Calling All Local Sculptors -- Design a New Public Sculpture for Rossland
The Rossland Council for Arts and Culture wants to commission a new sculpture to be installed in front of the newly renovated Miners Union Hall, and has issued a call for submissions to all local artists. Public sculptures have been a popular feature of downtown Columbia Avenue since 2008. RCAC has already commissioned and...
COLUMN: From the Hill -- Forestry and Trade Wars
The forest industry has been a critically important sector in the BC economy for over a century, but it has been hit hard. A 30-year trade war with the United States cost our industry billions of dollars. The softwood lumber agreement did bring back certainty to lumber export access and costs, but the Canadian industry paid...
Tragedy Struck and a Kootenay Mom Adapted
What do you do when your world changes in an instant? Following the tragic news of her husband’s skiing accident which left him a quadriplegic, Invermere’s own Cassy Campbell did what any mom would do: she decided to take her newly purchased hobby-business to the next level all while becoming her family’s primary breadwinner,...
Rossland Museum Director to serve on BC Museum Association Council
Joelle Hodgins, Director of the Rossland Museum and Discovery Centre, has been elected to serve on the British Columbia Museums Association Council. She is one of six new members of the Council, along with Jodi Simpkin, executive director of Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre; Catherine Ouellet-Martin, administrative manager of ...
October — Wettest month since 1960s
For those of us who thought October had to have been the wettest month since the beginning of time, try again. According to Ron Lakeman, Weather Forecaster for the Southeast Fire Centre in Castlegar October 2016 was by far the "wettest October since local records began in the mid 1960s." "The 207.6 millimetres of rain (no...
More precipitation expected, snow for some mountain highways
It's the first day of November and Mother Nature continues to pound the West Kootenay/Boundary region with precipitation. And the cooler temperatures mean the white stuff continues to fall on the upper levels, including the Kootenay Pass. Environment Canada forecast has showers for the rest of the week with snow expected at...
Meet Jungle, the Search Dog
Meet Jungle, the black lab. He's a validated Avalanche and Wilderness Search Dog and a volunteer member of the Rossland Search and Rescue (SAR) group. He and his principal friend and handler, Andy Lewis, are ready and willing to devote their time and energy as a team to find missing people -- even if those people have been...
Acting on Your Values
“Our efforts to change ourselves and to change the environment are both necessary, but one can’t happen without the other.” – Thich Nhat Hanh Behaviours, beliefs, and values are the tools for making good choices, especially when you’re trying to change the world. Participants in the fifth Nelson Interfaith Climate Action ...
Rossland Food Bank says "Thank you!"
The Rossland Food Bank is very grateful to the many people who put time, energy, and expertise into helping them move to their new location on the south end of the Arena building. The new facility provides an administrative space, a storage room with a refrigerator for perishables and freezers for meat and bread, and a...
Library's value to Rossland; new section of a trail coming up; the problem of invasive weeds; GHG emssions reduction plan
Regular Rossland City Council Meeting, October 24, 2016 All Council members were present, as well as Chief Administrative Officer Bryan Teasdale, Chief Financial Officer Elma Hamming, City Planner Stacey Lightbourne, manager of Public Works Darrin Albo, and Executive Assistant Alison Worsfold. Public Input: A resident asked...
