Selkirk students protest program cuts
As many as 100 people – staff, students and members of the community – showed up for a Selkirk College Board of Governors meeting Tuesday night to hear the proposed suspension in college programming that is the result of more than $1 million in funding cuts from the province. Current Selkirk students Christina Livingston, Arielle […]
Funeral Home looking for family of cremated loved ones
Staff at Thompson Funeral Home would like to re-acquaint family with deceased love ones, cremated in Nelson and forgotten in storage at the Heritage City facility. To complete the task staff placed an advertisement in the local newspaper in accordance to provincial legislation. The title of the advertisement, Disposition of Unclaimed Cremated Remains, lists more […]
RDKB executes court-ordered removal at Demski property
The Regional District Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) lost no time when the spring thaw hit to execute a court-ordered removal of ten unapproved structures from Peter Demski’s property on Granby Road in rural Grand Forks this week. The wrecking crew arrived on the morning of Wednesday, March 28 with dump trucks and a trackhoe to take […]
Mourning Mulcair’s win
There will be lots of soul searching and head scratching going on this week about what happened with the NDP leadership race. The mechanics of the convention, the interesting lack of deal-making, and how the balloting progressed are all fodder for those who enjoy going through the entrails of leadership conventions. Others ...
LETTER: Forests under threat
Dear Editor, When the movie Avatar made its debut, it caught the hearts of people everywhere as they empathized with the Navi, a people whose world and way of life was threatened by the intrusion of a huge profit-focused corporation. What most fail to realize is the very same thing is happening right now - here in the real ...
Up sh** creek...with a crack repair team: RDKB fixes sewage leak in record time
A leak in the sanitary sewage line on the Old Trail Bridge at 5 p.m. on Monday led the Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary (RDKB) to issue a "mandatory water conservation notice" to residents of Rossland, Warfield, West Trail, Oasis, and Rivervale, but the problem was quickly solved by Tuesday afternoon. The leak sprang ...
The bears are back in town!
It seems apt that Rossland's first bear of the spring should descend from Deer Park, cruise Black Bear Drive...and saunter right through the backyard of Bear Aware coordinator Sharon Wieder. "There were quite big footprints in the snow around my house yesterday morning," Weider said on Tuesday at her home near the Lion's...
Step right up! Head-shave fundraiser at roller derby doubleheader needs more heads to roll
No matter how you slice it, it's going to be a close shave at 6 p.m. on April 28 when Nelson’s Killjoys take on the reigning champions, Rossland's own Gnarlie’s Angels, followed by a rock 'em sock 'em bout between the Bloodshed Betties and the Dam City Rollers. And we mean a shave quite literally: a series of hair-raising...
Energy Diet grant deadline looms...and win a TV by making a guess online!
Federal ecoEnergy deadline is this Saturday! Reminder that if you want to qualify for up to $5000 in rebates from the federal ecoEnergy program, the deadline to have all of your energy saving upgrades complete is this Saturday, March 31. Only receipts and invoices that are dated on or before this date will qualify. You have...
Planning for Golden City Days 2012 already underway: Your help cordially requested
With spring just around the corner many Rosslanders are eagerly anticipating warmer days and the sight of that first crocus in bloom! However one small group of locals is looking further ahead, all the way to September and Rossland’s Golden City Days 2012 celebration. Planning for this annual family event has already begun...
