Curling, Soccer, Fire Services, Beer Goggles and more
Regular Rossland City Council Meeting, March 21, 2016, 6:00 pm Present: Mayor Kathy Moore and Councillors Marten Kruysse, Lloyd McLellan, John Green, Andy Morel, and Aaron Cosbey. Absent: Andrew Zwicker Public Input Period: Ann Damude spoke on behalf of the RCAC Miners Hall project. She reported that their fundraising...
COUNCIL COGITATES ON FINANCIAL CHALLENGES
Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting: March 21, 2016, 3:00 pm All Council members were present. Just before the meeting, Mayor Kathy Moore took a few seconds to pass a home-framed series of three bobsled race snapshots to the Council Bobsled Team -- John Greene, Andy Morel, Andrew Zwicker, and Moore herself. The final picture ...
Broadband is Here Now.
Businesses in downtown Rossland can now reap the benefits of high-speed Internet with up to 100 mbps symmetrical service. The downtown area is now connected to the fibre optic network of the Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation (CBBC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Columbia Basin Trust (the Trust). “We’re proud to be celebrating...
Financial Plan for 2016 to 2020: The City Wants Your Responses
Rossland is inviting taxpayers to a Public Input Session on April 13, at the Ross Thompson Ballroom at the Prestige Mountain Resort, to tell the City what we all think of the proposed Financial Plan. If readers have been following the "Council Matters" reports, they will already have that event in mind; now, the City asks...
LIVELY GATHERING AT THE OLD FIREHALL
The event was well-attended. Mayor Moore and our Member of Parliament Richard Cannings were there, and Council members John Greene and Andrew Zwicker, and a good crowd of Rossland's other famously engaged citizens attended to view and discuss the displays created by Selkirk College students. The students were there too,...
Selkirk College Co-Op Program Puts Education to Work
Selkirk College is joining institutions across Canada in celebrating Co-operative Education Week March 14 to 18, marking a tradition more than two decades old at the local post-secondary school. “The Co-op Education Program at Selkirk College is over 25 years of age,” says Brenda Smith, Manager of Co-op Education and Employment...
Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute research shows dramatic disparity between male and female earnings in the region
In honour of International Women's Day, we are taking a look at gender-based differences in Columbia Basin-Boundary incomes. Pre-tax income distribution is an indicator of the earning opportunities and potential within our society. Examining the differences in the distribution of income between males and females sheds light...
An Opportunity to Shape Our Community
Rossland residents are invited to examine draft versions of Rossland’s Life and Environment Action plans and to provide valuable input. Second-year Selkirk College Integrated Environmental Planning Program students prepared the plans. People can see them at an open house on Monday, March 14 at the Old Fire Hall (2115 Queen Street) in Rossland between 5 […]
FortisBC receives approval to build new Kootenay facility in Castlegar
FortisBC said in a media release the company has received regulatory approval from the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) to build a new Kootenay Operations Centre in Castlegar, B.C. and will begin construction as early as May. Once complete, the new facility will centralize many key operations to better serve electricity customers...
City Crews Repair Leaking Water Pipes, Rusted Valves on Spokane Street
By: Hanne Smith Repairs to the water pipe under Spokane Street were completed on Wednesday Feb 24, one week after the initial break was discovered. On Thursday Feb 18, a break was discovered in the Spokane Street water pipe, located on the steep section of Spokane between 1st and 2nd Avenues. City workers made temporary...
