Council denies developer’s plan for 50 townhouse units in Lower Rossland
Chris Jasinski, the owner of 908 Spokane St., a five acre (two hectare) lot beside the Railgrade Trail above the golf course, applied to council to rezone his property from 11 residential units to 51 units, but the application was denied. Mark Martin, the project consultant and formerly Rossland's city planner, spoke in favour...
Davis Street Trail and Earl Street Spur contested in council
Louise and David Sidley addressed three council meetings in a row to oppose the construction of the "Earl Street Spur," a trail that connects the Davis Street Trail to Earl Street through the First Avenue right-of-way. On July 2, the Sidleys prepared a petition signed by a number of neighbours that opposed the Earl Street...
Thought it was just your eyesight going? Smoke visible locally from fires in Washington and the Okanagan
Smoky skies in the Kootenay-Boundary region are due to wildfires burning in Washington and the Okanagan. The fires in Washington are approximately 100 kilometres southwest of Grand Forks and pose no threat to any Canadian forests or communities. There are currently no fires in the Southeast Fire Centre that threaten any...
UPGRADE UPDATE: Sidewalks done next week...completion one month away!
The concrete curbs and swales on Columbia Ave will be completed this week. Sidewalks will continue to be poured and it is projected that sidewalks on Columbia Ave. will be finished by the week of September 17th, weather permitting. The Project Communications Task Force recently asked a representative of ISL to explain how ...
OP/ED: To CCC, or not to CCC? That is the question as council contemplates "financial suicide"
Just as Hamlet contemplated suicide in Shakespeare’s play, Council is contemplating financial suicide for the taxpayers of Rossland. Earlier this year, CAO Victor Kumar urged Council to rescind the Development Cost Charge (DCC) bylaw. Mayor Granstrom and his happy band of robotic rubber-stampers were happy to oblige. Only...
Mir Centre Lecture Series presents Justice Murray Sinclair: Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The Mir Centre for Peace at Selkirk College is pleased to host Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation of Commission of Canada. The first speaker of the 2012-13 lecture series, Justice Sinclair will speak at the Brilliant Cultural Centre in Castlegar on September 21, about his role in educating all...
KCTS presents new website, new signage, and new membership services
The Kootenay Columbia Trails Society (KCTS) is proud present its new website. The website rebuild has been made possible with the financial support of the Columbia Basin Trust, Nelson and District Credit Union and Tourism Rossland New features of the website are two-fold. Firstly updated trail descriptions, new formats,...
CAO selection process still a mystery for the moment
Council declassified the in camera (closed meeting) minutes last night regarding the resignation of CAO Victor Kumar and his replacement by Cecile Arnott—seemingly by appointment rather than through an open job competition—but the details of the switch nevertheless remain unavailable for the moment.Coun. Kathy Moore was the...
A ban on smoking dogs! Council contemplates new bylaws for a new downtown
As Columbia Ave. gets a fresh coat of concrete—complete with impromptu doggie prints—Coun. Jody Blomme raised the twin issues of public smoking and downtown dogs at Tuesday's regular council meeting."We are nearing the end of downtown construction, we have to think about how we're going to use the downtown now," she said,...
UPGRADE UPDATE: curbs, swales, and banding!
Lots of concrete will be poured this week: curbs, swales, sidewalks and sidewalk banding. Concrete work will be the primary work being done for the next two weeks. Washington St. water services are proceeding this week. Once the water is complete the sewer and storm will follow. The excavation for the sewer is very deep,13ft...
