CBT Doubles Number Of Youth Scholarships
The Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) is increasing the number of its youth scholarships from 20 to 45 this year. "We have been looking at various ways to increase our support to students pursuing post-secondary education or training," said Neil Muth, CBT President and CEO. "Increasing the number of awards means CBT can help more ...
Teck Posts $600 Million Loss
Hurt by declining commodity prices and debt payments, Teck posted a massive $607 million loss for the fourth quarter of last year. Although Teck's operations on their own would have produced a healthy profit despite tumbling prices for zinc and copper, debt payments and impairment losses have plunged the company deeply into...
What’s New at the Rossland Public Library
Coming soon to a computer near you: Free wireless internet access will soon be available at the library in Rossland. Great for students, visitors to Rossland, or anyone who has a laptop, we have added the wireless service for our patrons’ convenience. In order to serve our community better, Rossland is one of the first West...
It's Science Fair Season Again? Already?
Students throughout the region are busy planning and researching their science fair projects for presentation in the upcoming district and regional science fairs. Meanwhile, organizers are reaching to the community to support these young scientists by volunteering their time to judge at the fairs. School District 20 will be...
Rossland Buddies Up With Bizpal
Opening a new business in the City of Rossland just became easier thanks to BizPaL, a new online business permit and licence service that saves time spent on paperwork and helps entrepreneurs start up faster. The launch of BizPaL in Rossland was welcomed today by Jim Abbott, MP for Kootenay-Columbia, on behalf of Tony Clement,...
Congrats! You've Found the Prevent Cancer Now Clue!
Prevent Cancer Now would like to thank the Rossland Telegraph for its support of the Cancer Prevention Challenge, as the event's media sponsor. Not only is the Telegraph supporting this important fundraiser, but the entire premise and philosophy of the online newspaper meets the vision of Prevent Cancer Now, for 'a world where...
City Hall Creates Enough Hot Air to Heat a Swimming Pool
When one thinks of a swimming pool, they don’t often see it as big user and burner of fossil fuels and contributing to C02 emissions. The Rossland pool however, in order to keep the water a comfortable swimming temperature currently heats the water with boilers burning natural gas. Looking for a solution and a better way of...
Cake Bingo Is Everything
Forget Christmas. You do your best to be greedy at Christmas, but next to your behavior at Cake Bingo, on December 25th you're a regular Bob Cratchit. Forget your romantic dreams of Valentine's Day, too. You may try for passion on February 14th, but nothing can compare to the sensual hormone rush you feel when you win a triple...
Gone Skiin'
A Happy New Year from the Telegraph to you and yours. For the last week it seems as though Rossland has been shut down; we've scrambled over snowy hill and icy dale searching for news, but news seems to have gone skiing. We found a couple of parties, but nothing anyone would appreciate being featured on the front page of the...
Engineer Jumps to Safety from Waneta Train wreck
Early Monday afternoon at approximately 1:30pm a southbound train, owned by Omnitrax of Kettle Falls, Washington, collided with a number of parked railway cars on the rail line running alongside the highway. As a result, one of the engines and a number of rail cars fell across the highway, completely blocking it. This closed...
