Rossland businesses within the "eligible area" have until April 8, 2016, to sign up for one year with an internet service provider in order to receive the benefit of a free connection to the broadband service.   At a presentation and demonstration at the Rossland Public Library on March 23, a crowd of people gathered to learn ...

Thanks to the efforts of the Family Action Network (FAN), and to the generosity and co-operation of  Patricia Marshall Thompson and City Hall, there are two newly-available family-friendly washrooms with infant-changing facilities in Rossland's downtown area. "Laundry Dog" laundromat  at 1960-B Columbia Avenue is the first ...

Avalanche Canada is joining Parks Canada and Kananaskis Country to issue a special public warning for backcountry users for the coming Eastser long weekend. The warning, from March 25 to March 28, includes Avalanche Canada’s Purcell Mountains and North Rockies regions along with Banff, Yoho, Kootenay, and Jasper National Parks...

Regular Rossland City Council Meeting, March 21, 2016,  6:00 pm Present:  Mayor Kathy Moore and Councillors Marten Kruysse, Lloyd McLellan, John Green, Andy Morel, and Aaron Cosbey.  Absent:  Andrew Zwicker Public Input Period:  Ann Damude spoke on behalf of the RCAC Miners Hall project.  She reported that their fundraising...

Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting:  March 21, 2016, 3:00 pm All Council members were present.  Just before the meeting, Mayor Kathy Moore took a few seconds to pass a home-framed series of three bobsled race snapshots to the Council Bobsled Team -- John Greene, Andy Morel, Andrew Zwicker, and Moore herself.  The final picture ...

After traveling the world as a competitive skier, two-time Olympian George Grey has come home to study at Selkirk College, launching a new chapter in his life. Grey, a 36-year-old retired cross-country ski racer, is in his third year of the Selkirk College Nursing Program. Growing up in Rossland, naturally outdoor pursuits ...

When a lunging dog knocked down and injured a Rossland Senior, City staff decided something had to be done, and have installed hitching posts for dogs in a variety of locations around town.   People can now tie their dogs up to do brief errands in town -- not for long-term stays -- in places where pedestrians will not be at...

The Selkirk College Saints captured their fourth straight British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) championship on Saturday night with a 2-1 victory over the Trinity Western University Spartans before a packed house at the Castlegar & District Recreation Complex. More than 800 hockey fans packed the Castlegar...

BlackJack skiers continue to excel.  At the Haywood 2016 Ski Nationals in Whitehorse, Yukon,   BlackJack's Remi Drolet won the Juvenile Boys  5km Classic, and  Chiaki Yamamoto placed second in the Junior Women's  5 km Classic. In a field of 63 racers in the Junior Girls 5 km Classic, Michaela Mclean came in 15th and Sage...

Funding is available to help organizations work with post-secondary students to undertake community-based research in the West Kootenay and Boundary regions. The annual TeckServ Internship, now in its sixth year, provides support for a Selkirk College student to engage in local community service through an applied research ...