West Kootenay athletes shine at 2019 BC Senior Games
It took a long time for Slocan’s Donald Currie to load up the car for the return trip home from the BC Senior Games held last week in Kelowna. The veteran track star dominated the oval track en route to winning, wait for it, seven gold medals in the men’s 85-89 division at the 2019 […]
Double stuck, and charged with theft; and, who hurt Rusty?
On September 12, 2019, officers from the local RCMP detachment tracked down a truck reported as stolen from the Red Mountain Ski Resort. The truck was owned by a contracting company working in the area, and was equipped with GPS – which provided live updates on the truck’s location and made finding the stolen vehicle much ...
Column: Our biodiversity crisis -- connecting the dots
The polar bear has become the poster child for climate change impacts in the Arctic. Sea ice, which the bears depend on for hunting, is melting at an ever-expanding rate. For other species, climate impacts are not as direct. The 2019 State of Canada’s Birds report found aerial insectivores like swifts, swallows and nightjars...
Police Beat: Fraud, Speeding in School Zones, and Drunk Driving
Attempted Fraud: A 56-year-old Warfield resident reported to our local RCMP detachment that someone driving an older-model black Subaru with Alberta plates approached him and tried to sell him a gold chain and ring. The resident was aware of this recent scam, in which a suspect pretends to be stranded (or offers some other...
Artists - enter by the end of September!
The Rossland Council for Arts & Culture (RCAC) will be presenting a juried visual art exhibition entitled Life in the Kootenays, and the deadline for submissions is September 30, 2019. Submissions to Life in the Kootenays exhibition should be an artist’s representation of living and working in the Kootenays. The juried...
Spokane Airport Shuttle on for coming ski season
It can be challenging travelling in the winter and even more so crossing the border, but Tourism Rossland has confirmed that a Spokane Airport Shuttle, facilitated by Kootenay Gateway Mountain Shuttle, will run 7 days a week, December 13, 2019 to March 29, 2020, to get skiers to the hills in Rossland or Nelson. The shuttle...
Rossland City Council Meeting, September 3, 2019
Council members present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Scott Forsyth, Dirk Lewis, Janice Nightingale, Stewart Spooner, Andy Morel, and Chris Bowman. Staff present: CAO Bryan Teasdale, Executive Assistant Alison Worsfold, CFO Elma Hamming, and Recreation Manager Kristi Calder. Public Input Period: The gallery was...
Panhandling to eradicate Polio
Polio is still a real danger to children in some parts of the world. If it can spread in those parts of the world, it could also spread around the world again. The Rotary Club is determined to eradicate polio globally, to keep children everywhere safe from its debilitating or fatal effects. Here in Rossland, Rotary Club...
Golden City Days in years gone by: Rossland’s Golden Nugget Saloon and the Dancing Waiters
Once upon a time, I heard, Rossland had the Golden Nugget Saloon and its Dancing Waiters during Golden City Days. Inquiries led me to Jim Albo, who told me the story. “It started in 1972. Rossland was going to be 75 years old, and the celebration was getting organized. They were looking for somebody to run a beer garden, and...
New Rosslander earns beer the hard way
The hiker who retrieved Rossland’s flag from the peak of Mount Roberts this year to save it from destruction by the winds and frosts of winter is a new Rossland resident – Blay Clements. His enthusiasm has already earned a warm welcome to the community for himself and his family. He and his wife...
