Someone has been pulling sicko, nasty pranks, apparently targeting a particular Rossland family – or is it meant to target City employees in general? One incident involved booby-trapping the mail slot at City Hall with a bag of urine, so that whoever went to get the mail would set it off and get splashed, along with everything...

Sexton Blake performed to a happy crowd at the Joe Hill Coffeehouse on Sunday, March 18, and was forced by the sound guy – Scott Forsythe – to make an announcement:  at the Kootenay Music Awards: Sexton Blake won the award for Best Music Video. The event resulted in prizes to musicians in ten different categories, awarded to...

How do the oceans affect life in the Kootenays? With World Water Day coming up on March 22, let’s think, not only about how lucky we are to have enough fresh water, but also about how vast and distant saltwater oceans affect us all, everywhere. Many people have viewed the video clip of a diver swimming near Bali through a sea...

Attention, readers of books . . . and anyone who secretly or not-so-secretly enjoys writing, or would like to write, and anyone who would like to meet some of Rossland’s published writers; set aside a series of Tuesday evenings this spring. The Rossland Public Library has a treat lined up – a whole series of treats....

Editor’s Note:  This is such a cheering article because it shows that people can decide to check out facts, and do it, and then change their minds on contentious issues. By Bud Ward, of Yale Climate Connections Climate change policy analyst* Jerry Taylor spent more than 25 years earning his well-deserved reputation as the...

Zoning amendment for cabins near Paradise Lodge attracts a crowd Rossland City Council’s Public Hearing, held at the Miners Union Hall, attracted quite a crowd on Monday, March 12, 2018. Many chairs had been set out for the public gallery, but as people kept coming in, they got more chairs for themselves from the stacks along...

It’s a sign of the times in Grand Forks. The city will be entering into a review with the provincial Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure over signage along Highway 3 within municipal boundaries. The agreement will not cost the city anything, said city deputy manager of operations and sustainability, Cavan Gates, as...

Anishinaabe economist and writer Winona LaDuke identifies two types of economies, grounded in different ways of seeing. Speaking in Vancouver recently, she characterized one as an “extreme extractive economy” fed by exploitation of people and nature. The second is a “regenerative economy” based on an understanding of the land...

Thinking of going electric with your next car? The BC government is encouraging that, with rebates on installing charging stations at private homes, multi-family units, and even workplaces. The Fraser Basin Council today announced rebates in its Plug in BC program to help offset the purchase and installation of electric vehicle...

A male was stabbed over the weekend Grand Forks RCMP said in a media release. Shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday, RCMP members responded to a complaint of an Assault. "The subsequent investigation revealed that there was an altercation involving several males and during the altercation one male was stabbed," RCMP said. "The matter...