Dear Neighbours, Friends and Community Members, As our community celebrates with the people that are most special to them, I want to extend my best wishes to you all for a very safe and happy holiday season. Many parts of the province are experiencing colder than usual weather, so I also want to...

Dear Neighbours, Friends and Community Members, We know that costs are adding up for British Columbians, especially with the holiday season now upon us. Your provincial government is committed to making life more affordable, and that includes keeping your car insurance rates low. This week our government announced a two...

The 2022 Community Contributor Award; a focus on improving access to health care; getting Centennial Trail groomed/packed – soon! -- the Community Grant Funding problem; 2024 Coy Cup aspirations; our mayor’s latest report on RDKB doings; and more … read on for details.    PRESENT:  Mayor Andy Morel, and Councillors Eliza...

Many people likely don’t know about the close connection between residential “schools” in Canada and ongoing resource extraction on Indigenous lands. In 1951, the federal Ministry of Mines, the “Indian” Agent, the Catholic Church and wealthy business owners coordinated to remove Tahltan children from their homes and families,...

  Help coming for “deep retrofits” to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions; examining our biases and encouraging diversity in our community and in governance; tackling the issue of Short Term Rentals;  dog ownership and changes to fees and fines; Rossland’s Curling Club gets proactive; how to best groom Centennial...

During the previous week, our new Council held a mock Council meeting as part of their training. This was their first real meeting, and it covered a number of necessary procedural motions. Discussion on one other matter resulted in a failed motion. November 7, 2022, at 6:00 PM in the Miners Union Hall Mayor Morel welcomed the...

At the Prestige Mountain Resort in Rossland on Thursday evening, November 3, newly elected mayors and councillors for Fruitvale, Montrose, Warfield, Rossland and Trail, read out and signed their solemn Oaths of Office before Judge Brown and the assembled crowd of invitees.  A few were unable to attend the ceremony; they will...

Other than a small number of people who’ve bought into fossil fuel industry propaganda or who simply haven’t examined the evidence, everyone knows we’re in a climate crisis. It’s why negotiators from every nation are meeting in Egypt in November for the 27th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (officially Conferences...

David Eby will be sworn in as British Columbia’s 37th premier by Lt. Gov. Janet Austin on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. The ceremony will take place at Government House. Timing and other details for media will be provided in the coming days. The November break of the fall legislative session will be extended leading up to the...

The Province has convened a new advisory council in support of forestry workers and communities. “As someone who has worked in forestry and lives in a forestry community, I know personally how vital the sector is for our province,” said Katrine Conroy, Minister of Forests. “It is a foundation of the B.C. economy, providing ...