Broadband initiative needs council approval as deadlines fast approach
The Broadband Task Force reported to council on Monday evening that broadband Internet holds great promise for Rossland's future competitiveness, but council must act before May 28 to proceed with the plan. Amber Hayes and Brian Fry presented the task force’s in-depth analysis of broadband and its implications for the City ...
Rossland puts a new branding iron in the fire just as the Gateway Project posts for proposals
The Rossland "brand" is getting a makeover to give key stakeholders a "consistent, professional image"—stakeholders such as the city, the Chamber of Commerce (CC), the library, and Tourism Rossland (TR)—but council was divided in April over the logo suggested by the designer and asked for more alternatives. The designer obliged...
UPDATE: Local Fortis job action minimal
Update: A 72-hour job action notice that could’ve seen as many as 225 Fortis BC employees, including those here in Castlegar, Trail, South Slocan, Warfield and Rossland, on strike as of Sunday hasn’t amounted to much, according to Fortis spokesman Neal Pobran. Pobran said no action was taken Sunday, and minimal action is being taken […]
Trail market filling up fast
The City of Trail and the Trail & District Chamber of Commerce say vendor space is filling up in the Trail Market on the Esplanade for the summer of 2013, with over 50 per cent of the spaces already allocated for the full year. Because the event achieved such tremendous success in 2012 with over […]
HE SAID SHE SAID: Public outcry pushes for sustainability, but council digs in its core service heels
Following council’s five hour debate on the entire budget on May 1, council was forced to pause the financial plan blitz for twenty minutes on May 6 to hear nine members of the public oppose the only major cut: approximately $20,000 axed from the Sustainability Commission (SC), terminating their paid coordinator with no...
COMMENT: Financial Plan passes with no hint of public consultation, or thought
Council approved the 2013-2017 financial plan (FP) on Wednesday morning, just one week after the bulk of debate was completed in a single unpublicized meeting on May 1. No major changes came about in a follow-up meeting on May 6 that concluded with council passing the first three readings of this year's FP bylaw. The major...
Downtown trash cans and more uncanned, but recanning remains possible
Council has decided to reinstate the downtown furniture budget that it had put on hold last year. The $108,000 line item includes benches, but also bike racks, recycling bins, bear-proof garbage containers, and the eclectic but contentious ore cart. Council's decision, however, stipulates that city staff will return to council...
Electrical glitch resolved at Silver City Days; rides to be running on time
A glitch that saw the rides stop working during the first night of Silver City Days is fixed in plenty of time for the causeway’s opening this afternoon, according to festival society president Ian McLeod. “One of the main generators blew up on us at about 6 p.m. (Wednesday),” he said, adding the mechanical issue […]
Interfor nets almost $18 million
International Forest Products Limited (Interfor) reported net income of $17.8 million or $0.32 per share before share-based compensation expense and other items in the first quarter of 2013. These results compare with net earnings, reported on the same basis, of $3.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 and a loss of $4.1 million in […]
UPDATE: NDP incumbent Conroy responds to critical Kootenay Savings letter
Update: Letter to the Editor: On May 7, President and CEO of Kootenay Savings Credit Union, Brent Tremblay, wrote a letter to local media outlining his concerns with the proposed capital tax on financial institutions that the NDP has discussed implementing if we win government on May 14. Firstly, I want to thank Brent for […]
