Rossland City Council Meetings, August 13, 2018 Present:  Mayor Kathy  Moore, and Council members John Greene, Lloyd McLellan, Andy Morel, and Marten Kruysse.  Absent:  Aaron Cosbey and Andrew Zwicker. Public Hearing on the OCP amendment and the bylaw to enable the creation of the Rossland Forest Park: A property owner who ...

Contemplating standing for election to your municipal Council this fall?  Come to this workshop and learn a lot.  Come to it even if you just want to be a better-informed voter. Government!  Do you recoil at the term “government”? Despite your initial reaction, government is not a four-letter word. Too often, we criticize it...

Bothered by bears, dogs and raccoons getting into your garbage?   Get in touch with Mayor Kathy Moore to see if you can be one of 20 Rosslanders to receive a free electrified trash enclosure from Zaps Animal Protection Systems.  In return, participants will fill out questionnaires about how the device is working...

Marwest and the City of Castlegar would like to alert the community that with additional trades on-site there will be more cause for delays on the Columbia Avenue Complete Streets Project. Concrete is being poured, sidewalks and gutters are being installed and tree cells are being prepared, while this means the project is on time, […]

This morning a Harms Pacific transport truck and trailer contracted by International Raw Materials Ltd. (IRM), carrying sulphuric acid, went off Highway 22 just west of Rossland.  According to a news release by IRM, no sulphuric acid has spilled at this time; emergency services vehicles are on-site and there is no threat to...

Join Trail Arts Council in celebrating the start of the performance season and the exciting Bailey Theatre upgrades. Reserve your tickets now! It will be on October 4, 2018, at 7:30 pm. Guy Davis credits the Blues Masters who’ve gone before him for their great influence, from artists like Blind Willie McTell and Big Bill...

[Editorial Note: Readers can better understand Suzuki's urgency by first reading a recent article on CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/world-hothouse-report-1.4775649 ] By David Suzuki In the race against the increasingly widespread and devastating consequences of climate change, solutions tend to focus on products and...

Local representation – everyone wants it, right?  Some people may not realize how important local representation is until  an issue arises that affects them directly.  Then suddenly they want to talk to their MLA. But wait; do they want to talk to an MLA for a party they didn’t vote for? We do have local representation now,...

If you've been to Naughty Knickers Night in other years, you'll know what to expect.  If this is your first time, prepare for an evening of fun. Here are the essential details:...

By Richard G. Stevens; republished from Aeon magazine Light pollution is often characterized as a soft issue in environmentalism. This perception needs to change. Light at night constitutes a massive assault on the ecology of the planet, including us. It also has indirect impacts because, while 20 per cent of electricity is...