Rossland City Hall will be losing a key piece of its operations as of the day this article comes out with city CAO Ron Campbell having announced his resignation early last week. Currently enjoying a number of weeks accumulated vacation time before his resignation is official, Campbell is now out of the office, taking some...

Victoria, BC –– The Green Party of BC is calling on British Columbians to support an increased tax shift on green house gas emissions from $10/tonne to $50/tonne. The $10/tonne (now $15) shift by the BC Liberals is a start, but BC Greens would shift more sooner -- starting with $50/tonne,” said Jane Sterk, Leader of the Green...

Rossland Stewardship SocietyBill Miklethwaite made a brief presentation to council on behalf of the Rossland Stewardship Society introducing council to the society and outlining their goals and objectives.Made up with many of the same members as the Citizens for Responsible Development group that emerged last year during the...

In an ambitious eight page agenda for this week’s city council meeting a street corner in Pinewood garnered the most attention. A standing room only crowd (there are only seats for about ten people in the gallery) gathered, largely to hear and comment on a development variance permit for the Evergreen Ridge subdivision.   The...

Rossland recreation director John Reed held court during Monday April 6th’s committee of the whole meeting, presenting, answering questions and gathering feedback on--among other items--the Miners Hall task force report. The main theme as presented by Reed was that he is keen to take more of a business approach to managing ...

Public Hearing This week’s council session began with a public hearing on three bylaws relating to fences and retaining walls, and OCP amendment and zoning amendment related to Redstone’s Phase II. Holding the meeting in the Prestige Hotel’s banquet room this week in anticipation of potentially large crowds, ten folks showed...

Golden City Manor Board Doreen Butler of the Golden City Manor Board spoke, calling on council to rethink the new Water and Sewer rate bylaws that passed first, second and third readings on Monday March 2nd. “The board respectfully requests council’s consideration around (the new Water and Sewer bylaws) to be adjusted,” said...

Homeowners in Rossland likely noticed a pleasant surprise in January this year when they didn’t receive their annual water and sewer bills in the mail. No, the city didn’t have a compassionate moment, considering the economic downturn, and decided to provide free water and sewer this year. Rather, water and sewer bills have...

New Start Time After voting at the Feb 9th meeting to change the start time of city council meetings to 7:00 pm from the usual 7:30 pm it appears there was some confusion in getting the message out to councillors as Andy Stradling and Jill Spearn showed up at 7:20 ready for a 7:30 start only to find the meeting already in...

City Audit Kicking off February 9th Council Meeting, Amed Naqvi, auditor of the city of Rossland, gave a presentation regarding the upcoming audit of the City of Rossland’s financial affairs. An annual process, Naqvi will be meeting with city councillors and staff as necessary over the course of the audit and will be assessing...