Rossland business adds beauty and glaze to iconic church’s fundraising campaign
‘Out of the Cellar’ in downtown Rossland has become the first local business to get behind the drive to raise money to get a huge community resource, St. Andrew’s United Church, habitable and future fit. The boutique shop which specialises in high quality gifts, homeware and mountain lifestyle fashion is donating 50% of the...
MLA Katrine Conroy says new electric school bus will drive SD20 forward
New Democrat MLA Katrine Conroy says students in School District 20 will be at the forefront of a zero-emission movement as one of the district’s new school buses is an electric vehicle. “People across our communities are concerned about climate change, but sometimes the changes we need to make can seem daunting. With this...
LETTER: Rossland council distances itself from Mayor's decision, but doesn't want her resignation
To the Citizens of Rossland From Rossland City Council: Rossland Mayor Kathy Moore is currently in the USA. While not breaking any laws, she travelled contrary to current Federal and Provincial Public Health recommendations against non-essential travel which has raised significant concerns in our community. While Mayor Moore...
Letter: COVID-19 cancels Golden City Days
To The Editor: It is with great sadness that we must announce the Cancellation of Rossland Golden City Days and the Rossland Fall Fair. The Golden City Days Committee and the Rossland Fall Fair committee have made the difficult decision to cancel this year's event due to COVID-19. After discussing the current circumstances...
COUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council, May 3, 2021
Mayor Moore apologizes; the annual audit; Council deals with finances; and – yoga in the park Present: Mayor Kathy Moore and Councillors Terry Miller, Dirk Lewis, Stewart Spooner, Janice Nightingale, Andy Morel and Chris Bowman. Staff who spoke included DCO Cynthia Anonuevo, Manager of Operations and Infrastructure...
CKISS launches Eco Garden Project during Invasive Species Action Month
To get British Columbians active in preventing and stopping the spread of harmful invasive species, the BC government has officially declared the entire month of May as Invasive Species Action Month. Invasive species threaten BC’s environment. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) considers invasive ...
Mayor Moore apologizes for travelling down south to get vaccinated, visit family
Another West Kootenay Mayor is coming under fire for travelling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rossland Mayor Kathy Moore recently travelled south of the 49th parallel get vaccinated, while at the same time spending time with family. Despite having dual citizenship, and announcing ahead of time that she was traveling into the...
COLUMN: What lasts?
What Lasts? A holy Book-- and an unholy $ystem “... This I know, for the Bible tells me so.” -- child’s hymn, Jesus loves me “I am an anti-Christ / I am an anarchist I don’t know what I want / but I know how to get it I want to destroy passersby . . . . . . Your future dream is a shopping scheme.” -- Sex...
Incident at Teck causes minor traffic delay, no one injured
An incident at Teck yesterday led to a temporary traffic interruption, which in turn led to several posts on social media with residents asking what was going on. Jayne Garry, Community Relations Leader for Teck Trail Operations, responded to an email query about the event. as follows: Teck Trail Operations reported a small ammonia leak inside its […]
BC records 2,491 new cases over weekend, 206 in IHA
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 COVID-19 response in British Columbia: “Today, we are reporting on three periods: from April 23 to 24, we had 881 new cases, from April 24 to 25, we had 847 new cases and...
