Municipalities move to four-year term
After the next municipal elections, councils across BC will be in effect for a four-year term instead of the previous three years. This change is being proposed at the current legislative session. It is expected to approved and in effect by November of this year. That means that the next municipal elections will be held […]
COMMENT: The Telegraph, Bhubble, and the Online Disinhibition Effect
The comments section of a news website like the Rossland Telegraph and those on community forums like Bhubble should have little in common other than being on the internet. News website comment sections are for voicing opinions and fomenting discussion about articles, has a much wider circulation of readership and geographical...
Summer Reading Club Award presented to Rossland librarian
Beverley Rintoul of Rossland Public Library is the winner of the first ever BC SRC Community Story Award! Beverley's story of a little boy who throughly enjoyed his Summer Reading Club experience perfectly captures not only the deep impact of the SRC program, but also the commitment and care that library workers bring to their...
Feds under fire for failure to protect Caribou
A February 14 decision in Vancouver Federal Court ruling that the federal government broke the law by not posting recovery plans for four species at risk may help the endangered southern mountain caribou in the Kootenays. The lawsuit, filed by five environmental groups including Wildsight from the East Kootenay, claimed that the federal government broke […]
COMMENT: BC's budgetary sleight of hand
The funny thing about provincial budgets is that sometimes they tell you a lot more about a government's attitude than what the politicians might have intended when they first wrote the document. Case in point: most governments like to pat themselves on the back at budget time by highlighting the impact of their fiscal ...
There's still gold in these hills! Shocking fences. And maybe snowmaking, if everything works out.
Regular Rossland City Council meeting held February 24, 2014 Present: Mayor Greg Granstrom, Councillors Cary Fisher, Kathy Moore, Jody Blomme, Jill spearn, and Kathy Wallace; Deputy CAO Tracey Butler; Accountant/Comptroller Lois Hunter and Manager of Public Works Darren Albo. Note: This is not a complete record of everything...
Local avalanche conditions? In a word, 'sketchy'
The sketchy avalanche conditions are widespread all over B.C.’s mountainous regions and it is a great concern in local slackcountry and backcountry. On the 23rd of February two persons were reported seriously injured in an avalanche in the Twin Lakes area in Kootenay Pass in the afternoon. Dan Reid, Pro Ski Patroller at Red...
Alpine Grind settles into new location
Coffee house and eatery Alpine Grind recently switched location after four years in the cozy yellow house to a sunnier and more open place. Located across from RossVegas in the old Drift Izayaka, the Alpine Grind is now more central and easy accessible. Owner John Snelgrove says, “One of our biggest fears was how or previously...
VIDEO: Kimberly Joines and company put pedals to the carpet
The Canadian Para-Alpine Ski Team pushes the limits of speed, strength and character 365 days per year in the quest for one thing: victory. Travelling at speeds of up to 130 km/hr down winding tracks of glare ice, we use hardcore athleticism and unrelenting passion to compete against the best in the world. Follow our journey...
Film school opportunities and seniors' alert!
Rossland REC Spring Brochure The REC Department will start working on the Spring Brochure and if you’re interested in submitting a program or course, the deadline for the Spring Brochureis March 1, 2014. The brochure will hopefully be available to the public online, by the third week of March. Typically our Spring Brochure...
