(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...

Kicking off the new year in similar fashion to many struggling corporations worldwide, one of Trail’s larger employers AMEC, laid off 18 workers in its Trail office as mining projects by its clients are being delayed or held off on decreasing their workload. Headquartered in London England and listed on the London Stock...

With enrolment numbers at Rossland’s schools slowly but steadily declining, and expected to continue to decline in the coming few years, the Visions for Small Schools society, made up of a passionate group of parents and teachers, has been working hard on solutions to maintain a quality K-12 education in Rossland. Twelve...

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...

Brian Poch, Manager of the Nelson and District Credit Union, presented Greener Footprints representative, Kathy Moore with a check for $2,000. The NDCU is the major sponsor for the Greener Footprints reusable bag campaign in Rossland. The new bags will be available in mid-winter. Other sponsors include: the City of , Bear...

The latest saga in the ongoing issue of Rossland’s recyclables involved the Regional District’s Director of Environmental Services Alan Stanley presenting and answering questions at council this past Monday night. Essentially, aside from many questions asked about possible alternatives from councillors, the story was that the...