Thanks to the efforts of the Family Action Network (FAN), and to the generosity and co-operation of  Patricia Marshall Thompson and City Hall, there are two newly-available family-friendly washrooms with infant-changing facilities in Rossland's downtown area. "Laundry Dog" laundromat  at 1960-B Columbia Avenue is the first ...

Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting:  March 21, 2016, 3:00 pm All Council members were present.  Just before the meeting, Mayor Kathy Moore took a few seconds to pass a home-framed series of three bobsled race snapshots to the Council Bobsled Team -- John Greene, Andy Morel, Andrew Zwicker, and Moore herself.  The final picture ...

When a lunging dog knocked down and injured a Rossland Senior, City staff decided something had to be done, and have installed hitching posts for dogs in a variety of locations around town.   People can now tie their dogs up to do brief errands in town -- not for long-term stays -- in places where pedestrians will not be at...

Stephen Harper, Donald Trump, and Angry Democracies “It’s an angry world but no doubt everything will go as planned.”                                                                        -- Neil Young, Angry World, from Le Noise The unavoidable comparison: Canada observes the USA When I was in secondary school and my young...

The event was well-attended.  Mayor Moore and our Member of Parliament Richard Cannings were there, and Council members John Greene and Andrew Zwicker, and a good crowd of Rossland's other famously engaged citizens  attended to view and discuss the displays created  by Selkirk College students.  The students were there too,...

Editorial Note:   In the column below,  Dermod Travis points out many instances of close correlation between large donations  by corporations to the Liberal Party of  BC and lucrative contracts awarded to  those corporations.  Now, as any scientist will tell us, correlation is not proof of causation -- but it's a good reason...

Most residents of the Columbia Basin know something about the Columbia River Treaty.   In 1964, Canada and the United States entered into this agreement to construct and operate dams on the upper Columbia River, for flood control and power production to benefit both countries.  Both BC and the US have benefited economically,...

Rossland City Council Meeting, March 7, 2016 Council members present:  Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors John Greene, Andy Morel, Lloyd McLellan,  and Aaron Cosbey.   Absent:  Andrew Zwicker and Marten Kruysse. Staff present:  Consulting CAO Lynne Burch, Interim CFO Steve Ash, Planner Stacey Lightbourne, Manager of Public ...

Rossland residents are invited to examine draft versions of Rossland’s Life and Environment Action plans and to provide valuable input. Second-year Selkirk College Integrated Environmental Planning Program students prepared the plans.  People can see them at an open house on Monday, March 14 at the Old Fire Hall (2115 Queen Street) in Rossland between 5 […]

Tuesday, March 8, 2016:  Today, at Selkirk College in Castlegar, local women are being celebrated for their achievements under our relatively enlightened  culture.    Yesterday, a BC man was sentenced to 21 years in prison without any chance of parole for murdering his ex-girlfriend because he saw her studying at a university...