Rossland businesses within the "eligible area" have until April 8, 2016, to sign up for one year with an internet service provider in order to receive the benefit of a free connection to the broadband service.   At a presentation and demonstration at the Rossland Public Library on March 23, a crowd of people gathered to learn ...

Thanks to the efforts of the Family Action Network (FAN), and to the generosity and co-operation of  Patricia Marshall Thompson and City Hall, there are two newly-available family-friendly washrooms with infant-changing facilities in Rossland's downtown area. "Laundry Dog" laundromat  at 1960-B Columbia Avenue is the first ...

Avalanche Canada is joining Parks Canada and Kananaskis Country to issue a special public warning for backcountry users for the coming Eastser long weekend. The warning, from March 25 to March 28, includes Avalanche Canada’s Purcell Mountains and North Rockies regions along with Banff, Yoho, Kootenay, and Jasper National Parks...

There’s no place like home… Except Grandpa’s. In Joey Visits Grandpa, author Patricia Nichvolodoff tells a humorous and heart-warming story about the special relationship between Joey and his grandfather.  After his grandfather continuously misplaces his glasses, Joey devises a creative plan to solve his grandfather’s problem....

Affordable housing, poverty reduction, social inclusion, early childhood education – these are all important factors that contribute to social well-being in our communities. In partnership with local social service agencies across the region, the Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute (RDI) is hosting workshops in several...

Canadians had high expectations for change but instead of help, this budget is marked by the Liberals backtracking on their promises to tackle inequality. In particular, breaking promises to First Nation children, just like so many previous Liberal and Conservative governments “Residents of South Okanagan — West Kootenay were...

Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting:  March 21, 2016, 3:00 pm All Council members were present.  Just before the meeting, Mayor Kathy Moore took a few seconds to pass a home-framed series of three bobsled race snapshots to the Council Bobsled Team -- John Greene, Andy Morel, Andrew Zwicker, and Moore herself.  The final picture ...

After traveling the world as a competitive skier, two-time Olympian George Grey has come home to study at Selkirk College, launching a new chapter in his life. Grey, a 36-year-old retired cross-country ski racer, is in his third year of the Selkirk College Nursing Program. Growing up in Rossland, naturally outdoor pursuits ...

When a lunging dog knocked down and injured a Rossland Senior, City staff decided something had to be done, and have installed hitching posts for dogs in a variety of locations around town.   People can now tie their dogs up to do brief errands in town -- not for long-term stays -- in places where pedestrians will not be at...

The B.C. government and the Town of Oliver are partnering on a $1-million repair project to an irrigation system so area fruit, vegetable and crop growers can continue to be an economic driver in the region. The project will repair a section of pipe near Gallagher Lake that was damaged by a January rock slide to ensure the ...