Rossland City Council held a Special Meeting on Tuesday, May 11, by Zoom, at 11:00 am; all members were present.  The meeting was needed to rescind and replace the previous Council motions, unanimously approved on April 19, 2021, awarding the tender for the Mid-Town Mixed-use project, because of a 'transcription error" from...

Mayor Moore apologizes;  the annual audit; Council deals with finances;  and – yoga in the park           Present:  Mayor Kathy Moore and Councillors Terry Miller, Dirk Lewis, Stewart Spooner, Janice Nightingale, Andy Morel and Chris Bowman.  Staff who spoke included DCO Cynthia Anonuevo, Manager of Operations and Infrastructure...

Many struggling Canadians hoped that today’s budget would offer meaningful supports and steps towards recovery. But more than that, they hoped that it would be the ultra-wealthy who have profited from the pandemic who would be paying for these supports, not the workers who have been hit so hard.  According to local MP, Richard...

Tax rates and Five Year Plan;  moving a garden;  new art;  Mid-town Transition Project tender awarded;  pool times; more Disc Golf;  juggling ice time;  please don’t poison the bees; and the full RDKB report Present for both meetings:  Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Chris Bowman,...

Rossland City Council Meeting, April 6, 2021 – by Zoom Iron Colt Townhouses? Letter on opioid crisis; decisions on the Mid-town Transition Project; and some artsy chairs; moving the Community Garden – and more                    Present:  Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Stewart Spooner, Chris Bowman, Andy Morel, Terry...

Opioid crisis;  the “plastic bag” bylaw;  property taxes;  changes to bylaw enforcement; RDKB report; and more            Present: Mayor Kathy Moore and Councillors Dirk Lewis,  Chris Bowman, Janice Nightingale, Andy Morel, Stewart Spooner and Terry Miller; Staff present included CAO Bryan Teasdale, Planner Stacey Lightbourne,...

Last year, Gord Portman saved two people in a house fire in Penticton.  When he saw his picture in the local newspaper, he said to himself ‘Oh boy I need help.” Gord was addicted to drugs. So he turned to Discovery House, a local organization that helps men battle their addictions, and he now thanks Discovery House for saving...

Rossland City Council Meeting, February 16, 2021 -- By Zoom Rezoning moves ahead; Mid-Town Transition project out to tender; Winter Games 2026?  Disturbing intrusion at the Library; RDKB report . . . Present:  Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Andy Morel, Stewart Spooner, Janice Nightingale, Chris Bowman, Dirk Lewis, and...

“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” All in this together, but not all suffering together The coronavirus pandemic has been rich in lessons. We have been told one lesson over and over as a kind of mantra, by authorities in government, science, and medicine, and we know what we are supposed to have learned:...

Dear Editor: Monday, February 1 marked the four year anniversary of Trudeau's broken promise on electoral reform.  “We are committed to ensuring that the 2015 election will be the last federal election using FPtP” It was a key campaign promise which Trudeau repeated over 1800 times. An all party parliamentary committee, ERRE,...