2014 Equine Empowerment Camps are being offered for West Kootenay area youth from ages five to 19 free of charge.  These camps are sponsored by Columba Basin Trust, Arrow Lakes Therapeutic Riding Association and Pass Creek Regional Exhibition Society.   Camp participants will receive two, 1.5 hour lessons per camp, which will be tailored to each […]

Rossland Swimming Pool The Rossland Swimming Pool is a great place to be when it’s hot out! The Staff are super and the water is refreshing – come down to the Pool to cool off! Public Swim is daily from 1:00-4:00pm and Family Swim is from 4:00-5:30pm. BC Day Toonie Swim! The Pool will be open from 1:30-5:30pm on BC Day. Come...

This mouth watering event is back! Taste of The Kootenays is back and with a more flavourful twist- What was an event to showcase local cuisine is now to showcase regional Kootenay cuisine along with Chamber of Commerce Business Members. “This extremely popular event started many years ago as a Rossland Resort Association...

Taking place August 9 & 10, 2014, 10 am - 5 pm, the Columbia Basin Culture Tour allows you to explore artists' studios, museums, art galleries and heritage sites during this free, self-guided event. Travel to studios and archives that aren't normally open, see demonstrations, new exhibitions and collections or meet people...

The count down is ON – the Kootenay Festival is just two days away! What began as just a nifty committee idea has become a firmly-established Kootenay tradition, according to volunteer Audrey Maxwell-Polovnikoff. “People know about us now, and we have groups and vendors approaching us to participate,” she said, adding roughly...

In 1939, a group of citizens came together to form the Rossland Public Library. To celebrate our 75th birthday, the library has chosen a best seller from each year it has been open. Youth Clerk Devin Knox spent time trawling through best sellers lists and book award sites to come up with the 75 books. These are on display and...

What does travel mean to you? Why do we travel – for escape, for adventure, for education, for work, for something else entirely? How is travel represented in our literary fiction and non-fiction landscape? Can you experience the richness of a culture through a book? What constitutes a journey? Are some journeys more important...

Woo hoo! It’s the day we’ve all been waiting for – the Millennium Park Natural Swimming Ponds grand opening celebration is slated for Aug. 4 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a massive SPLASH party to which everyone is invited. The $1.6-million project has been a couple of years in the making (sped somewhat by $400,000 from the ...

Golden riches forged the foundation of Rossland and the surrounding area.  The Rossland Mines produced over 84 Tonnes of gold in their 40 years of operation and explain the origins of the Trail Smelter, the railway links with both Canada and the USA, and West Kootenay Power & Light Company. The financial investment necessary...

Five of the Kootenays’ finest musicians are reuniting this week for concerts in Rossland, Nelson, and Crawford Bay. The Kootenay Brass Quintet – featuring trumpeters Laurel Ralston and Tim Bullen, hornist Arnie Satanove, trombonist Keith Todd, and tubist Robin Clegg – will perform a fun, energetic, and diverse programme of ...