Last chance to register for Non-Profit Collaboration Night! This Wendesday!
Reminder to register for Rossland’s First Non-Profit Collaboration night! Wednesday May 28th, 2014 6pm at the Rossland Miners' Union Hall. Our goal with this event- is to assist non-profit organisations to improve their capacity, increase efficiency, reduce duplication of services and encourage greater collaboration between...
Tourism Rossland hires student Eric Gonzalez to make a series of short films about...Rossland in the summer!
Eric Gonzalez has been hired using a Canada Summer Jobs Grant to create a series of 9 short webisodes on Rossland's summer activities. Each webisode will be less than 2 minutes in length and will showcase different activities including the following: Gold Fever Follies Rossland Museum Heritage Walking Tour Frisbee Golf...
A howling good time to be had as Trail night life goes to the dogs
From high art to puppy love to a good cause, Trail's newest night out has a little something for everyone. Sarah Fulcher is co-owner of Barks and Recreation (providing pet supplies, training and daycare) – but she's also a volunteer with the BC SPCA council and Trail Regional Branch, doing a lot of advocacy, fundraising and...
Join the Golden City Days Parade...2014 version!
Please accept this invitation to participate in the 2014 Golden City Days Parade on Saturday, 6 September 2014. You may enter a float, a vehicle, a marching or walking group, play music, dance, entertain, and display your skills or products ~ whatever you do best! Bikes, baby buggies, and boards are welcome. Families, classmates,...
Have fun, take photos and win cool Castlegar prize packages
They say a picture is worth 1,000 words – and it could also be worth $100 in swag now that Castlegar has a fun new promotion on the go. City council, at its regular meeting Monday night, voted unanimously to set aside $500 for the #CastlegarSelfie Summer promotion, according to city councillor Kevin Chernoff. “The idea is...
First Aid and Lifesaving
Summer Brochure! The Summer Brochure is available online, at www.rossland.ca, Recreation, Program Guide. The Rossland Pool is scheduled to open on Monday, June 9. All programs and swimming lessons are now open for registration. Rossland Youth Maker Labs – Wednesdays 7:00-8:30pm The Rossland Youth Action Network has “Maker...
What's the Monashee Institute? Find out tomorrow evening...over cocktails
The Monashee Institute is the new initiative from the Innovative Education Task Force, who operates under the City of Rosslands' Sustainability Commission. The Monashee Institute was officially launched last week and this week is the Open House. WHEN: Wednesday May 21st, 2014 @ 6 PM WHERE: Rossland Art Gallery, 2004 Columbia...
Elevator music from the 1700s? La Camafore performs at the Gallery this week!
Ever wonder what elevator music of the late 1700s might sound like? This and other burning questions will be answered when La Cafamore takes to the stage at the Rossland Gallery on May 22. The group, now in its 6th year of performance in the Kootenays, will be playing the works of Beethoven, Kodaly and Dvorak arranged for...
Lots o' bike stuff...and first aid, too. Which sort of make sense...
Summer Brochure! The Recreation Department is finishing the Summer Brochure and it will be online, by Friday May 16. Registration for all summer programs begins Tuesday, May 20. The Rossland Pool is scheduled to open on Monday, June 9. Jumpstart Golf Tournament – Saturday, May 17 Sponsored by Canadian Tire, Trail, the...
Castlegar gaining national attention for local program
It seems Castlegar has a national celebrity in its midst ... but our rising star is a program, not a person. Castlegar SculptureWalk was featured today in a Globe and Mail story written by Marsha Lederman (click here to read it), whose interest was tweaked by Burnaby-based artist Ron Simmer's What the Nose Knows. SculptureWalk...
