A two-vehicle head-on collision on Highway 1 seven kilometers east of Sicamous has claimed two lives, according to BC Highway Patrol Sgt. Chad Badry. "On April 6, 2021, just after 1 p.m., BC RCMP frontline members from Sicamous Detachment and RCMP Traffic Services responded to a report of a serious two vehicle head-on collision...

Rossland City Council Meeting, April 6, 2021 – by Zoom Iron Colt Townhouses? Letter on opioid crisis; decisions on the Mid-town Transition Project; and some artsy chairs; moving the Community Garden – and more                    Present:  Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Stewart Spooner, Chris Bowman, Andy Morel, Terry...

Books of My Life Q and A with Stacey Boden, who we are pleased to announce is Rossland’s new Library Director. Many patrons will remember Stacey from her time as Interim Director just over a year ago. Stacey comes to us with an impressive resume of library - related experience, most recently at the Trail Public Library....

Open letter to Katrine Conroy, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development I am deeply distressed with the decisions your government has made and is continuing to make on old growth logging in BC. Fairy Creek is currently the contentious area, but other areas have and will follow. Your government made a […]

Nelson Police identified, and issued violation tickets, to three people following a Saturday afternoon Freedom rally against COVID-19 provincial public health orders outside City Hall. In a media release, Nelson Police said a 58-year-old female from Winlaw, a 42-year-old man from Halfmoon Bay on the Sunshine Coast and a 41-year-old man from Vancouver, were all […]

Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia: “Today, we are reporting two periods: April 1 to 2, we had 1,018 cases, and in the last 24-hours, we had a further...

"On March 26, at 4:12 p.m., Trail and Greater District RCMP received a request from the Canadian Border Services Agency and Canadian Public Health Agency Quarantine Enforcement Officer to issue a violation ticket to two Rossland residents who had committed an offence under Section 52 of the Quarantine Act," Wicentowich said. ...

NDP MLA Katrine Conroy says funding for Kootenay West airports will help them stay open so people can travel for essential purposes and access the services they need. This support will ensure these companies are able to weather the challenges due to decreased ridership brought on by the COVID-19 and help them plan for a...

By David Suzuki We all have to eat. But the ways in which we grow, harvest, process, transport, prepare and consume food are profoundly affecting everything on the planet, from climate to biodiversity to water.  A comprehensive new study finds food systems are responsible for about one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions....

A Rossland landmark, a designated Heritage Building privately owned by a couple who have had it beautifully (and expensively, need we add?) restored, has been defaced by a graffito.  Of course, it’s not the only place around town where graffiti have appeared; but this seems a particularly offensive example –...