There's definitely someone in the weather center that likes the Nelson Road Kings Queen City Cruise weekend. Why else would blue skies appear during the weekend of the annual car show. Once again the weather was perfect, entrants filled the streets and car lovers filled the streets for the annual car show. " We had just over...

The Southeast Fire Centre said sustained and persistent work by firefighters, cooler temperatures and significant precipitation have reduced wildfire activity in many areas of the district. "The fire danger rating in most of the northern part of the Southeast Fire Centre’s jurisdiction is now “very low”, while most of the...

The municipalities of Trail, Rossland and Warfield, who are all members to the East End Regional Sewer Service, have now provided formal support for a resolution that could potentially result in the Pipeline/Pedestrian Bridge project proceeding this year.  Trail Council was previously forced to reject all tenders it received...

The Road Kings car club is hosting the annual Queen’s City Cruise this weekend, with up to 400 cars expected to participate in the show. Vehicles from all over Western Canada and the United States will be parked on Baker Street, and hot rod aficionados from areas as far as California will be making the trip to show off their...

The dream of a world class skatepark in Rossland could be close to becoming a reality.  After last December’s fundraising push when over $61,000 was raised in a single month, the Rossland Skatepark Association announced their intent to build the park in 2016. The RSA has been working away on all of the details, from tweaks ...

This is the second set of five questions for our candidates, and their answers.  A third set will appear later.  For this set, I have included both candidates' answers in one article.  To choose the order in which their answers  appeared, I went with alphabetical order based on their last names.  As explained in an earlier ...

The focus on deficits in the federal election campaign, triggered by one political party’s call for a major infrastructure program to be financed over a three year term by way of deficits, highlights the mindless state of our politics. The proposal is to spend money in excess of what is collected by taxation, royalties, and...

By Jan Micklethwaite On Wednesday, Aug. 25th, Ruta Zakarias and her two sons Eyobed and Yonathan arrived at the Castlegar airport from Cairo, where they have been living for a year and a half.  On hand to greet the family were Jill Peacock, Jan Micklethwaite, Dave Cornelius and mayor Kathy Moore, members of West Kootenay...

Nelson Search and Rescue (NSAR) and Balfour Fire Rescue were called to rescue a woman in her mid 20s after the female experienced a fall on an old growth recreation trail near Gibson Lake Sunday afternoon. Chris Armstrong of NSAR said in a media release, the two search crews were called into action at 2:30 p.m. Sunday after...

With the first year of our new Rossland City Council quickly coming to a close, Council is entering into a three-year strategic planning session. Our goal is to identify our list of priorities for 2016-2018 that will help us be a viable, well-governed and well-managed city, which is Council’s strategic goal for the next three...