The doors opened to a new era of post-secondary learning 50 years ago when Selkirk College welcomed students seeking a brighter future from across the West Kootenay and Boundary region. When the residents of six school districts — Trail, Nelson, Castlegar, Slocan, Grand Forks and Arrow Lakes — voted in a referendum on February...

On Friday, September 9, Rossland City  Council met at 8:00 am to begin reviewing Rossland's Strategic Plan.  Last autumn, in September and October, Council brainstormed, and sought input from staff, then went public to gather information.  They also looked at economic and global trends, and surveyed local businesses.  After...

Golden City Days enjoyed beautiful weather.  Happy crowds lined Columbia Avenue to watch as the parade marched in sunshine, crowds flooded into the Rossland Arena for the Fall Fair and enjoyed refreshements at the various food booths around town, music boomed from the stage set up in Sourdough Alley, and at 2:30 pm more crowds...

The four-time defending British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) champion Selkirk College Saints have arrived back to the rink and will kick off their exhibition season on September 23. The Selkirk College hockey team is currently in training camp and will get their first taste of action against rival Eastern ...

The City of Kimberley and the United Steelworkers Local I-405 ratified a four-year collective agreement. The tentative settlement was previously agreed to on August 29th and replaces the previous contract that expired on February 29th, 2016. “We are very pleased to have this new contract in place," said Mayor Don McCormick,...

Apples, pears, plums!  Everyone who wants to pick fruit from trees growing on public land is invited to meet up at L'ecole des Sept-Sommets -- formerly Maclean Elementary School -- at 10:00 am on Saturday, September 17.  Groups can then spread out around town to find fruit on public land and harvest it. The "press" part of ...

Update:   The game at the Rossland Arena on Sunday night raised money for Dax, a baby with nueroblastoma.  Players for the two teams were chosen by lot -- names of all the volunteer players were picked from a hat to make up the "White" and "Black" teams.  And then they battled it out. The battle resulted in two injuries.  One...

COPS FOR KIDS is a charitable organization that raises funds to assist children "who have suffered a medical, physical or traumatic crisis in their young lives."  One of the fundraising and awareness-raising events is a 10-day bicycle tour around south-eastern BC.   This year, the ride  starts in Kelowna on Friday, September...

Rossland City Council Regular Meeting, September 6, 2016 Present:  Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Lloyd McLellan, Aaron Cosbey, John Greene, Marten Kruysse, Andrew Zwicker.  Absent:  Andy Morel No one contributed any comments for Public Input Period. Recommendations from Staff for Decision: 1.         A motion that Council...

A lot has changed since Milt and Donna Goddard purchased a small cottage at 10-mile on the North Shore back in 1962. From travelling highway with fewer twists and turns to residences that have shot up to occupy the tinniest of spots on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake waterfront, the Goddard’s have seen it […]