NCC closes Darkwoods due to Blazed Creek wildfire
In a media release Tuesday, The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) said all public access to its Darkwoods Conservation Area located in the mountains east of Ymir and west of Creston is closed due to a large wildfire on its southern border. The lightning caused Blazed Creek Fire, which is burning in close proximity to […]
MP Dick Cannings to 'Ride the Riding' for third year in a row
Richard Cannings, MP (South Okanagan-West Kootenay) is happy to announce that he will “Ride the Riding” for the third year in a row. Each of the last two years he decided to complete a bicycle trip through the riding, which gave him a unique chance to meet the people, businesses and industries that make up the riding. The...
Permissive Tax Exemptions being reduced; water for farming? Rossland gets a Forest Park; Oregon grape to be sprayed again; and more.
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 ...
Free Workshop: Get the low-down on Local Government
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...
Shocking news: A few Rosslanders can get a free JOLT
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...
Expect more delays on Columbia Avenue
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, […]
No Sulphuric Acid Spill -- This 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...
A special concert at the Bailey: Guy Davis and Fabrizio Poggi -- and it's free
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...
Column: A Downside of Energy Efficiency?
[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...
Editorial: How we vote, Part Ten: Local representation, proportionality and less corruption
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,...
