Food is essential, so Ferraro’s remains open to serve Rossland while other retailers must close their doors.  But there are many among us for whom obtaining food is a challenge in these times – for some, because income that was already in short supply is suddenly absent; and for seniors and the immune-compromised,...

Rossland is a special place.  But it isn’t so special that we’re immune from things like COVID-19 and the cascading effects of school closures, pub and restaurant closures, store closures, entertainment-venue closures, event cancellations and so on.  These are important measures – as is maintaining social distancing.  Because,...

By-elections that were scheduled for Rossland, Lytton and Victoria have been postponed indefinitely. Here's the press release from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing: To protect residents from the current threat of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, has deferred...

Staff and teachers at Seven Summits Centre for Learning in Rossland, B.C. will be bringing the classroom into the homes of its students to ensure academic resilience is maintained as social distancing measures come into force and B.C. schools are shut down indefinitely to in-person classroom attendance.  “Our primary focus ...

UPDATE:  The City of Rossland has closed all playgrounds, because the virus can live for days on hard surfaces.  Playing fields will remain open, but only if people using them comply with the two-metre "social distancing" requirement.  Non-compliance will bring closure for all. The CIty has also postponed the Committee-of-the-Whole...

There are many things that could happen as we face the Covid-19 pandemic. Here is an imagined vision of the future that is possible, though not likely unless people take the appropriate actions. I have imagined a path to a positive outcome. How do you think it will play out? Let’s imagine this future and how it happened: It’s...

One vehicle (pictured above) lost control on Highway 3 near Mud Lake and ended up on its side, on March 16; first responders in Rossland and Trail received the call at 5:25 pm and were on the scene just after 6:00 pm. They found two Chambers trucks in the ditch, as well as the roll-over,  the Chambers drivers having come...

UPDATED:  RED Mountain Resort and Whitwater are both closed for the season. RED is closed for lift skiing — and also for ski touring and all forms of motorized access.  The area closed to skin-assisted wanderers, snow machines and other motorized vehciles, is shown in the attached map.  RED explains: “As a reminder, the area […]

By Kendra Coulter, for The Conversation My favourite police officer on television is smart, empathetic, attentive and brave. He’s also incredibly handsome. I’m talking about Rex, the fictional police canine played by the German shepherd Diesel vom Burgimwald who co-stars on CITY TV’s hit show Hudson & ...

I am writing this from my small Ottawa apartment.  It’s Sunday and the spring sun is shining, beckoning me to walk down to the river.  But I’ll obey my doctor’s orders and stay inside—although I received the good news yesterday that my COVID-19 test results came back negative, I was told to stay in self-isolation one more...