One of the first waves of warm weather brought the Golden City out to play over the weekend as a preview to the dog days of summer. The dog days of spring were already in full flight at Centennial Park on Sunday, however, as 47 of our four-legged friends came out to play in the first annual Mutt Strut. While the weather in ...

Has spring really arrived? I am carefully optimistic that it has, and judging by the recession of my twin front yard glaciers, whose melting I monitor many times during the day, it seems like my optimism might not be misplaced this time. This means that gardening season is fast approaching, and one sure sign that there are ...

Rossland chefs and community cooks alike rose to the challenge in the first annual Kiss-Off Cancer Cook-Off, held on Sunday, May 1. Hungry guests and Prevent Cancer Now, a national organization aimed at eliminating the preventable causes of cancer, were the beneficiaries in the town’s biggest and healthiest gourmet pot-luck...

The hyper-active community scene in Rossland received welcome gifts this week from the Columbia Basin Trust this week courtesy Rossland City Council. The breadth and width of the community groups existing in the Mountain Kingdom presented a challenge to City Council in that there were more requests than there was more money...

Back in the 1890s, Rossland was not only a gold and mining speculator’s dream come true, but it was also ripe with opportunity in other fields. I mean, what one thing does every self-respecting muddy mining camp way out in the sticks, filled with rough-and-tumble folks from all over the place, need as badly as a saloon and ...

 Ben Franklin once said, 'an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure'. Another wise person also opined that 'you are what you eat'. Together, these two principles frame the thinking behind Prevent Cancer Now’s new pilot event to be held in Rossland this weekend. The Kiss-Off Cancer Cook-Off is spreading the good word...

 The Trades have long been an important piece of the West Kootenay's economic backbone and this week, as part of the Secondary School Apprenticeship (SSA) program offered by School District 20, 15 deserving students were rewarded for their efforts with one thousand dollar scholarships. Designed as a transition program to ease...

Rossland’s peaceful downtown strip was violated early last Wednesday morning as a group of three men wielding crow bars broke into three downtown shops, apparently on a mission for cash.  The Red Pair and Mountain Life, side by side in the lower level of the old Bank of Montreal building, along with Clancey’s several doors ...

With a sold out arena of 800-plus costumed, red and raucous fans the country’s largest roller derby league kicked off the season in style. Before the loud and supportive crowd rocking the Rossland Arena the Gnarlie’s girls put their hard work to the test and bested Salmo’s Babes of Brutality to kick off the season with a...

 All you canine cowboys and cowgirls, rustle up your stray doggies, prized pets and four legged furry family members: it’s time to give them a last makeover and help them study up on their best tricks. Yes, we all know Rossland is a dog-town and the Kootenays a puppy paradise, but the big question still lingers: just whose ...