Parties across the riding celebrated the return of Alex Atamanenko, New Democratic Party, to office as the Member of Parliament for the B.C. Southern Interior last night. Not only does Atamanenko return to his position as representative for the region, he does so now as an experienced critic and member of the official opposition. Canadian […]

Rossland chefs and community cooks alike rose to the challenge in the first annual Kiss-Off Cancer Cook-Off, held on Sunday, May 1. Hungry guests and Prevent Cancer Now, a national organization aimed at eliminating the preventable causes of cancer, were the beneficiaries in the town’s biggest and healthiest gourmet pot-luck...

The hyper-active community scene in Rossland received welcome gifts this week from the Columbia Basin Trust this week courtesy Rossland City Council. The breadth and width of the community groups existing in the Mountain Kingdom presented a challenge to City Council in that there were more requests than there was more money...

Back in the 1890s, Rossland was not only a gold and mining speculator’s dream come true, but it was also ripe with opportunity in other fields. I mean, what one thing does every self-respecting muddy mining camp way out in the sticks, filled with rough-and-tumble folks from all over the place, need as badly as a saloon and ...

Parks Canada staff found a dog who survived a plane crash in BC that killed his owner earlier this week. The parks service says a rescue team found Rusty alive and well Friday afternoon near the crash site in Yoho National Park, in the Rocky Mountains near the B.C.-Alberta border. The border collie survived the […]

Afternoon commuters were slowed Monday on their drive home from work by a three-vehicle accident on Highway 3A, 300 meters east of Pacific Insight Electronics.  RCMP, the Nelson Fire Department and B.C. Ambulance all responded to the accident that saw two occupants taken to Kootenay Lake Hospital in Nelson with non-life-threatening injuries. At approximately 4:15 […]

B.C.’s minimum wage has moved up for the first time in 10 years. As of Sunday, the province’s base-line wage lifted from last place in Canada with the first of three 75-cents-perhour increases over the next year. The impact of the change to $10.25 per hour by May 1, 2012 — and to $9.50 on […]

 Ben Franklin once said, 'an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure'. Another wise person also opined that 'you are what you eat'. Together, these two principles frame the thinking behind Prevent Cancer Now’s new pilot event to be held in Rossland this weekend. The Kiss-Off Cancer Cook-Off is spreading the good word...

 The White House today released a detailed Hawaii birth certificate in an attempt to put to rest the issue of President Barack Obama’s legitimacy to hold the office of president. Shortly after the unexpected release, the president spoke live on national television, explaining, “We do not have time for this kind of silliness.” President Obama noted that the issue of his […]

 The Trades have long been an important piece of the West Kootenay's economic backbone and this week, as part of the Secondary School Apprenticeship (SSA) program offered by School District 20, 15 deserving students were rewarded for their efforts with one thousand dollar scholarships. Designed as a transition program to ease...