The Regional District of Central Kootenay’s household hazardous waste roundup proved to be a tremendous success said Board Chair John Kettle. The blitz netted 21,660 liters of hazardous liquids at four HHW round-up events in Nelson, Castlegar, Creston and Nakusp. An additional 9,480 liters of paint were also collected at no charge to the RDCK […]

Grand Forks sawmill employees will be taking a three week unscheduled vacation starting Nov. 10 as International Forest Products Ltd. (Interfor) completes mill upgrades ahead of schedule. When the mill re-opens in early December, Interfor anticipates that they will see a 10 percent increase in production, said president and chief executive officer Duncan Davies. Along […]

Honour and love for one’s country are values the Priede family of Grand Forks holds very dear. So when Roxanne Priede was asked to serve as the National Memorial Silver Cross Mother by the Royal Canadian Legion from November 11, 2012 to November 11, 2013, she didn’t have to think long to know that her […]

Number 15 is just like number 14, which is just like number 13 . . . and so on, and so on. The Shambhala Music Festival continues to be a big hit with music goers as organizers announced the event’s early-bird tickets for the 2013 festival have already sold out. Tickets went on sale on […]

This is the final article in a series to address Coun. Cary Fisher’s surprise at a lack of awareness about the budget among Rossland residents. Part One examined the General Fund in broad strokes. The actual “general” revenue of the city in 2011 was $6.4 million, to which taxation contributed 57 per cent, residential taxes ...

Not even close. Team Whitewater/Red Mountain out-pointed Sugerloaf 1309-1028 in the first round of Powder Magazine’s “Ski Town Throw Down” contest after two days of voting were completed late Thursday night. Team Whitewater/Red Mountain advance to the next round of the contest against the winner of Whitefish/Whistler competition, which runs November 28-29. Last day to […]

In response to Coun. Cary Fisher’s "shock" at a lack of budgetary awareness among city residents, here we tackle the portion of the budget that deals specifically with city funding for community organizations and facilities, parks, and recreation. In Part One we examined the broad strokes of Rossland's major revenue streams,...

Coun. Cary Fisher has taken Rossland's budget to task, recently asking residents, "Do you know what you're paying for?” Fisher expressed dismay that many residents didn't know where their taxes go. He pointed to the media to sound the alarm and called for the public to identify budget cuts before the annual budget cycle gets...

Budget season is coming up fast and Coun. Cary Fisher, a self-described "numbers guy," has sounded the alarm: "Do you know what you're paying for?"Fisher came to council with an emphasis on trimming fat from the budget, but last year he felt that council didn't get a solid chance to make spending cuts because councillors were...

Four finalists from Selkirk College went up against some of the region’s most innovative businesses at the recent Kootenay Association of Science and Technology (KAST) Spirit of Innovation Awards and one took home the Innovative Organization award at the end of the evening. Held only every four years, the KAST Spirit of...