The yellow aircraft flying at the Trail airport on Sunday were there giving the air cadets of 531 City of Trail Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron cadets an exciting air experience. Each cadet did a flight in the Schweizer 2-33 glider and a flight in the Cessna 182 towplane. The gliders and tow planes are […]

Employee housing a contentious and difficult issue; a major indoor climbing centre planned for  Nelson; signs of hope for a Waneta border crossing for truck traffic   PRESENT: Mayor Andy Morel and Councillors Stewart Spooner, Jeff Weaver, Craig Humpherys, and Maya Provençal, Lisa Kwiatkowski (online) and Eliza Boyce (online). Staff:  CAO Bryan Teasdale, Deputy Corporate […]

The City of Rossland has released a draft Zoning Bylaw that would update housing and land-use rules to better reflect current community needs and align with provincial housing requirements. The draft bylaw builds on several years of planning work, including the 2022 Official Community Plan and the 2025 Housing Needs Assessment and Action Plan, and […]

The court hearing on the issue of whether or  not the Environmental Assessment Office’s (EAO) decision not to order an environmental review, or assessment (EA) of the proposed Record Ridge open-pit  mine was reasonable was held in the Rossland courthouse from May 5 to May 7 inclusive, before Justice Gordon C. Weatherill.  Four parties were […]

 Rumours travel fast… but your Rossland transit route isn’t going anywhere. BC Transit has confirmed there are currently no plans to change transit routes in Rossland – including the lower Rossland service area. Transit routes and service levels are determined through partnership between BC Transit and local governments, including the RDKB. While routing ideas or […]

The world must move away from coal, gas and oil — quickly. Fossil fuels pollute land, water and air, create global instability and energy price volatility, increase the gap between rich and poor and alter the climate in ways that threaten health and survival. But it’s difficult to accomplish this when the global economic system […]

Rumors about the West Kootenay Transit route in Rossland;  Five-Year Financial Plan adopted; clarifying community grant funding; Library Board seeking a new member; Enduro race in June; and more … PRESENT:  Mayor Andy Morel and Councillors Stewart Spooner, Jeff Weaver, Craig Humpherys, Maya Provençal, Lisa Kwiatkowski and Eliza Boyce. Staff:  CAO Bryan Teasdale, Deputy Corporate […]

By Andy Morel, Mayor of Rossland British Columbians expect that when the provincial authorities set rules for Environmental Assessments and project permitting those rules will be applied. Yet on Record Ridge, just outside Rossland in the West Kootenays, critical information appears to be incomplete or missing. There is no Human Health Risk Assessment, despite its […]

By Melanie Mercier What We Save, Saves Us: An Upcycled Ode to the Inland Temperate Rainforest Built from materials diverted from the waste stream and shaped through a collaboration between a local artist and École des Sept‑Sommets students, this Earth Week installation invites Rossland residents and neighbouring communities to honour the species, stories, and fragile brilliance […]

Public Consultation:  4:30 PM  This consultation is dedicated to providing more information for, and hearing input from, residents on the 2026 – 2030 Financial Plan.  The earlier opportunities to hear about the  anticipated costs of keeping Rossland operating with current or slightly lower levels of service began last year, at the August 11 Council meeting […]