VESTA: A play about living, loving, and letting go
How do we deal with the loss of ability and a life-limiting illness? The play VESTA, by Bryan Harnetiaux, addresses this subject from the perspective of elderly Vesta and her family. The script has been adapted to bring a Canadian and regional perspective, and refers to services available locally for families...
Council Matters: Rossland City Council, October 21, 2019
Recreation Task Force’s recommendations for Rossland Arena; RDBK board didn’t agree on climate emergency; Terry Van Horne resigning as ED of LCIC; property tax forecast; nominations open for community contributor award; Open House about Emcon lot development . . . and more Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Janice...
Snowy roads and speed -- recipe for a crash
On October 20, 2019, at 6:16 p.m. the Trail and Greater District Detachment RCMP responded to a single vehicle motor vehicle accident on Highway 3B, about halfway between Rossland and the Nancy Greene junction. A 74-year-old male driver in his 2013 Dodge Ram pick-up truck attempted to pass another vehicle, and the driver...
Rachel Wellock's 100th birthday party
A long-time Rosslander celebrated her 100th birthday on October 14th, 2019. Rachel Wellock still walks without a cane; she attributes her fitness partly to good luck, but mostly to many years of walking up and down the hills of Rossland, and hiking up the local mountains. She now lives in Courtenay, on Vancouver Island, ...
Obituary: Paul Hertz -- a wonderful man
We are sad to announce that Paul Hertz passed away on Oct 16, 2019. You may know Paul from his time at Lister’s Riding Farm in Halton Hills, ON, The Japanese Paper Place in Toronto, ON or Ferraro Foods in Rossland, BC. Or maybe you’ve met him at an art gallery, riding horses, bird watching, hiking, skiing, playing tennis or...
Garry Camozzi -- a home of his own, soon?
Garry Camozzi is a well-known figure around Rossland. He’s well-known for being a brilliant ski racer in his earlier years, for hiking up the snowy slopes of Red before-hours to poach groomed runs without getting caught (usually), for making his home under a tarp in the bush for over 20 years, for being a vegetarian, for ...
New format for the 2019 ROSSLAND READS debate!
This year, the gripping contest known as “Rossland Reads” takes place during one evening only, instead of being spread over three evenings in three successive weeks. Three debaters will each try to convince audience members that the book they’ve chosen is the one that everyone should read. The 2019 theme is “The book that ...
Column: We owe Greta and the world's youth more than a Nobel Prize
Many people, including me, expected Greta Thunberg to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Instead, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali was deservedly awarded for ending more than 20 years of conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.Greta and the young people worldwide urging adults to care about their future don’t need a Nobel....
It's autumn! Get your 'flu shot, and cherish your mucus.
MUCUS? Really? Yes – mucus is s good thing; it keeps us much safer from various kinds of infections. It traps small particles and helps isolate certain harmful microbes to keep them from clumping together and ganging up on our immune systems. Healthy mucus can keep harmful microbes from multiplying very fast in our bodies,...
Selkirk College Sets Tone for Season with Stellar Home Weekend
The vibe in the Castlegar & District Recreation Centre this past weekend felt more like early-March than mid-October with the Selkirk College Saints and University of Victoria Vikes battling in a two-game series that had the intensity of the post-season. The Saints home opening weekend featured a pair of terrific British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League […]
