Dear fellow Rosslanders,             You may or may not be aware, but it is municipal budget and tax rate setting time again.  There is no really exciting way to start this conversation, but it might be one that you would benefit from taking a moment to look at.             Over the last decade, we Rosslanders have enjoyed ...

To further our understanding of what's accelerating climate change, here's a brand-new report from the David Suzuki Foundation about leaking of methane from fracking and other fossil fuel extraction being much greater than reported by industry and government, and how it has been measured, and why it's scary: Methane emissions...

The Rossland Telegraph asked two sets of questions of the local candidates in this provincial election.  Answers to the first four questions (Part I) appeared last week. Candidates' answers appear in the order in which they were received, and their pictures do too -- last week, we illustrated Part I with Katrine Conroy's...

UPDATED with corrections to the FAN presentation -- with thanks to FAN for the clarifying information.  See below. Rossland City Council meeting, April 24, 2017: Mayor Kathy Moore and Councillors Lloyd McLellan, John Greene, Andrew Zwicker, Andy Morel, and Marten Kruysse all attended; only Aaron Cosbey was absent. Public Input...

A pair of locally raised Selkirk College students will represent the 50th graduating class as valedictorians at this year’s Graduation 2017 ceremony on the Castlegar Campus. Charged with delivering the final addresses to their peers, Brenna Mackay and Clara Graves are outstanding students who have made the most of their time...

The Regional District of Central Kootenay continues to deal with landslides in the region as local government officials have now close a section of the Galena Trail near New Denver. In a media release Monday, the RDCK said parts of the scenic trail has been closed due to a slide. “A section of the Galena Trail has been closed due to a slide, which occurred at 1.5 kilometres in from the highway yard entrance (300 metres east of Denver Canyon),” the release said. “The trail is closed from Denver Canyon to the Cable Car (see map).  

Bookstores are the fabric of Canada’s literary community. We anchor neighbourhoods.  We provide space and ideas with which to expand. We make sure that Canadian voices resonate.  On April 29, independent bookstores across the country, along with the authors we love, will celebrate Canadian Authors for Indies. Here in Rossland...

Monday (April 24th) marks the beginning of the final phase of the Crescent Valley Beach Regional Park the Regional District of Central Kootenay said in a media release. The construction will happen during the next two months, hopefully the project will be ready for the busy summer season. "The first phase which was completed in 2015 developed the entry into the park, 14 front parking stalls and a dropoff/pick-up area," the release said.

A handful of residents in Kaslo are going to need to wait at least another week before returning home after the Regional District of Central Kootenay decided to extend its State of Local Emergency for another week. In a media release Sunday, the RDCK said its extending the State of Local Emergency until May 1st for six homes...

The Fifth Annual RoboGames is making the trek from the Heritage City to the Selkirk College Castlegar Campus Gymnasium Saturday (April 29) as more than 80 young people from across the West Kootenay and Boundary region arrive to create and compete. The RoboGames were formerly held at the Tenth Street Campus in Nelson for the...