Urquhart’s sausages rise again: Haiti Relief Campaign takes on a local flavour
(Trail, BC) When Jim Urquhart shut down his meat business a couple of years ago, local people who had become accustomed to the taste of his incredible sausage offerings mourned the loss of their favorite flavours. Many knew they’d never taste the like again. It seems, however, that they’ll get at least one more chance […]
COMMENT: contrasting events show Rossland’s true values - protest goes to the dogs
As the first massive truck rumbled down Columbia Avenue, part of a massive convoy on its 40,000 plus kilometre crawl across our country, the first inkling that this so-called celebration of sport might not exactly be a natural fit for our little mountain town crept into my head. Minutes earlier, I had been taking in some...
LETTER FROM HAITI: The Kootenay connection
The following is a letter from Jim Reimer, pastor of the Kootenay Christian Fellowship, who is in Haiti right now with a group of students from Mount Sentinel school.Today is January 15. We started the day with a large tremor at 4 am. It shook our shelter and sent the kids running. To be awakened in this manner was quite scary.It...
Atamanenko: credit card fraud
My office has recently learned of the latest credit card scam, which I thought would be worthwhile sharing with readers during the holiday season. The scam works like this: A person will call saying – ‘This is (name), and I’m calling from the Security and Fraud Department at VISA. My Badge Number is 12460, your card […]
Old building with old issues seeks a little TLC
On the corner of 1st and Spokane in upper Rossland sits a tie to the city’s past that many people in town may not be familiar with. While bland-looking from the outside, the grey and beige two tone stucco seniors' lodge contains a spectacular link to the folks who built this city over a century ago. For decades, the stucco ...
Province cautions against over-use of Tamiflu as H1N1 spreads
EdNote: The following is a press release issued by the provincial governmentAs B.C. continues to experience increased pandemic H1N1 influenza activity, health officials are reiterating important messages regarding the use of antivirals to treat infection from this novel virus."Over 9,000 prescriptions of antivirals were filled...
H1N1 - The local battlefront
The question of the week seems to be what’s scarier H1N1 or your child’s Halloween costume? Conversations around town in the past few weeks have rarely skirt around the Swine flu topic. Sometimes scaring folk and sometimes just plain funny in their ridiculousness yet believability the stories circulating around town on the ...
Have your say on Greyhound’s West Kootenay future
If you'd rather ride the bus than drive a car, you might soon be in trouble. Greyhound has applied to the provincial government to cut its routes through the West Kootenay by 50%. Luckily, folks concerned about Greyhound's application to reduce its service through our region will get their chance to speak on the issue later...
Rossland Ambulance Service Suffering: BC Paramedics Strike Update
Unless you work with or around the paramedics in BC or have been in need of their services recently, you likely haven’t noticed the current BC paramedics’ strike apart from the signs posted around town. The ongoing strike was launched by CUPE 873 (Paramedics Union) on April 1st of this year following the expiration of their...
City/Sustainability Commission Sponsor Climate Event
The City of Rossland is calling for contributors to participate in Change Shorts – Short Performances on the Subject of Life, Laundry and Climate Change. The show will be Rossland’s contribution to the International Day of Climate Action on October 24th with thousands of other communities around the world. The City of Rossland...
