COUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council meeting, March 13, 2023
Rossland’s “Not So Bad,” right? Moving toward more cooperation with our neighbouring communities; should lot coverage be subject to variance applications? A report on Rossland’s water supply and treatment; an assessment of how our pool facility falls short; and a new RDKB report. And more, of course! PRESENT: Mayor...
City of Rossland receives Active Transportation Grant
The Province recently announced that The City of Rossland’s application for a B.C. Active Transportation Infrastructure Grant was successful. The City has been awarded $233,631 which will go towards a new downtown covered bike parking structure with public washrooms, water bottle filling station and ebike charging outlets to...
Seven Summits Profile: Laser Focussed: the Human Photocopier
Ambition to achieve requires a vision for what is possible. Starting the final year of high school, with the primary aim of graduating, Myka Bretfeld needed guidance and support. “My only goal at Seven Summits was to graduate. I had been to many other schools in the area, but I fell off the pace and wanted to drop out. 7S...
RDKB receives $1.7 million boost from Government’s Growing Communities Fund
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) has received a $1,774,000 boost from the provincial government to address the needs of its growing communities. The one-time grant, which the RDKB will receive at the end of March 2023, was allocated using a funding formula based on population size and per capita population ...
Come learn about Rossland Community plan at public open house
Selkirk College second-year Integrated Environmental Planning students will hold a public open house to present their Rossland OCP Action Plans. The event will be held on Tuesday, March 14, from 5 – 7 p.m. in the Lily May Room of the Rossland Miner’s Hall, 1765 Columbia Ave, Rossland. The meeting is an opportunity for citizens...
Hammer Head Equities Inc. v. Rossland (City), 2023 BCSC 73
The City of Rossland confirms that it will not be appealing the decision issued on January 16, 2023, by Justice Lyster of the BC Supreme Court concerning the five lawsuitsbrought against the City by four companies associated with Warren Hamm. "We accept the decision of the BC Supreme Court and will not be appealing it," said...
Seven Summits celebrates local educator's attitude of gratitude
After decades of distinctive dedication, one retired educator still serves the Rossland community's academic interests. Christine DeMarco has been an educator for over 35 years. After moving to Rossland in the late 70s, she worked as a special education teacher at Beaver Valley Junior High, and a special education and...
MLA/Minister Katrine Conroy newsletter
Dear Neighbours, Friends and Community Members, People from across the country and around the world are moving to B.C. because of our strong economy, high standard of living, and wealth of opportunity. B.C. is growing, and while this means great things for our province, it also means more pressure on our local infrastructure....
OPINION: Rewarding destroyers, punishing defenders
As of early February, police have “made more than 90 arrests and dozens of detentions” to facilitate construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern B.C., “running up a taxpayer tab of more than $25 million,” according to the Narwhal. François Poirier, President and CEO of TC Energy, which owns the project, was...
COLUMN: Part One -- Human Consciousness, Under Construction
Human Consciousness, under construction: Doing Good, Becoming Better, Following Leaders I fought in the old Revolution on the side of the ghost and the king. Of course, I was very young And I thought that we were winning. I can’t pretend I feel very much like singing As they carry the bodies away. -- Leonard Cohen, The...
