Dam City Rollers host Spokane's Lilac City Roller Derby team
'Work hard, play hard' is the motto for many sports enthusiasts, and women who play roller derby are no exception. Castlegar’s Dam City Rollers’ hard work will be on display Feb. 3 when they take on Spokane’s Lilac City Roller Derby team at Selkirk College Gym in Castlegar. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the first whistle at 7...
Selkirk College Saints Crush EWU Eagles
The Selkirk College Saints kept their first-place hopes alive with a pair of victories over southern rival Eastern Washington University in a home-and-home weekend series. With the stretch drive to the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) post-season now underway, the Saints covet home-ice advantage for the...
Winter Carnival is coming; big changes for bobsled
By Tara Kowalchuk, Rossland Winter Carnival President Everyone’s favourite high speed, high adrenalin Winter Carnival event is back, with a few updates. The biggest change is that registration and inspection night, and the Bobsled Calcutta Auction will be held one week earlier on Thursday, January 18 at 7:00pm at the Legion....
Inspiration and development of a Kootenay ski racer: Julien Locke
By Tom Gomez Going back in time: it’s 2002 at the Salt Lake City Olympics. The Canadian Cross Country Ski Team is competing with new Head Coach Dave Wood and developing phenom, Becky Scott. Since the Nagano Games, four years previous, Coach Wood had used a model of hard work and long vision to take a Team ...
Rebels spoil the party, snap Leafs seven-game winning streak with 5-1 victory
The Nelson Leafs seven-game Kootenay International Junior Hockey League winning streak came to a crashing end Saturday night at the NDCC Arena. The Castlegar Rebels scored three unanswered goals in the second period to crush the Green and White 5-1. With the game tied at 1-1, John Moeller, Chris Breese and Jordan Wood scored to […]
Public pressure for another authorized cabin in the Rossland Range Recreation Site
At the Friends of the Rossland Range Society (FORRS) AGM on September 22, board Chair Kim Deane presented the charitable society's financial information, as well as what FORRS has done over the past year, and the new board ― just like the old board, as that line in the famous song by The Who almost goes ― was acclaimed....
Afraid of that new parking lot?
There are some new signs beside the road leading to the new parking lot up at Strawberry Pass, alerting drivers not to block it. The signs are not professional -- they were made by volunteers, out of donated scrap material, hand-lettered with a felt pen, and stuck into the snowbanks on Saturday morning, November 18th....
Anderson signs with BCHL Smoke Eaters for 2018-19
The Trail Smoke Eaters would like to announce the commitment of Bryce Anderson for the 2018-2019 season. Anderson, a forward, currently plays for the Yale Hockey Academy Prep team after spending last season with the Valley West Hawks of the BC Major Midget Hockey League. In 15 games this season, Anderson has registered 27...
Female-only ski film showing in Rossland
Ski fiends can see the first female-only ski film on November 26 at the Rossland Legion, starting at 7:00 pm. Prepare to see male-dominance stereotyping in the ski world shredded. For guys who are into pretty faces, there are a lot of those, too. In fact, the film is called "Pretty Faces," and a review of the film published...
Letter: Parking woes at Strawberry Pass
How fortunate we are to have so much snow so early in the season. Rosslanders, being the avid out doors people that we are, were out in droves, cross-country skiing, touring, and snow shoeing. On Friday we headed up to Strawberry Pass, to the Rossland Range Recreation Site, for our first turns on Lepsoe...
