Anyone wondering what all the fuss was about at the West Kootenay Regional Airport yesterday morning will be relieved to know it was only an emergency preparedness exercise involving 24 personnel from airport staff, the fire department, RCMP, Transport Canada, the pre-board screening security company and the Corps of Commissionaires. Airport manager Gerry Rempel said […]

The Law Foundation Cup, the official High School Provincial Championship of The Debate and Speech Association of British Columbia (DSABC), will be hosted here in Trail at J.L. Crowe High School and St. Michael’s Catholic Elementary School March 1 -2. Debate teams from high schools all over the province will be deliberating prepared and impromptu […]

There’s a mixed reaction from downtown business owners to city council’s decision, at its last regular meeting, to ‘boot’ (immobilize) prolific parking violators with unpaid fines in the city’s downtown core (until now, the only options were to either impound the vehicle or issue a violation ticket). A report issued by city staff indicated the […]

Teck Trail Operations was officially charged Friday in relation to accidentally-discharged effluent with a higher-than-allowable pH-level, according to a press release issued by Teck representative Richard Deane. Deane said the incident occurred March 5, 2011, and the company is being charged under the Fisheries and Environmental Management Acts. He said the water used to clean […]

Quick response from volunteer fire departments and Nelson firefighters helped save a house on Middle Road, six miles north of Nelson early Tuesday morning. Fire crews from North Shore and Balfour along with a water hauling truck from Nelson attended the house fire at 3140 Middle Road Tuesday. “The call came in at 1 a.m.,” […]

When most folk think of someone swept up in the Spirit of the Lord they're likely in the space a fellow named Paul was when he wrote that women should keep their hair bound up in worship. It resulted in a long practice of women wearing head coverings in church. Some scholars think that Paul was more concerned with what women...

The board of School District No. 20 (SD20) voted last night 6-3 against K-12 in Rossland. The majority voted in favour of both K-7 at MacLean and K-9 at RSS, and these options will be left on the table for the bylaw's second reading at the special open board meeting at the RSS gym on Feb. 12.The board voted on each of the...

Dear editor, With all the focus on the Jason Ward affair and the prospect of school closures in Rossland, we shouldn’t lose sight of other concerns--like our taxes. We still don’t know the final cost of the Columbia / Washington project and its impact on taxes. (When are we going to be informed on this?) It has been reported...

The Rossland Public Library is inviting people to drop in on February 14th and have a blind date with a book. Librarians have made a selection of potential dates to seduce readers. “We’re hoping that Rosslanders will come and take a chance on a blind date this Valentine’s Day,” said Katie Albright, Library Director. “You won’t...

The infamous Nelson “Pirate Ship” is floating again. The boat that has been thet talk of the province was raised Tuesday afternoon by a barge company owned by Clay Jones. The boat sank in late January when it was thought pipes burst, causing the vessel to sink into Kootenay Lake near the Chahko Mika Mall. […]