Dear editor,The City of Rossland garbage tax is $85 per year. Of that money $50 goes to the contractor (Davies Sales and Service) for weekly pickup at curbside and delivery to the Trail landfill (that’s only 98 cents per week per household). $35 goes to the City for spring and fall debris curbside pick up (the City raised...

Spend less for the same result; that’s why switching to energy efficient ENERGY STAR® LEDs and CFLs light bulbs makes sense. And, when FortisBC electric customers purchase qualifying ENERGY STAR lighting before April 30, there are rebates available to help them start saving sooner. “Switching to CFLs and LEDs is an easy and...

Have you booked your post energy audit yet? Verda-Tech, the energy auditing firm, will be in Rossland for the next two weeks (March 5 to 19)to perform post retro-fit energy assessments. We encourage you to book your post retro-fit audit, the final step in taking advantage of the many rebates offered by LiveSmart BC and...

The 2011 Cost of Eating in B.C. Report, released by the Dietitians of Canada – BC Region last week, showed no improvement for the average family. The Cost of Eating in B.C. has been published for over a decade to detail how much it costs for individuals and families in B.C. to access an adequate amount of food, to relate this...

Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) is accepting applications for two of its community service award programs. Valued at $2,000 and based on volunteer service rather than academic standing, there are up to 66 awards to be given out. College Community Service Awards (CCSA) are intended to benefit Basin college students who plan to further their education. […]

Nelson RCMP report a backcountry skier was survived a brush with an avalanche Thursday afternoon near the Whitewater Ski Resort. Around 12:30 p.m., police received a report of an avalanche in the Evening Ridge area near the ski hill. A small avalanche was confirmed to have occurred, but the middle-aged male believed to be from […]

Dear Parents and Guardians, Today the British Columbia Teachers Federation (BCTF) announced their intention to perform a full-scale withdrawal of the services on Monday, March 5 through Wednesday, March 7. This strike action is legal, given a recent Labour Relations Board ruling allowing teachers to walk out for up to three days after giving two […]

A three-day strike to begin next Monday may cost BC teachers the support of some local parents, as residents scramble to find childcare with less than 48-hours notice (not counting the weekend). Jeanette Cook is a Castlegar mom with three kids, ages four, 12 and 13, who was supposed to start post-secondary school on Monday. […]

The following is a press release issued just after 1 p.m. today by the BC Teachers’ Federation: Next Monday, March 5, teachers across B.C. will begin a legal three-da,y full-scale withdrawal of services, as permitted under the Labour Relations Board interim essential services order. At 6 a.m. today, the BCTF issued notice of the escalation […]

Chris Dadson, president of Kootenay-Rockies Tourism (KRT), presented council with interesting tourism statistics on Monday evening, and showed off a brand new "Connected Travel" initiative for smartphones that they hope will help fulfill KRT's mandate to enhance the region's visitor economy. While the Canadian Tourism Commission...