Avalanche Canada, in partnership with Parks Canada and Alberta’s Kananaskis Country, is issuing a Special Public Avalanche Warning for recreational users of backcountry and frontcountry avalanche terrain, in effect immediately until Sunday, Dec. 27. The warning is widespread and applies to the following forecast regions:...

Residents throughout the Greater Trail area have submitted photos of their outdoor holiday light displays, and we now invite everyone to vote for their favourites! Go to www.trail.ca/HolidayLightsMap View the Holiday Light Displays on the map (click on the markers and addresses to see the photos) Use the voting form on the ...

Better Life Fitness in Rossland is one of many businesses that have suffered dramatic losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Will these businesses survive to serve residents once the pandemic has passed – however long that may take?  And what can residents do to help ensure their survival – at least, those residents who haven’t...

By Chris Gusen 2020 was tough. But, as we look back on the past year, it also brings us a tremendous amount of hope. Seeing how the world mobilized to fight COVID-19 gave us a glimpse of what might be possible if our elected officials treated the climate emergency just as seriously. As we rest up and prepare to continue our...

The new year will start a new era in the life of the Rossland Telegraph.  Founded in 2008 with Adrian Barnes as its first editor, the Telegraph continued without him when his health deteriorated and he persuaded the next editor to take it on.  That was me; I have edited the Telegraph for six years – as long as Adrian did – ...

By David Huntley; republished with permission from Watershed Sentinel The Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline is being built to transport Alberta’s diluted bitumen to tidewater and then by tanker to overseas markets. In 2011, the National Energy Board gave Trans Mountain priority access for 79,000 barrels of oil per day...

The City of Trail and the Village of Warfield are pleased to announce they have successfully negotiated and approved a 5-year (60 months) recreation and library services agreement. Warfield will contribute $727,000 over the full term of the agreement for both recreation and library services. The agreement permits Warfield...

Online applications are now open for British Columbians to apply for the BC Recovery Benefit. “I’d like to thank the B.C. public service for getting this program up and running so quickly and to the hundreds of Service BC call centre staff who will be helping British Columbians apply for their BC Recovery Benefit,” said Selina...

This is our last column for 2020. What a year it’s been! As if things weren’t bad enough on the environmental front — record-breaking global temperature increases, the U.S. backtracking on ecological protections and policies and pulling out of the Paris climate agreement, a worsening biodiversity crisis and more — the world...

A complaint from a Spokane Street resident in Rossland on December 14,  about a parked vehicle with its engine running  all night, resulted in RCMP officers apprehending a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant.  When officers investigated the parked vehicle, the 42-year-old Kamloops man initially gave a false name, but officers...