Public Notice - 2022 Utility Rate Increases
The City is currently developing the 2022 Annual Budget and Draft 2022-2026 Financial Plan. A significant part of this development has included the review of current and projected Utility Rates (i.e. annual water, sewer and solid waste/yard & garden fees) in conjunction with the City’s current Asset Management Investment...
Employment and education opportunity for youth in West Kootenay
A group of young adults in the West Kootenay have a few more job skills in their pockets thanks to a successful collaboration between Kootenay Career Development Society (KCDS) and Wildsight. Fresh from this successful venture, the two organizations are again teaming up this year to help young adults find employment and...
Enter your pet in the BC SPCA’s Calendar Contest, Feb 1–14
Is there a special animal who warms your heart? Celebrate them by winning them a page in the BC SPCA’s 2023 Calendar. For many animal-lovers, their bond with their pets makes every day brighter. The Calendar Contest, presented by Hill’s Pet Nutrition, offers a great way to celebrate all the pets of B.C. “Pets can be affectionate,...
From The Hill: Heath-based private members bill
Parliament began sitting again this Monday, facing its first full agenda since the late summer election. Most committees will be meeting for the first time and we will see the first Private Member’s Bill debates. I’d like to highlight some of those Private Member’s Bills in my upcoming columns, since some could produce...
Library Champions Project Expanding into the Kootenay/Boundary regions
Library Champions is a three-month online volunteer project that connects new immigrants to the library and the community. This project has trained 1,800 new immigrants who have reached out to over 100,000 people throughout the Lower Mainland over the past 10 years. Now expanding throughout BC, the Library Champions Project is...
Upcoming Winter Carnival Plans at Rossland Museum
It's time for another Rossland Winter Carnival, and we're celebrating with outdoor, family-friendly activities all weekend! Drop by the museum 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29 and Sunday, Jan. 30 to get lost in our snow maze, enter our annual snowman-building competition, try our toboggan run, sip a hot drink, compete in ...
Karma comes a-calling for alleged local thief
On Jan.21, at 8:30 a.m. Trail RCMP received a report that a 25-year-old Trail man had allegedly taken a vehicle without permission from the business of his former employer near Trail, according to Trail RCMP top cop Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. "The business owner was able to track the vehicle using the vehicle’s internal GPS...
Nelson man in single-vehicle roll-over near Rossland
On Jan. 23, at 10:11 a.m., Trail and Greater District RCMP responded to a complaint of a single motor vehicle incident on Hwy 3B roughly 3 km from the Nancy Green Junction, near Rossland, according to Trail RCMP Sgt Mike Wicentowich. “The 24-year-old Nelson man was driving a 1994 Toyota Corolla when the vehicle hit […]
Woman assaulted with makeshift blowtorch in downtown Trail
On Jan. 23 at 11:01 p.m., Trail and Greater District RCMP received a report that a 38-year-old Trail man allegedly tried to light a 22-year-old Trail woman on fire in the 1400 block of Bay Avenue. "The man attempted to burn the woman by igniting hairspray with a lighter and spraying the woman with the jet of flame," said Trail...
City explains difference between tax rate and assessed value
Now that everyone has received their new property assessment from BC Assessment (BCA), there seems to be some confusion about the relationship between property taxes and assessed value. BCA is a crown corporation, and is unrelated to the City of Rossland. The City of Rossland only sets the amount of taxes collected for our ...
