the country, as singing sensation Nina Amelio. Amelio, 25, has now made it past the first round in CBC’s Searchlight competition, billed as a venue to find Canada’s next greatest musical...

Rossland's latest sculpture-on-loan was installed on April 10 in a chilly breeze, attracting the interest of many passing "supervisors."  The airy bubble of re-purposed bicycle parts now rests on the Sourdough Holdings lot between Revolution Cycles and Laundry  Dog Laundromat. Rossland Council for Arts and Culture (RCAC) has...

JOE HILL COFFEE HOUSE – SUNDAY, APRIL 19 Joe Hill Coffee House, Rossland’s community venue for talent from near and far, invites you to hear another fine set of performers on Sunday April 19.  We are pleased to present: ·         The Wind River Quartet – melodic flutes, a Joe Hill debut ·         The Kootenay Men’s Choir – ...

The Kootenay Library Federation presents MARK FORSYTHE and GREG DICKSON, authors of FROM THE WEST COAST TO THE WESTERN FRONT:BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE GREAT WAR Author and broadcaster Mark Forsythe and journalist Greg Dickson will be on tour in the Kootenays giving presentations about their most recent book, From the West Coast...

Registration Deadline Approaching Columbia Basin Culture Tour– August 8-9, 2015 a project of the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance Columbia Basin– Call for entry: registration closes Monday April 13 for artists/venues in the Columbia Basin to participate in the 7th annual Columbia Basin Culture Tour (CBCT), a celebration ...

 Rusty the Horse has been earning his oats in downtown Rossland for the past year. As a favourite backdrop for photos, Rusty has brought many smiles to the faces of locals and visitors alike. But Rossland isn’t Rusty’s forever home and the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture hopes to change that. Along with a group of local...

The Week in REC! Spring Recreation Brochure is out!  The Spring Brochure is available online at  www.rossland.ca,  Recreation Program Guide, and in hardcopy at the Public Library and the Credit Union.   There are lots of great, new programs to check out!  Many of the REC Programs have a drop in option, or you can register […]

You expect to hear that pop music award winners hail from New York or even Toronto … but Robson? Castlegar Source readers are about to get the opportunity to win one of three copies of the debut CD of Robson pop award nominee Reiss Zibin. Raised in Robson, Zibin, now 20 years old, started taking voice lessons at a very early...

It doesn’t take long for people to realize that we do things a little differently in the Kootenays.  In keeping with that long held Kootenay tradition, dance studio development in Rossland hasn’t followed the usual path. When Renée Salsiccioli set up her studio in Rossland about 7 years ago, she initially went  the conventional...