A recent survey sent out to regional businesses by Vancouver-based consultancy Operations Economics Inc.  via the Chamber of Commerce asking detailed questions about business use of local flights and airport services seems to be causing some confusion among residents as to what the city hopes to gain in the process. The...

BC Transit is asking community members to complete a survey, for a  service review  they are conducting.  They want your input even if you are not a transit user at this time.   Tourism Rossland is also asking Rosslanders to complete Transit's survey, with an eye to emphasizing the value to our community of the Free Shuttle...

The Canfor Mill as Canal Flats officially closes its doors Monday said the United Steelworkers Local 1-405 in a media release. As of Monday (November 9), after over a 100 years of sawmill operation in or around Canal Flats that history has come to an end.    “This has been devastating for our members, their families, Canal ...

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business  (CFIB) has issued a report on what it calls "unsustainable levels" of increases in BC municipal operating  spending since 2003.   The figures used in the studies end in 2012 and 2013, depending on the figures being cited.   "Operating spending" includes the total cost of...

Council has decided to pull the plug on the proposed changes to its water and sewer rate structures in time for a January 1st rate change.  The proposed changes to Rossland’s water and sewer rate structure, now out for consultations, had problems Council identified even before they splashed out and asked for citizen input. ...

In about the year 2000,  I calculated that the average residential property in Canada was being under-taxed by about $1500 per year, just to provide the money that would have been needed then to pay the “infrastructure debt” hiding under our streets.   That number was so far from what people have come to think is a bearable...

By David Suzuki Sustainable development means different things to different people. The concept was popularized in 1987 by the groundbreaking Brundtland Commission report to the United Nations, “Our Common Future”.  Over the past three decades it has entered conversations around global poverty, health, environmental quality...

Tourism Rossland and the City of Rossland are pleased to announce that the new event sign at the corner of Columbia Avenue and St Paul is ready to go.  This project was completed in association with the City of Rossland, provincial funding from the Resort Municipality Initiative, and the Columbia Basin Trust Community Initiatives...

Natural Flu Protection - For more than just 1 Bug Now that fall is upon us, it is time to bolster the system for the winter. I’ve already seen the start of viral flus, so, this will help prevent and minimize the typical viral and bacterial illnesses common at this time of year. I try to remind folks that having a cold or flu...

With the federal election now behind us, the new Prime Minister can and must promote the economy and the environment in the first few weeks of his mandate. The foundation for both future economic stability and environmental sustainability will be laid for decades to come based on two significant global initiatives — the...