Ringo Starr may not have been a Rosslander, but he sure seems to have gotten the sentiment that allows our little city of 3,200 some-odd fine folks punch well above its weight when it comes to our quality of life. Indeed Rossland is a City in which service groups, organizations and societies get by...with a little help from...

During the last several months, a small redevelopment project in upper Rossland has been challenging the city’s bylaws as staff work to come up with a solution that would aid densification on the lots in question and perhaps help future densification around the city. The lot at 2530 St. Paul Street was purchased by K2...

 As we head into a new political season it looks depressingly like the old: a stand-off between the malignant minority government of Stephen Harper and the seriously diminished Liberal Party and its hapless leader Michael Ignatieff. Both these parties and their leaders are so off the mark in terms of what Canadians want and...

Earlier in August, the City of Rossland approved and issued a tender for two new trail segments linking up the downtown core with Centennial Park and the Mining Museum. This past week, on the same day that the tender was awarded to Alpine Contracting for the construction of the new pedestrian route, yeet another trail project...

Selkirk College and Amnesty International will be launching the fall Mir Centre for Peace Lecture Series with a passionate and important talk by Alex Neve, Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada. His lecture, Protecting Human Rights: What’s Happening to Canada’s Voice, will focus on the concerns surrounding Canada’s fading human rights leadership and will put a […]

The decision by B.C.’s “Acting” Chief Electoral Officer Craig James to stall the anti-HST petition until court cases are dealt with MUST be challenged in court. I believe he’s wrong; he made a mistake; he went far beyond his proper role in validating a petition. He has in effect destroyed B.C.’s democratic  petition legislation,...

Rossland continues to be the odd man out when it comes to using Trail’s recreation facilities. Recent efforts by Area B to come up with a better long term solution around recreation in Trail has recently put the issue in the people’s hands. After going through a three month mediation process, the mediators recommendations...

The market for building space and property, particularly downtown, hasn’t seen much demand in recent years. Some feel there is a Catch 22 holding back growth or renovations. In an effort to promote development in Rossland, City staff have been working on the beginnings of a new bylaw designed to jump start the process. Arguably,...

In an attempt to retain and display a piece of Rossland heritage, a debate has arisen among City Council that has some questioning the dividing line between Church and State. The heritage piece in question is the old cement cross from Mater Misercordae Hospital. During renovations, as the hospital transformed into Redmount ...

  Have you noticed the white van with blacked-out windows that's been cruising around town lately? The vehicle is covered in various technological odds and ends and has no identifying marks other than a subtle “DCL Siemens” decal on its back end. The van aroused my curiosity and prompted me to look into just what this mystery...