Union negotiators and the National Executive Board spent the last few days, and nights, reviewing the Employer’s last offers and preparing responses to issues in the offers and issues important to the Union that the Employer failed to acknowledge. On Sunday, the third day of a nationwide overtime ban, the parties met with Federal Mediation […]

We have many, many black bears in and around Rossland. Grizzlies are far less plentiful across BC, but we occasionally see a grizzly in or around Rossland. From a distance, remember the differences between a black bear and a grizzly bear by the indicators of: hump and rump and then the nose. Don’t rely on […]

A new Pope and an old question: must politics reject religion? The pursuit of politics is religion, morality, and poetry all in one.  — Madame de Stael Being Human, being spiritual, being political My last column was a rambling examination of democracy, because Canada was going through a federal election. Now we have a new […]

By Alina Konevski A discussion on permissive tax exemptions, the costs of recreation facilities, concern about supporting an American artist, and a failed motion to reduce departmental budgets – all this and more in a what promised to be a fairly quiet meeting agenda.   PRESENT: Council: Mayor Andy Morel and Councillors Stewart Spooner, Craig Humpherys, […]

It’s tragic and frightening that we’ve reached a point where “geoengineering” is proposed as necessary to slow or reverse global heating. Many refer to it as an “emergency brake” or “last ditch effort.” The real solution is to stop extracting and burning fossil fuels and to protect and restore natural ecosystems — something we should […]

The Lower Columbia Affordable Housing Society is pleased to announce their new affordable 31- unit housing project in Fruitvale, Blizzard Mountain Place, is now accepting applications for tenancy through the BC Housing Registry. Blizzard Mountain Place will provide affordable rental housing for low to moderate income households with limited assets (not including registered funds like […]

Question: With all the power outages in the past few weeks there have been a lot of intersections where traffic lights are out. Would you please remind everyone of the 4-way stop procedure that it seems most have forgotten or never learned. Oddly enough, this seems to be a difficult task for many drivers. Perhaps […]

On Saturday, May 18, at 7:52 a.m., a frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer responded to two horses wandering along Highway 22A near the Patterson Border Crossing, in Rossland,, according to RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. “The officer located the two horses who were grazing in the ditch on the side of the highway. The […]

On Sunday, May 18, at 11:38 a.m., a frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer received a report of a break, enter, and theft that occurred at the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre located in the 1000 block of Highway 3B, in Rossland, according to RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. He said items included a laser […]

Update: This matter is still under investigation by the Trail RCMP. Trail RCMP officers are looking to identify a second suspect, a third individual, and the vehicle believed to be involved in this incident. The vehicle used during the incident is described as a dark coloured truck with a canopy and a loud exhaust. The […]