A video posted recently on You Tube is a chilling demonstration of what can happen when the advice from the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is ignored. The video shows a snowmobiler climbing a steep face in the Monashee Mountains near Valemount, BC. Taped just two days ago, the snowmobiler climbs past the high marks left by...

April 1, 2009. An emergency city council meeting was held early this morning to discuss a development proposal for the old Bank of Montreal building. The Rossland Telegraph has learned that development firm Growing On Tall Corporate Housing Associates, based out of Santa Monica, California has been looking for a location to...

Several incidents of vandalism and theft around our city in the last month have gotten some people wondering whether or not this might be a growing trend in our relatively peaceful mountain town, or just a few random acts clumped together. Most recently, on March 18th, the RCMP responded to a break and enter at the Rossland...

There is a fascinating dichotomy that takes place daily in Rossland and is often the source of much debate. On one hand you have a town that on the whole seems to have an environmental conscience that runs deep. This is visible all over town from re-useable grocery bag campaigns through sustainability plans to marches down ...

Teck may be on the hook for millions of dollars for the large spill of lead and hydrofluoric acid from its Trail plant into the Columbia River in the spring of 2008. The spill, which occurred at approximately 5:30 PM on May 28th, 2008, was attributed to a heat exchanger in the lead refinery which failed, allowing electrolyte...

(Columbia Basin) - Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) is proud to announce a new three-year partnership with Enterprising Non-Profits (enp), a granting program that seeks to assist non-profit organizations operating a social enterprise. "In preparing our recently released Social Strategic Plan, non-profits told us they needed a variety...

The battle for RSS’s future is heating up. The final deadline for public submissions on the future of Rossland’s schools is nearing even as the City of Trail has written a letter advocating the closure of RSS and the bussing of Rossland students down to the new J.L. Crowe. “The dedication of resources required to maintain the...

A new study reveals that BC's poor and middle class families are in worse financial shape than their parents' generation. The study, released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, finds that fully 60% of families with children are earning less than their counterparts in the late 1970s, while incomes for the ...

While St. Patrick’s Day may still be a few weeks away, 50 some odd engaged and concerned Rossland residents got together at the Old Fire Hall on Tuesday night to partake in some green drinks. While not literally green, the drinks (red and white, actually) were imbibed while the group discussed environmental issues in a unique...

Every day that I toss my skis into the back of my pickup truck and drive up to Red, usually picking up and passing a few hitch hikers, I find myself wishing there was a better way. Wishing that I could save on gas, cut emissions and save the sometimes long and cold wait of mid-week hitch hikers looking for a way up to the ski...