Can We Make Our Dream Skatepark a Reality in 2016?
The dream of a world class skatepark in Rossland could be close to becoming a reality. After last December’s fundraising push when over $61,000 was raised in a single month, the Rossland Skatepark Association announced their intent to build the park in 2016. The RSA has been working away on all of the details, from tweaks ...
Leafs host Castlegar Tuesday in first of two-game home-and-home series
The Nelson Leafs enter the home stretch of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League exhibition season when the Green and White meet rival Castlegar Rebels in a home-and-home series beginning Tuesday at the NDCC Arena. Nelson takes a 1-1 preseason mark into the contest after dropping a 6-2 decision to Beaver Valley Nitehawks Saturday at […]
New Kootenay plan secures quality fishing for all anglers
Regulatory changes to Kootenay angling management announced Thursday will help ensure a quality fishing experience, reduce crowding on popular rivers and support trout conservation. The main change is implementation of a booking system for non-resident anglers on three “classified waters” in the Kootenays: the Wigwam River,...
Selkirk College Saints and Trail Smoke Eaters Face Off in Third Annual Columbia River Cup
Hockey fans are in for a treat this weekend when the Selkirk College Saints and the Trail Smoke Eaters tangle in a cross-league exhibition home-and-home series that will serve as a warm-up for the 2015-2016 regular season. Hopefuls looking to the crack the squads for the three-time defending British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) Saints […]
Mount Sentinel hosts Volleyball Camp
Not that students and teacher want to know, but the school season is just around the corner. To help get those volleyball enthusiasts a jump on the net season, Mount Sentinel is hosting a volleyball camp beginning Sunday, August 30 at the South Slocan-based school. The camp runs from August 30 to September 3 at […]
THE BARBARISM OF TROPHY HUNTING
By David Suzuki A beloved animal, tagged for tracking by researchers, crosses the invisible boundary between protected and unprotected area and is killed by a hunter who has paid tens of thousands of dollars for the “experience”. That was the fate of Zimbabwe’s Cecil the lion, whose killing sparked torrents of online and...
Cain breezes to seventh Cyswog’n’Fun Triathlon title; Ramsay surprises women's division
Athletes have their favourite places to compete, and for Rossland’s Dallas Cain, the Nelson Cyswog’n’Fun Triathlon is number on his list. Cain breezed to his seventh title in the Heritage City, blowing the field away to capture the 2015 Nelson Cyswog’n’Fun Triathlon Sunday at Lakeside Rotary Park. Cain finished the 1.5-kilometer swim, 39 km cycle […]
Salmo sports icon Art Field dies
The man never turned down a chance to coach a team or help out his community. Art Field passed away peacefully, with friends and family at his side, at the Trail Regional Hospital, July 14. Art Field lost out to a long struggle with diabetes and heart failure. “(Art) was one helleva guy dedicated to […]
History-writing for a time with a hazy future
“You can beat us with wires, you can beat us with chains/ You can roll out your rules, but you know you can’t outrun the History Train.” -- Paul Simon, Peace Like a River “Keep away, old man, you don’t fool me,/ You, and your ‘History’, won’t rule me.” -- The Who, Slip...
BROKEN GOAT -- it was a great race!
Runners came to Rossland from places as far-flung as Bella Bella, BC, Yellowknife, NT, and La Ronge, SK. to take part in the Broken Goat races. Over 300 people pattered along the race routes in the sunshine, ranging in age from 20 to 56. 16 of the runners were from Rossland, and one of those -- James Crossman -- was listed...
