Dear editor, On behalf of the Board of Tourism Rossland and myself I would like to express our sincere appreciation to the entire community for all of their energy, positivity and assistance in putting together such a great event for Canada AM   I would especially like to thank the following people: The Board of Directors of...

Surrey-Whiterock MLA Gordon Hogg’s office just released information that is being welcomed by the many thousands of British Columbians opposed to the forced installation of wireless smart meters. Mr. Hogg’s office reports that last Wednesday, Energy Minister Rich Coleman advised that individual home owners who continue to...

"I'd like to start with a timeline of the way I see things," Coun. Jody Blomme said on Monday during the debate on whether council should request a performance audit by BC’s new Auditor General of Local Government.We have previously reported a detailed timeline of the arena scandal events. "How I found out about this whole ...

Ryan McGill presented council with a vision he struck upon last summer and has since discussed with the principals of Rossland's three schools, Jackie Drysdale of the Heritage Commission, and Katie Albright of the public library: to bury a community time capsule, perhaps in the library lawn during Golden City Days this year,...

After a protracted discussion on dogs in the downtown core, council voted to defer further discussion of changes to the animal control bylaw until a meeting of council in a committee of the whole (COW).The COW will not likely occur until late February. Council uses COWs to discuss issues more informally than regular meeting...

Last week Coun. Jill Spearn said that she had met with the Neighbourhoods of Learning Committee—on which she is the city liaison—to "dialogue about options that we would like to start to consider, regardless of how the community meeting goes tomorrow night."We reported on that community meeting here."It's important that we ...

The council meeting on Jan. 14 included the declassification of an amendment to the CAO’s contract, news on grant applications, a new “Alternative Approval Process” to finance the downtown renovations, smoking dogs, more preamble to upcoming budget deliberations, and council’s motion to proceed into discussions with School ...

New Democrat MP, Alex Atamanenko, says that upcoming February forums being hosted by the West Kootenay Concerned Citizens group will be a not-to-be-missed opportunity to hear what retired military officer, Jerry Flynn, has to say about the hazards of electromagnetic radiation emissions from wireless smart meters.  With 22...

A British woman has been sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug smuggling. Lindsay Sandiford, 56, was found guilty of breaking the tough drug laws in place in Indonesia at the Denpasar district court yesterday, having being found with 10.6 lb of cocaine, worth about £1.6m, in the lining of her suitcase at Bali's main airport...

I am not sure if Idle No More is a movement or merely a passing protest. Like Occupy Wall Street before it, Idle No More, above all, appears to be an expression of frustration. Earlier protest actions opposed the status quo, but they did have a clear focus — civil rights, women’s rights and gay rights — visions for a new...