Regional rivalries rolled out when derby crashes Castlegar
Mark your calendars! May 12, roller derby takes Castlegar by storm when the derby dames of the West Kootenay Womens Rollers Derby League once again battle it out for supremacy and bragging rights on the track. This double-header event features Salmo’s Babes of Brutality taking on the home town team, Castlegar’s Dam City...
Baby massage, little kid rugby...and more. Lots of new stuff this week
Lots of great activities, programs, opportunities and events coming up in the next few weeks, in Rossland! Check out some of the great programs we’re running, in the Spring Brochure, which can be viewed online at www.rossland.ca and also on Facebook. If you’re a new parent, you might be interested in the Baby Massage classes...
Kannibelles clean up on Raggedy Rollers in All-star exhibition action in Golden City
It’s obvious from the final score the Kootenay Kannibelles are in mid-season form. The Kannibelles scored early, often before adding more points later en route to a 252-25 shellacking of the OSRD’s Raggedy Rollers Saturday in Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby action at the Rossland Arena. “The lopsided score is pretty simple — we vastly […]
GFI: Grand Forks to be taken by the Storm
To slightly paraphrase the lyrics of that popular song from the late 1970s, New York, New York, “Start spreading the news, they are leaving soon, I want to be part of it, New York, New York.” The New York Storm will be making their first appearance at the Grand Forks International (GFI) since 2005. This […]
Rossland ‘loopy’ for trails this spring as KCTS ponders Seven Summits expansion
Kootenay Columbia Trail Society (KCTS) president Isaac Saban addressed council on Monday evening "to explain the real value we provide" as a regional recreation asset, and also to describe upcoming projects such as a 25 kilometre connector from Red Mountain to the Seven Summits trailhead. KCTS serves the Greater Trail region...
Saints land Cats forward Scott Swiston for next season
The Selkirk College Saints Men’s Hockey program continues to get better, and the season is still four to five months away. The Saints announced a commitment from forward Scott Swiston (Calgary, AB) to attend Selkirk College and compete for the Saints beginning in the 2012/13 B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League season. Swiston joins Selkirk College following […]
Runs runs runs...Hansen Run, Harmoney Run...and more!
Don’t miss the Kootenay’s first opportunity to see the WKWRD’s all-star travel team in action, right here at home! All-Star Kootenay Kannibelles vs Raggedy Rollers All-Stars from the Okanagan-Shuswap at the Rossland Arena! Saturday, April 21, 2012, 6:00-8:00pm. Tickets $12 in advance at Rossvegas and $15 at the door. To ...
Hits, Whips and Two Smoking Jammers
The ladies of the West Kootenay Women’s Roller Derby League are back and ready for a full season of action! The off-season was hard on everybody, but the team’s have been working hard, and fans around the west Kootenays can now get their much-anticipated derby fix! The next bout of the 2012 season takes place […]
Schneider Stars As Canucks Defeat Kings To Force Game Five
Leigh Ramsden lives in Vancouver and is an avid Canucks fan, having been a partial season ticket holder for over 10 years. He’s old enough to have witnessed all three Stanley Cup losses, as such, his prime goal is to remove those scars by seeing a Cup brought to Vancouver. Leigh is Fighting For Stanley’s […]
ANALYSIS: Sports versus Arts—where do council's priorities lie? A closer look at CBT's Community Initiatives Program in Rossland.
As council divided the annual Community Initiatives Program (CIP) funding from the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) among 37 applicants on Monday, one petitioner for an arts organization noted that it is difficult to get arts funding in a sports town like Rossland. But is that the case? Our numbers suggest otherwise. We took the...
