Fire Chief gets award from cadets
Our own Capt. Gerry Rempel, better know in Castlegar as fire chief and airport manager was honoured at the Nelson air cadet squadron’s annual ceremonial review this past weekend. For his years of service to the community, Rempel, commanding officer of the 561 Osprey Air Cadets squadron, was presented with a medal to acknowledge his 17 years […]
Picking up famous Irishmen in West Vancouver
Edmonton Oiler Gilbert Brule and his girlfriend picked up an unusual hitchhiker in West Vancouver on Tuesday — U2 frontman Bono, The Vancouver Province reported. Brule and girlfriend Kelsey Nichols were driving to a park to walk Bella, their German shepherd, on Tuesday afternoon near the West Vancouver Yacht Club when they spotted a couple […]
A treasure trove awaits at the national Gem and Mineral show
By Linda Barber, Kokanee Rock Club If you are interested in rocks, gems, Fossils, minerals, crystals, jewelery, geology, geodes, prospecting and anything to do with rocks, then this two-day event next weekend is a must see. The Gem and Mineral Federation of Canada is having a show in Castlegar at the Castlegar and District Community Complex, […]
Collaboration, communication and not being so hard on ourselves, key to economic growth
Hosted by the Rossland Chamber of Commerce and the City of Rossland’s, Sustainability Commission’s Economic Development Task Force, Sandy Santori of the Lower Columbia Initiatives Corporation (LCI) presented to a crowd of 35 people at the Prestige Inn on Thursday, May 26th. The purpose of the evening was to introduce Rosslanders...
RSS having success talking to students in their own language
Talking to kids and teaching them in a language they can understand. It seems like a natural piece of common sense. Right? When it comes to communicating course outlines and expected outcomes in the school system, however, this hasn’t always been the norm. As part of their continuing strategy for success, Rossland Secondary...
Empty nest: More Southeast, Kootenay Lake firefighters head to Alberta
Nearly 76 per cent of the Southeast Fire Centre’s firefighting crews are in Alberta and the Yukon this week as the wildfire season heats up outside BC borders. The centre has deployed 166 individual firefighters to Alberta this week — including three pieces of equipment and one initial attack crew — out of 216 total […]
Demolition confirmed on burned out Kerr Building
The Kerr Apartment Building is coming down. Several major hazards associated with the 100-year-old burned out stone structure have convinced investigators the building would not be safe to rebuild, said Nelson Fire and Rescue Services chief Simon Grypma on Wednesday afternoon. He said a brief tour of the building — that burned in a destructive […]
RCMP: Please, no more rotting-corpse deliveries
Local police became the gurus of gross last weekend, after a local couple deposited a rotting corpse in the lobby of the Castlegar RCMP detachment. Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff said a couple came in at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, after stumbling across a corpse in rural Castlegar. Believing the remains to be human, the […]
Tales and Legends of the Mountain Kingdom: “Johnny-come-lately” Robert Scott defeats “Old Timer” to become Rossland’s first mayor
“There is a first time for everything”, as the saying goes, and with a rapidly growing mining camp quickly evolving into a thriving, self-sustaining community that started out from scratch, there were firsts aplenty back in the late 1890s. First mine, first building, first saloon, first lawman, first newspaper and, of course,...
Wet weather couldn't dampen cancer fundraising efforts
On Saturday, hundreds of cancer survivors and members of the community came together to fight back against cancer in the Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Despite unfavourable weather conditions, approximately 400 participants, cancer survivors, and volunteers gathered at Haley Park for the 12 hour walking relay....
