Temperatures are increasing and so are highway speeds; BC Highway Patrol is reminding you that throughout the month of May police officers province-wide will be doing extra enforcement for the High-Risk Driving and Motorcycle Awareness Campaign. “There are two keys to keeping motorcyclists safer,” says Corporal Michael McLaughlin with BC Highway Patrol. “Number one, motorcyclists […]

On April 27, Salmo RCMP responded to a report involving threats towards police made by a man who alleged he was in possession of weapons and intended to use them at a downtown Salmo residence. Due to the nature of the allegations and the proximity of the incident to a local school, officers attended the area […]

Join guest artist Sarah Parrell for a special Pro D Day workshop to create your very own custom DIY Coin Snatching Bank! Armed with cardboard, creativity, and a bit of glue gun magic, kids will build their own custom, crank-activated banks to stash coins and tiny treasures. This workshop is available to youth ages 7+ […]

Three individuals have been arrested and charged in connection with the 2022 homicide of 51‑year‑old Jean‑Luc Noel Levesque. On August 11, 2022, Jean‑Luc Noel Levesque was found unresponsive near the 1800 block of Columbia Avenue in Castlegar. He was not a known resident of the community and was believed to have travelled to Castlegar prior […]

Hello friends, In case you haven’t already heard, the Greater Trail Hospice Society is hosting a fundraising LIVE DANCE AND AUCTION on Saturday, May 2, at the Rossland Legion at 2081 Washington Street at 6 p.m. Hospice serves our communities from Fruitvail to Rossland by offering compassionate, inclusive and practical support during life limiting illness, end of […]

Gloria Smee was born on September 8, 1948, in Ogden, Utah, to Nephi Manning and Ruth Mae Manning. She lived a life shaped by creativity, resilience, and a heart that never stopped giving. She adored her four children—Angela Ferraro, Heidi Smee, Todd Smee, and Holly Smee—whom she lovingly called her sun, her moon, and her […]

End of a state of no very “righteous” origin “Today people can hardly imagine their social environment without a state. The irony of history is that despite the rise and the fall of ideologies rejecting the state or trying to limit it (anarchism, liberalism, libertarianism, communism), the state has gradually become stronger, particularly in the […]

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 […]

By John Parker and Justin Nowakowski, Senior Scientists, Smithsonian Institution Around the world, people plan to plant more than 1 trillion trees this decade in an ambitious effort to slow climate change and reduce biodiversity loss. But if the past is prologue, many of those planted trees won’t survive. And if they do, they could […]

The sooner the world moves on from coal, oil and gas power, the better off we’ll all be. Climate and pollution impacts will be reduced, as will energy price and supply volatility, the wealth gap and global conflict. “But we can’t get off fossil fuels overnight,” people have been saying for at least the past […]