During the pandemic, Rosslanders have proven that as a community, helping is at our heart. Our local branch of the Nelson and District Credit Union (NDCU) is part of that, and is urging people to support local businesses, to ensure they thrive during these unprecedented times. Being an active part of our communities keeps us...

The death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police has focussed the world on the blight of racism.  In the days and weeks since that event, millions have marched through the streets and there has been much said and written about racism, whether it be conversations around systemic racism or articles about the use of...

Ayla Diebitsch from Rossland, Jay Maloney from Rossland, Nigel Burk from Montrose and Joli Mwinyi from Crawford Bay will each receive a $2,500 Neil Muth Memorial Scholarship to continue their education. “We were so moved and inspired by all of the applicants who shared their stories with us,” said Cathy Muth,...

If the newly proposed Sukunka coal mine follows the same trajectory as nearly every project reviewed under the province’s environmental assessment process, it will be approved even if it is found to have harmful effects on caribou By Jimmy Thomson for The Narwhal B.C. is considering a proposal for a new coal mine, planned...

  Indigenes and Incomers What freedom we possess! To live as an individual, with choice to create one’s own singular culture! Where else in the world can people do this? Canada, a land colonized by massive immigration from Europe, is lucky indeed to be one of the few. People like me are unlikely to live anywhere but within ...

By Vivienne Hurley Rossland’s RED Mountain Ski Resort and Red Mountain Academy (RMA) have teamed up with their town’s innovative high school educator to make sure local students style it on their home hill for graduation. There will be no latex superhero suits in sight BUT it’s going to be #redtotherescue ...

New chiller for the arena;  Anti-racism policy; Cannabis conundrum; garbage bag sizes; traffic calming for Thompson Ave.; a downtown bazaar for the summer; highway mural? And cam camp  . . . Present:  Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Andy Morel, Dirk Lewis, Janice Nightingale, Chris Bowman, and Stewart Spooner;...

(Editor’s Note: There are different interpretations of the call to “defund the police.” Few people mean, “do away with all police” – but some do.  Our local RCMP detachment suffers already from lack of personnel, and appears to take a humane and preventative approach, to the best of my knowledge. This opinion piece includes...

By Karen foster, for The Conversation Like any crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity to rethink how we do things. As we near the 100-day mark since the pandemic was declared, one area getting a significant attention is the workplace, where a window is opening for good ideas to move from the fringes to the mainstream....

Part II Cultural Revolutions and Wars, changing millions in swift strokes Culture is a small word to cover a phenomenon encompassing just about everything humans do and think and express, all things about us that are not of “nature.” Change culture and you change humans, is pretty much the assumption. Intellectuals and artists...