Coming soon to a computer near you: Free wireless internet access will soon be available at the library in Rossland. Great for students, visitors to Rossland, or anyone who has a laptop, we have added the wireless service for our patrons’ convenience. In order to serve our community better, Rossland is one of the first West...

Students throughout the region are busy planning and researching their science fair projects for presentation in the upcoming district and regional science fairs. Meanwhile, organizers are reaching to the community to support these young scientists by volunteering their time to judge at the fairs. School District 20 will be...

Opening a new business in the City of Rossland just became easier thanks to BizPaL, a new online business permit and licence service that saves time spent on paperwork and helps entrepreneurs start up faster. The launch of BizPaL in Rossland was welcomed today by Jim Abbott, MP for Kootenay-Columbia, on behalf of Tony Clement,...

Prevent Cancer Now would like to thank the Rossland Telegraph for its support of the Cancer Prevention Challenge, as the event's media sponsor. Not only is the Telegraph supporting this important fundraiser, but the entire premise and philosophy of the online newspaper meets the vision of Prevent Cancer Now, for 'a world where...

When one thinks of a swimming pool, they don’t often see it as big user and burner of fossil fuels and contributing to C02 emissions. The Rossland pool however, in order to keep the water a comfortable swimming temperature currently heats the water with boilers burning natural gas. Looking for a solution and a better way of...

Forget Christmas. You do your best to be greedy at Christmas, but next to your behavior at Cake Bingo, on December 25th you're a regular Bob Cratchit. Forget your romantic dreams of Valentine's Day, too. You may try for passion on February 14th, but nothing can compare to the sensual hormone rush you feel when you win a triple...

A Happy New Year from the Telegraph to you and yours. For the last week it seems as though Rossland has been shut down; we've scrambled over snowy hill and icy dale searching for news, but news seems to have gone skiing. We found a couple of parties, but nothing anyone would appreciate being featured on the front page of the...

Early Monday afternoon at approximately 1:30pm a southbound train, owned by Omnitrax of Kettle Falls, Washington, collided with a number of parked railway cars on the rail line running alongside the highway. As a result, one of the engines and a number of rail cars fell across the highway, completely blocking it. This closed...

Looking back and contemplating life as 2008 comes to a close, we here at the Telegraph are asking you to let us know what highlights of the past year stood out in your mind as the most memorable events: people, snowstorms, adventures, stories (make us laugh, make us mist up), books, films, or anything else that really touched...

After being at a Christmas party this weekend, I was reminded of how rich the foods tend to be. It’s that time of year when all of us tend to indulge. This will give you some tools for that holiday season, when we all tend to eat mixtures of foods, rich combinations of foods and sometimes just darn too much food! · Try to...