The "Rossland Energy Diet," a unique energy-saving program that brought notable local rewards and has started to draw provincial and national attention, has celebrated great success in “phase one" and will now move into "phase two."A crowd gathered under a large tent beside the Rossland Mountain Market on July 12 to hear the...

Some 491 Rossland residents—approximately one-fifth of the voting public—cast ballots in a plebiscite in June that asked if they were in favour of municipal financial contributions to the Trail Aquatic and Leisure Centre (TALC), and whether they actually planned to use TALC. Council had varying opinions on how to interpret ...

By: Jordan Bateman, Director Canadian Taxpayers Federation With just ten months until the next provincial election, the lifeboats are starting to fill up as MLAs of both political persuasions look to leave the ship of state. That means one thing: millions of dollars in pension payouts, primarily funded by taxpayers. Dave Hayer...

Large crevices and sinkholes appearing in the Grand Forks slag piles along the Granby river were cause for serious investigation today. The changes in the slag piles were noted by Pacific Abrasives Ltd. and city crews.  "If the entire slag pile shifts and lands in the river we could see the Granby running through town on 2nd...

The Kootenay to Kitimat Caravan to protest Enbridge’s plans for a northern tar sands pipeline made one of their first stops in a 10 day journey in Grand Forks today gathering support and raising awareness. Meeting a small gathering of locals at Gyro Park on Highway 3, the four men, Keith Wiley, Michael Gilfillan, Tom Nixon ...

Premier Christy Clark made the following statement on yesterday’s land slide in the community of Johnsons Landing: “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and the loved ones of the individuals still missing due to yesterday’s devastating land slide at Johnsons Landing on Kootenay Lake. “On behalf of all British Columbians, I want […]

Access to the Russian-language Wikipedia is disabled across almost all its pages on Tuesday, July 10, due to the Russian parliament, the Duma, debating amendments to the law "About information" which may lead to censorship of Runet through blacklisting and filtering of internet sites. The proposed bill aims to creating a...

Open Letter to West Kootenay Residents: It seems like the people who make decisions far away in Ottawa don’t quite understand BC nor do they understand the importance of physical geography in such a mountainous place. They look at maps with demographics and populations and what they have is an impression of where we live, […]

Photo by Anna Kaytor: BC Hydro’s berm road, being built to keep water at bay in Genelle. Water levels are expected to rise even further in an already-overflowing Genelle, but officials have slated a public meeting at 7 p.m.  today to reassure increasingly-concerned residents. BC Hydro spokesperson Mary Anne Coules told The Source this morning […]

FortisBC will be out in force at this week's Mountain Market to celebrate Rossland's "impressive losses after six months on an energy diet" that has so far helped "to shed excess electricity and natural gas" usage in the city, said Nicole Bogdanovic of FortisBC.Exactly how much the Rossland Energy Diet shed will be announced...