Living nearby the high school and doing the majority of my commuting on foot, I end up walking up and down Washington Street at least two or three times a day. Every time I walk along the stretch running from RSS to Columbia Avenue I find myself more and more disgusted by the constant string of litter running up and down the...

Burnaby, BC (Monday, June 8, 2009) – A new study from the BC Recreation and Parks Association (BCRPA) calls for municipal governments to make walking and cycling the top priority in their transportation plans, rather than cars. The study, entitled “Physical Activity and Transportation Benefits of Walkable Approaches to Community...

Spring has sprung and so have those tenacious invasive plants, popping up in your garden. People have introduced a number of plants to this area as cultivated ornamentals which have jumped the fence to neighbouring yards and alleys to then move on to colonize forests, grasslands and wetlands. As pretty as some of these plants […]

It has been said many times and in many ways that tough situations breed new opportunities and innovation. In a time of shrinking enrolment in our schools and coming on the heels of a number of school closures in the area in recent years, Rossland has a number of groups working towards saving our schools in a number of different...

29 May 2009 (Nelson) — Greenpeace activists confronted management at the Wal-Mart on Lakeside Drive today as part of a campaign to stop Canada’s supermarkets from selling Redlist seafood, species that are the most threatened by over-harvesting. Activists canvassed the area outside the store with a large banner reading “Don’t Buy, Don’t Sell Redlist Fish,” […]

Imagine waking up early on a sunny winter’s morning, a fresh 15 centimetres of Kootenay powder on the ground. A perfect day to head up to Red and make some turns. Putting your boots on in the comfort and warmth of your house and strolling either down, up, or across the hill to Columbia Avenue you breeze right past your...

Just as a wheel works better with spokes and a spider web works better before curious fingers or dog noses poke their centres out so too does a trail system work better when it is connected to the hub of the town. The spider web without a centre is a good example of Rossland’s current trail system. Hundreds of kilometres of...

Given her age – she is 50 this year – it shouldn’t surprise us that Barbie, Mattel’s iconic doll, has breast cancer. One in eight Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, most between the ages of 50 and 69.  Wait, does Pink Ribbon™ Barbie® – in her frothy pink gown, long pink gloves, pink tulle...

Local chef and baker Michel Germain has been working slowly over the winter and early spring to bring a farmers’ market back to Rossland. Many people know Germain’s smiling, friendly face from his current one man market outside of Ronnie’s convenience store. He is trying to bring that energy and sidewalk friendliness to a...

The full depth of the regional recreation break up continues to reveal itself in many ways, most recently in the city’s 2009 draft budget and five year financial plan. At first glance, the top line entry of General and Utility taxes jumped out as having increased by 26.8% or $740,811 from $2,803,993 in 2008 to $3,554,804 in...