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...

In a packed Miner’s Hall, acclaimed radio broadcaster and former Social Credit environment minister Rafe Mair headlined an event designed to build awareness around the loss of our rivers to corporate power projects. Oddly, the evening often felt more like an NDP election rally than an environmental awareness event. The event,...

Editor’s note: As a part of Rossland’s efforts to envision a future for its schools, the Telegraph will occasionally be publishing articles of general public interest as our community works to come up with viable options before the school district’s March, 2009 deadline for community input. This first instalment in this series...

Rossland’s newly elected council held their inaugural meeting this past Monday night, getting together formally for the first time. Running through a short agenda, issues from the past council were recycled both literally and figuratively. During the September 9th meeting of the previous council it was decided to send a letter...

On December 10, 2008, to help celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration for Human Rights, the Rossland Secondary School Amnesty International Group and the Rossland Interact Club (under the aegis of teacher/sponsor Marilyn Nelson) will host a community event to write letters to governments worldwide for...

In just two years, the Softwood Lumber Agreement has cost BC's forest industry more than half a billion dollars in new export taxes and led some companies to invest outside the province, a new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives finds. "Far from delivering security, the Canada-US softwood pact has seriously...

With a lot of talk around town about our watershed and water coming into Rossland, discussion flipped to the downhill side of the equation Tuesday evening as the matter of our waste water came before council. A letter was circulated to councillors outlining Trail’s recommendations for a reformed regional agreement. Recommendations...

Following up on last week’s story about the city’s plan to rezone a parcel of land involved with the 88 Creekside development, the issue will now go to a public hearing before being decided upon by the city. On Tuesday council voted unanimously to set the date of the public hearing regarding the zoning change for October 27th...