Hundreds of thousands of people joined marches in London on Saturday against public sector cuts by the British government. One union estimated up to half a million people travelled from across the country to demonstrate as the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition implements wide-ranging spending cuts. According to reports, a small group of protesters dressed in black threw paint and smoke bombs […]

The latest instalment of the Rossland Real Food’s sustainability conversation series happened last Saturday afternoon at Cafe Books West. This was the third event in the series, which since its start in January has seen steady participation by Rosslanders wanting to ask questions or soak up information about living sustainably...

At the SD20 Community Focus Group meeting held at RSS on March 3, attendees were put into groups, and were asked to answer three questions relating to the Facilities Report scenario 17B that they put forward (MacLean K-7, close Rossland Secondary, Jl Crowe 8 to 12, Castlegar Primary closed, Twin Rivers K-7, Late French Immersion...

It's a beast of an issue, but size cannot intimidate Rossland's Sustainability Commission; next week's Green Drinks event will address challenges associated with the whopping topic of global population trends, exposing what the keynote speaker characterizes as sustainability's “sleeping elephant.” The upcoming Green Drinks ...

Castlegar’s Darlene Kalawsky and Nettie Stupnikoff were two of the 36 outstanding British Columbians named as recipients of the eighth annual BC Community Achievement Awards by Premier Christy Clark and Keith Mitchell, chair of the British Columbia Achievement Foundation. “Each of these people has a remarkable record of enhancing the quality of life of residents […]

Fire took the one of the oldest hotels in the Boundary region last night in Beaverdell. Witnesses say that the fire was noticed at about 2 a.m. and the intense heat took the building quickly. Although there is speculation flying around the small community, the cause of the fire is unknown at this time. Local […]

What really is a “man’s man,” and why does it sound so homoerotic when it’s supposed to mean the inverse?   I have thought about this over the years as I postulate what might have been if I’d picked up a hammer and not a camera or learned a trade and not an art. The […]

This week, we here at Lone Sheep Publishing are proud to announce the launching of our new Green Flyers concept. In cooperation with several forward-thinking and environmentally-conscious local businesses, we’re now offering our readers access to local merchants’ weekly online flyers. How does it work? Glad you asked. When, as a subscriber, you receive your […]

Walking the trails around Christina Lake you may see a new kind of wildlife which will surprise you – wild boars. Initially being raised at a near-by farm, the pigs are loose and on the rampage.  Despite all the issues being raised about the missing piggies, Brenda LaCroix, co-ordinator of the Christina Lake Stewardship Society […]

Self-proclaimed “bear dude” Allen Piche plead guilty to charges of feeding dangerous wildlife under the Wildlife Act. The case, heard Tuesday in Grand Forks Provincial Court, stemmed from a raid on his property at Christina Lake that uncovered a grow-op along with up to two dozen black bears.   Last month Piche plead not guilty to […]