Excitement about plans for the (former) Emcon lot
Those plans for housing and other uses aren’t firm yet, though, and the City wants to hear from us about the project. There’s a Public Open House at the Miners Hall on March 5, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, to let us know what has happened until then, and we can give our informed opinions once we’re up to speed – since uninformed...
Column: Diagnosed with Auto-Immune Disease -- Now What?
I see many patients who have been diagnosed with an Autoimmune disease and feel extremely overwhelmed and fearful. In Naturopathic Medicine, there are many things we can do to reduce or even resolve the symptoms of autoimmune disease. Autoimmune conditions are now just chronic diseases that can mostly be managed by removing...
Rossland house fire in the night
A family of four was driven from their home on Victoria Avenue in the early hours of Feb. 22, when neighbours alerted them to the flames and smoke erupting from their roof. Firefighters from Rossland, Trail and Warfield were called at just before 2:30 a.m., and were able to put out the fire and protect neighbouring homes ...
Editorial: Skiing and Logging in the Rossland Range Recreation Site
Skiers accessing Cutblock Peak and environs: please contain your irritation about the logging operation there that is inconveniencing you – it won’t be there for much longer. Please stay well clear of the logging -- and please do not park on the logging road, or try to ignore the logging operations. Here’s why: First, let’s...
Opinion: Zapped: Unravelling the NDP’s new spin around power prices and the Site C dam
B.C.'s NDP is now doing precisely what it criticizes the Liberals for doing — manufacturing a need for power while pushing forward with a project that produces energy that can’t be sold for even close to the price it will cost to produce it. By Sarah Cox, for The Narwhal Of all the years of political spin to...
Council Matters: Moore absent, Morel at the helm
Rossland moves toward more energy-efficient building requirements; a new sculpture soon; construction to begin on the old Cook Avenue School site; quibbles on climate accountability Rossland City Council Meeting, February 19, 2019 Present: Councillors Andy Morel (Acting Mayor), Janice Nightingale, Scott...
COLUMN: The West is Best -- What do we owe the Rest?
A re-visioning of old habits Today I am trying to explore an old habit of my judgement, with regard to an historical fact I have long attempted to assimilate to a personal sense of justice. The West has dominated the world for 400 years, and practically ruled it for a century from about 1850 t0 1950. The rest of the world...
Thrums collision takes life of 71-year-old South Slocan woman, police asking witnesses to come forward
RCMP West Kootenay Traffic and Castlegar RCMP Detachment attended a head-on collision on Highway 3A on Friday morning, near Thrums, which resulted in one fatality, according to RCMP West Kootenay Traffic Services Sgt. Chad Badry “On Friday, Feb. 15, at approximately 9:45 a.m., members of the RCMP West Kootenay Traffic Services and Castlegar Detachment attended […]
Ret. Const. Schewe's DriveSmart Tip of the Week: Coping With the Snow and Slush
When it comes to winter in the “warmer” areas of British Columbia, I don’t think that anyone does a better job of making fun of bad drivers as cartoonist Adrian Raeside. The trouble is, it’s not so funny when you have to share the roads with them. Many continue to drive as if it is […]
The lucky winner of that 'Artfully Rossland' contest
For the month of December, 2018, Tourism Rossland, The Josie, RED Mountain Resort, Stephanie Gauvin and Instinct Skis teamed up to create a contest that will send one lucky winner down the slopes in style: the Artfully Rossland contest. The grand prize? -- a pair of Stephanie Gauvin Artist Series Instinct Skis, 3 nights ...