What kind of community contributes to well-being and keeps us safer from crime? Rossland has relatively high property taxes because this community has no major commercial tax base – no dams, no smelters,  no factories, no pulp and paper plants. Our taxes have been rising sharply in recent years because the buried water pipes, storm […]

By Donald Weaver, Professor of Chemistry and Senior Scientist of the Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is on track to become one of the defining public health challenges of our time. Every three seconds, somewhere in the world, someone is diagnosed with dementia, and it’s usually Alzheimer’s disease. […]

The City of Trail is providing clarification regarding recent public discussions about the timeline of an ongoing civil court matter. The following summary outlines key procedural steps and factors that have contributed to the pace of the litigation. The Notice of Civil Claim was filed on August 24, 2023. The Defendant filed a Response on […]

I am pleased to rise in this House today in strong support of Budget 2026. Contrary to what we have heard some of today, the sky is not falling. This is a budget designed for the realities of our time, a budget built on thoughtful choices and a budget that safeguards the services British Columbians […]

The Trail and District Arts Council and Rossland Council for Arts & Culture present Where Have All the Buffalo Gone? by Axis Theatre, on Sunday, March 1 at 3 p.m. in The Bailey Theatre as part of the TECK Family Series. Where Have All The Buffalo Gone? is a love-story for all ages that starts in […]

This spring and summer, people across the Columbia Basin, including in Castlegar, Rossland, Nelson and Salmo, will gain jobs and develop work skills while helping improve recreational trails for residents and visitors. Through partnerships with community trails and recreation groups, Columbia Basin Trust’s Basin Job Experience Trail Crew Program will help create 47 short-term jobs […]

COMMITTEE-OF-THE-WHOLE  (3:30 PM) Money money money!  It’s all about the evolving Financial Plan – and taxes (etc.) and whether spending and taxation are “sustainable” and if not – what services and amenities should stop? Only two residents showed up for this session. PRESENT: Mayor Andy Morel and Councillors Stewart Spooner, Jeff Weaver, Craig Humpherys, and […]

What dating apps are really optimizing. Hint: it isn’t love By Mathieu Lajante and Sameh Al Natour In the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day, dating apps typically see a spike in new users and activity. More profiles are created, more messages sent, more swipes logged. Dating platforms market themselves as modern technological solutions to loneliness, […]

Use all your well-learned politics Or I’ll lay your soul to waste.          – Rolling Stones, Sympathy for the Devil I support the left, tho’ I’m leanin’, leanin’ to the right I support the left, tho’ I’m leanin’ to the right But I’m just not there when it’s coming to a fight…       […]

On Feb. 7, at approximately 10:20 a.m., Trail RCMP responded to a report that shots had been fired into a residence on Larose Street in East Trail, according RCMP Cpl. Brett Urano. He said officers attended and began an investigation, which determined that the shooting had occurred earlier that morning at around 5:40 a.m. “Witnesses […]