One hundred and fifty soldiers from BC and Washington are about to invade the tri-city area … not with hostile intent, but rather for an ambitious training exercise to run for the two weeks between Aug. 10 and 24. Castlegar’s own Sgt. Bart Fyffe, 32 and an Afghanistan veteran, has taken the lead in designing […]

The landslides, damage to the dam at the HB Mine near Salmo and flooding experienced throughout the region over the past months could cost between one and two million dollars by the time the clean up is done Regional District of Central Kootenay chair John Kettle told The Nelson Daily. The last few months has […]

Dear Editor, Chris Carlson and Ronni Nickel of Babe’s Automotive would like to thank all of our friends and neighbours who showed their support during this difficult time.  An extra-special thanks goes out to the volunteer firefighters of Cresent Valley, Beasly and Tarrys for keeping the fire contained to the shop, saving our house as well as the neighbours’ houses.  We would also like to thank The […]

I’ve been toying around with the idea of writing about gingerism for a while now. You know, the awesomeness of being a ginger. I’ve been a ginger my whole life, no kidding. I came into the world with a flaming red melon – none of this strawberry blonde stuff for me. And I didn’t always […]

Statistics from the Report All Poachers and Polluters (RAPP) hotline suggest that the fall glut of bears is yet to come despite a recent lull in the Rossland-Trail area. The graphs below are assembled from BearAware's provincial facebook page and show 2011 (red) and 2012 (green) statistics for black bear sightings in various...

The Southeast Fire Centre has a strong message to campers — put out your campfire before leaving. The Southeast Fire Centre is concerned campers are not getting the message after wardens responded to 34 abandoned campfires over the B.C. Day long weekend. That raises the number of abandoned campfires to 133 this season. “A surge […]

"That's the first carrot I've pulled out ever!" said Dave Thoss, excitedly waving a fat, firm carrot sparkling with good, clean dirt. "Looks okay, hey?" Thoss had never gardened before this season, but friends convinced him to give it a try at the community garden in Jubilee Park north of Rossland Secondary School. He went ...

This week’s priority task on Columbia Ave is the tying in of services (water/sewer/storm) to the buildings on the north side of Columbia Ave.  After services tie-ins are complete, sidewalk in front of the building(s) can be fully removed.  On Washington St., the water main installation is a priority followed by next week’s ...

The 80th Birthday Party at the Rossland Pool will be on Wednesday, August 15th.  There are lots of fun activities planned for the day!   1:00-4:00pm - Birthday Cake, games, races and contests for the kids 4:00-5:00pm - Family swim for little people and their parents 5:00-6:00pm -  Red Cross Swim Lessons with an Olympic Twist...

Selkirk College has brought together three program areas that reflect different aspects of the arts.  The new School of the Arts includes Digital Arts and New Media, Contemporary Music and Technology, and Craft programming that was previously under Kootenay School of the Arts. Leadership for the School of the Arts will come from School Chair […]