From the Winter Carnival to Golden City Days, Rossland has always had a healthy dose of festivals, traditions, and celebrations of the arts. Next month, a newcomer will join the ranks, but this one won’t be quite like the rest. During the first week of may, Rossland will join Youth Week, a province-wide celebration of society’s...

The Rossland Health Care Auxiliary Society Thrift Store was a hum of activity when I arrived to talk to the volunteers early last week. Mondays are sorting days and sixteen women moved around me bantering back and forth, and moving piles of shoes, toys and clothes from one place to another their backroom area. Spring is a...

The Wetlands Institute will be giving a 2.5 day workshop in Rossland, May 23 - 25. The workshop is free but registration is required. This 2.5 day hands-on fieldwork course provides participants with technical skills to steward their own wetland. The following is a press release from the BC Wildlife Federation: The BCWF...

IntegrityBC has reviewed 660 applications to the Agricultural Land Commission filed in the Kootenay district, following comments from Bill Bennett, Minister Responsible for the Core Review, that the proposed changes to the Agricultural Land Reserve are the result of listening to his constituents. “Based on Bennett's claims ...

Last ski season was Rossland's best ever in terms of accommodation revenue, food and beverage, skier visits and other services.   We also started to see more group tours (for whom a shuttle is a necessity) than ever before- this is a major area of growth for the local economy.  Additionally, the support from the community was...

UPDATED 6:05 p.m There is a clarification in the Nelson and District Credit Union robbery. Previous information reported to The Nelson Daily said the suspects in the mid-day robbery were caught near Salmo. The Nelson Daily has learned the suspects were not caught near Salmo, but near the Kootenay Canal. The Nelson Daily will...

The current measles outbreak in parts of our province is a powerful reminder of the importance of immunization. When immunization rates drop, whole communities can be at risk. An immunization rate of 95 per cent is needed to help protect vulnerable people in the community. If the majority of people are vaccinated for a disease,...

Joseph Boutilier rolled into Grand Forks this week, not in a car, truck or bus, nor a bicycle, motorcycle or scooter. His mode of transportation is a unicycle and he is taking that unicycle straight to Ottawa to raise awareness on global climate issues. “Basically, I’m going to raise a big stink. That’s the long and short of...

Police say no foul play is suspected in the death of a man in Genelle yesterday. Trail RCMP Cpl. Dave Johnson said police received a call about a sudden death in the industrial section of Genelle at roughly 9 a.m. Wednesday morning. Employees had arrived at work that morning to discover a deceased male, police learned when ...

The Selkirk College Men's Hockey program is pleased to announce a playing commitment from goaltender Steven Glass (Saskatoon, SK) to attend Selkirk College and compete for the Saints beginning in the 2014/15 B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League season. Glass is a 6-foot-1, 175 pound netminder who joins the back-to-back BCIHL ...