Rossland REC Spring Brochure The REC Department will start working on the Spring Brochure and if you’re interested in submitting a program or course, the deadline for the Spring Brochureis March 1, 2014. The brochure will hopefully be available to the public online, by the third week of March.  Typically our Spring Brochure...

This is the first of a four-part series that will describe what broadband is, what the potential is for rural communities as well as how and why Castlegar is exploring options around the development of high speed fibre optics broadband.   Part One: The Columbia Basin Trust, the Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation (CBBC) and...

Selkirk College Hairdressing Program students are engaged in a friendly competition and you’re invited to get involved in a way that will leave you with a fresh look. At the start of January, cosmetology services at Selkirk’s Silver King Campus opened for business. Students in the Hairdressing and Esthetics Programs started...

The Selkirk College Nursing Program’s annual Beans and Rice extravaganza returns to Castlegar in February. This delicious, traditional Guatemalan dinner starts at 6 p.m. on Feb. 7 and takes place at St. Rita’s Catholic Church in Castlegar in support of third-year Selkirk College nursing students who will be participating in...

Rossland REC Spring Brochure The REC Department will start working on the Spring Brochure and if you’re interested in submitting a program or course, the deadline for the Spring Brochureis March 1, 2014. The brochure will hopefully be available to the public online, by the third week of March.  Typically our Spring Brochure...

If you can imagine it, our present townsite used to be covered with trees. A whole lot of logging and brush clearing had to go on in order to create space for buildings, roads, and people. And as you can imagine, there was no shortage of logable land in the surrounding areas outside the townsite, either. Raw building materials...

Remember what I talked about in my last column? About how our Board of Directors had passed a motion to do away with overdue fines? Well, that very same progressive Board is looking for a few good women and men to join in the fun – if you think you might be interested in joining the library Board, give us a call or stop by ...

Artists in all disciplines—as well as arts, culture and heritage organizations—are invited to apply for funding through the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA), which delivers the Arts, Culture and Heritage Program of Columbia Basin Trust. “This is the seventeenth year that CKCA has been able to provide financial support...

Artists in all disciplines—as well as arts, culture and heritage organizations—are invited to apply for funding through the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA), which delivers the Arts, Culture and Heritage Program of Columbia Basin Trust. “This is the 17th year that CKCA has been able to provide financial support for...

Rossland Winter Carnival – 2014 Check out the activities around town this weekend!  The schedule of events is available in hard copy around town and also on the website, at www.rosslandwintercarnival.com. Available ice at the Rossland Arena Lots of ice available this weekend if you’d like to put together a family reunion, a...