This week, as you may have read or seen, many Western delegates, including Canada's, at a UN conference on racism in Geneva walked out of a controversial speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. After the walkout, many delegates made statements like the following by the United Kingdom's envoy, Peter Gooderham:"The UK...

Here at the Telegraph, we have a theory about democracy. It goes like this: the further government gets from the local, the worse it works. Why? A number of reasons. Temptations of money, power, and ego are all magnified at the provincial or national levels even as the ability to communicate meaningfully diminishes. Not for...

It’s been six months since we launched the Rossland Telegraph. A long time? Yes. A short time? That too: for us how long it’s been depends on how close we are to our Thursday put-out-the-latest-issue deadline. From our perspective, though, things couldn’t have gone any better than they have so far. In fact, it’s been a blast....

This week, British Member of Parliament George Galloway was denied entry into Canada under Canada’s anti-terrorism legislation. Galloway, a vociferous supporter of the Palestinian people, was banned from entering Canada because of his public support for Hamas (and criticism of Israel). Galloway is not some sort of fringe-ish,...

A shocking revelation this week, as new research into Mountain Kingdom archives reveals a dark truth from Rossland’s storied history. Look closely at the photograph which accompanies this editorial (to see the image properly, open the file attachment at the end of this editorial). Gaze upon Rossland, clutched in the icy grip...

Dear editor, I was walking along Centennial Trail the other day and as I approached the water treatment plant from a westerly direction, I was enveloped in the smell of shit, and not very good shit, I might add! Where could this smell be coming from, I asked myself? My suspicions were immediately aroused by the presence of ...

Dear Mayor Bogs: We here at the Rossland Telegraph, along with many other Rosslanders, were saddened and disappointed to hear recently that Trail City Council has submitted a letter to School District 20 advocating the termination of K-12 education in Rossland. We believe strongly that when times are tough - and they are...

Dear editor, I am a mother of a two year old toddler and I am contemplating moving to the Rossland area with my husband. We are looking at this as our permanent move and are eager to raise our daughter in a beautiful area with so many healthy opportunities. I was raised in the area and have extensive family throughout the...

Hmm. This week, Rossland city council has been working on its communication skills on several fronts. On Monday, Council issued its first glossy newsletter this week (bye trees!) and is considering a monthly column in the Trail Times (bye forest!). There are also plans to put in place a public input period at the beginning ...

By Rachel Witter Recently, a company called Aquilini Renewable Energy submitted an application to the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary requesting the re-zoning of a piece of property on Ponderosa Drive, about two minutes south of Christina Lake. This re-zoning would then allow Aquilini to construct a two-phase,...