The Hidden Hero Project is a portrait series celebrating the everyday heroes who live and give in Castlegar. Community members were asked to nominate people as heroes back in the summer of 2018 and the exhibition celebrating a selection of the good folks of Castlegar will open at Kootenay Gallery on June 20, 2019. Partway […]

In case you didn’t know . . . the Muddbunnies Riding Club is a women’s riding club that started in 2005 in Vancouver.  Last year, former Vancouver Muddbunny, Stephanie Dupont, moved to Rossland to open up a local chapter. Over the course of the 2018 season, there were 282 documented “butts on bikes” in the Rossland chapter,...

Electric vehicles won’t save us from runaway climate change, but they’re part of the solution, along with support for public transit and active transport like waking and cycling. The transportation sector accounts for almost one-quarter of the world’s carbon emissions, so it’s an area where change is necessary and possible....

By Charles Fox, in Aeon Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international mutual-aid fellowship with more than 2 million members worldwide. It strives to help members ‘stay sober and other alcoholics achieve sobriety’. Despite the fact that studies of its efficacy have been inconsistent, AA has had a significant and long-term...

Is there a soul in Rossland who wants to contribute to our community by writing and gathering thought-provoking  articles on issues both local and global, on important matters and sometimes merely humorous ones?  How about transitioning to the ownership and editorship of the Rossland Telegraph?  The value of ...

Rossland City Council Meeting, May 6, 2019 Present:  Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Chris Bowman, Scott Forsyth, Stewart Spooner, Dirk Lewis, and Janice Nightingale.  Present by speaker-phone for a portion of the meeting:  Andy Morel. Public Input Period: Miche Warwick spoke about the draft outdoor watering...

The names of the victim and suspect in a homicide in Montrose Thursday have beed released, according ot RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. "On May 2, 2019, William Sigsworth, a 73-year-old Montrose resident, was charged with Second Degree Murder contrary to Section 235 of the Criminal Code of Canada in the alleged murder of his wife,...

The Hidden Hero Project is a portrait series celebrating the everyday heroes who live and give in Castlegar. Community members were asked to nominate people as heroes back in the summer of 2018 and the exhibition celebrating a selection of the good folks of Castlegar will open at Kootenay Gallery on June 20, 2019. Partway […]

The Clothesline Project will be taking place during the Victims and Survivors of Crime Week. On Wednesday, May 29 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., we will address the issue of violence against women, children, men and other genders. Abuse is when one person is trying to gain power or control over another person using […]

If you’re lucky enough to see Harlequin Ducks in the Salmo River Watershed then wildlife biologist, Marlene Machmer, wants to hear from you. With funding from the Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP), Pandion Ecological Research and the Salmo Watershed Streamkeepers are doing a Harlequin Duck pair and brood inventory...