UPDATED: Tentative agreement reached in City of Kimberley labour dispute
A tentative agreement has been reached between the City of Kimberley and United Steelworkers 1-405 following a weekend of bargaining. The agreement comes after an exhausting session which began Saturday evening and ended on Monday afternoon and saw both sides soften their positions. “This has been a very difficult set of...
UPDATED: Woman rescued from ravine above Cottonwood Falls Park dies from injuries
The BC Coroners Services has confirmed the woman rescued by Nelson Fire Rescue after falling into the ravine above Cottonwood Falls Park died from injuries suffered in the accident. Media spokesperson Barbara McLintock confirmed to The Nelson Daily Monday the woman died in Kootenay Lake Hospital early Saturday morning. McLintock...
Notice: Major Water Interruption -- Turn Off Automatic Sprinklers!
The City of Rossland has issued a notice to residents: the work on the Washington Street project includes changing our water main, and this requires an interruption in water service for about six hours. Please avoid using any water at all from 11:00 pm on Wednesday, August 31, until after 5:00 am on Thursday September 1....
MP Hands Out Summer Reading Club Awards
MP Richard Cannings made time in his schedule to help the Rossland Public Library honour members of the Summer Reading Club for their feats of literacy. Our MP handed out awards to those who had read enough over the summer to earn them. Cannings himself is not only a reader but also an author of books -- four of them were...
Get Ready to Laugh: Comedy Series Coming to Rossland
The Rossland Council for Arts and Culture will be presenting a Comedy Series in 2016/17. The series will feature four performances ranging from stand-up comedy to musical cabaret which are sure to put the audience in stitches and leave them wanting more. “With the Miners Hall undergoing renovations, we had to get creative...
Get Ready for Golden City Days
Everybody loves a parade, and we'll have a parade -- and also sports events, entertainment galore, reunions, a pancake breakfast, a look back in history at the library, a rambunctious outhouse race, a special farmers' market, the not-to-be-missed Fall Fair at the Rossland Arena, excellent food from various vendors, and more...
Smoke from U.S. wildfires visible in southeast B.C.
Most of the smoke that’s been visible in parts of the Southeast Fire Centre is coming from several wildfires in Washington State, particularly one near Deep Lake in Stevens County. The Deep Lake wildfire, south of Trail, is 15 kilometres south of the Canada-U.S. border and covers about 300 hectares. Although this fire is not...
COLUMN: From the Hill -- Electoral Reform, and a Cycle Tour of the Riding
As summer winds down, our thoughts naturally turn to back-to-school shopping and back-to-work after a break for a good Canadian summer. I’ll be going back to Ottawa in September to resume work on all the issues before Parliament; one of the major issues we will be discussing is electoral reform. In last year’s campaign, both...
‘Swim In’ gathers support for protecting Queen’s Bay from ferry terminal plan
More than 300 people gathered for a ‘Swim In’ on Kootenay Lake on Sunday to protest against plans to build a new ferry terminal near Balfour. The protesters drove, walked, boated, and swam to the event, held on Queen’s Bay, just outside Balfour, 40 kilometres north of Nelson. They’re upset the government is talking about...
Letter: How do privately owned prisons compare with privately owned senior facilities?
To The Editor: I have been trying to increase public awareness of the poor quality of care that our seniors receive in facilities with the hope that more people will raise their voices against this outrage, to our provincial government. The Senior Advocates reports verify that the quality of care is declining due in part to...
