What have the Rossland Streamkeepers been up to?
On Friday, January 25, the Rossland Library will have an added attraction: a “Show and Tell” event by the Rossland Streamkeepers. The Rossland Streamkeepers program operates under and is supported by the Rossland Society for Environmental Action (RSEA). Bill Coedy, a director of RSEA, started the program in 2015. The group’s...
An Accessible Trail Planned for Strawberry Pass
A $10,000 grant from RDKB Area B, via Director Linda Worley, to the Friends of the Rossland Range (FORR) is a major step toward creation of an accessible trail at Strawberry Pass this coming summer. The trail will make it possible for mobility-challenged people to get out in the forest with wheelchairs, walkers or crutches,...
BC Ombudsperson Report found illegal reductions of income assistance
B.C. Ombudsperson Jay Chalke released an update of a May 2018 report today that found the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction failed to follow the law in relation to the calculation of income assistance benefits. Special Report No. 41, Working Within The Rules: Supporting Employment For Income Assistance...
‘Drastic and scary’: Salmon declines prompt First Nation to take Canada to court over fish farms
By Sarah Cox, from The Narwhal In an unprecedented move, the Dzawada’enuzw nation is claiming in court that farming Atlantic salmon — which often carry disease — in their traditional waters constitutes a violation of Aboriginal rights Willie Moon’s family used to catch hundreds of salmon a day ...
Editorial: Why we should stop this old Rossland tradition
Warning: this editorial may contain triggers for individuals who are highly sensitive about being asked to consider the unintended consequences of their habits, and maybe also their sense of entitlement and self-importance, if they have those in any inflated measure. The old Rossland tradition: it seems that just about...
Column: Pipeline Blockade Signals Deeper Troubles
Recent controversy over a natural gas pipeline blockade and the differing priorities of hereditary chiefs and elected band councillors illustrates a fundamental problem with our systems of governance and economics. Elected councils for the Wet’suwet’en and other Indigenous bands have signed lucrative “impact benefit agreements”...
Bobsleds and bystanders: What’s going on with that lawsuit?
With Rossland’s Winter Carnival coming up soon, including our famous (or infamous) bobsled race, people have been wondering out loud about the lawsuit filed by a bystander injured in an earlier race. Rumours abound, as usual. The case has been filed at the Vancouver court registry, not at the Rossland court registry. Armed...
Auditions and Entertainment!
Want to get theatrical? The Gold Fever Follies has begun a search for actors, especially those with singing and dance skills, for the 2019 show. Interested people need to sign up for a time slot to audition, by contacting Lisa Henderson. Scroll down to see the text contents of the auditions poster; more information is also...
How to get introduced to the Rossland Range Rec Site, with a Snow Host
For those who don’t already know about it … the Rossland Range Recreation Site is a large area used (for free!) by skiers, boarders, snowshoers and some fat bikers in the wintertime, and by hikers and cyclists in the snow-free season. The several day-use shelters there are usually occupied by people resting, warming up and...
Grand Forks Gas leak forces evacuations of several Grand Forks buildings
On Wednesday, January 9, 2019 the Grand Forks RCMP were advised of an above ground propane leak at the Canco gas station situated along Highway 3 within the community of Grand Forks, BC. Highway 3 was closed and as a precautionary measure neighboring buildings that included Grand Forks Secondary and Dr. D.A. Perley Elementary...
