THANK YOU, Rossland Rotary and the Nelson and District Credit Union!
Two donations of $10,000 each -- one from the Rossland Rotary Club, and one from the Nelson and District Credit Union -- boost hopes for the Rossland Skatepark Association (RSA). RSA has a plan, and a site, but needs more dollars to begin construction before the City's deadline expires. The completed skatepark will be a ...
Love Snow? Climate Change Bites
The 2014 Haywood NORAM was a success largely thanks to the work of volunteers who ensured that there enough snow on the track ... by shovelling it. You can watch video footage of the event, some of it shot from a drone, on YouTube. I'm not saying we have never before had low-snow years, or late-snow years. Rossland has had...
Soon to be completed Waneta Expansion Project
The annual Christmas tree is lit for the holiday season at the Waneta Expansion Project site. This is the last Christmas that will see construction on the project which is slated for completion in 2015. The $900 million Waneta Expansion Project, located next to the Waneta Dam south of Trail, will see the addition of a second...
Provincial Court Judge agrees charges can proceed in Lemon Creek fuel spill case
Slocan Valley resident Marilyn Burgoon is pleased with a ruling by Judge Mayland McKimm that allows the BC Government and Executive Flight Centre Fuel Services Ltd. to face charges in relation to the Lemon Creek fuel spill. In a media release, Burgoon said, “This is a very important victory for democracy.” Burgoon took up ...
Crumbling Pipes and a Cash Crunch!
Rossland City Council -- Committee-of-the-Whole meeting, December 15, 2014 Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Aaron Cosbey, Andrew Zwicker, Andy Morel, John Greene, and Lloyd McLellan. Regrets: Marten Kruysse, not yet returned from travels. This meeting was primarily an information session for Council, with Manager...
Nelson's Ross Steed turns to fundraising to help in his fight against chronic Lyme disease
The family of a 55-year-old Nelson man has taken to a fundraising website to raise money to help in the fight against chronic Lyme disease. For the past five years, Ross Steed has endured a level of pain and discomfort on a day-to-day basis that is beyond what most people could ever imagine. However, chronic Lyme disease is...
Council deals with all sorts of snow-related crises: snow for Winter Carnival, powder for the NorAm forced up to Biathalon in absence of snow below...
Regular Meeting of Rossland City Council, held December 8, 2014 The public portion of this meeting, starting at 6:00 PM, was preceded by an in camera session which started at 5:00 PM, under Community Charter S. 90.1(c) -- Labour Relations -- and (e) -- Acquisition, Disposition or Expropriation of Land or Improvements. Council...
UPDATED: Missing skier found
There's a happy ending in the searcg for missing backcountry skier Edward Perello. RCMP Staff Sgt. Leanne Tuchscherer has confirmed that, as of 11:15 a.m. Search and Rescue have located the 47-yer-old Ymir resident. "Perello is being extracted from his location and willl be taken to a waiting ambulance," Sgt. Tuchscherer in...
Rossland Arena – available ice times this week
Looking to rent ice for a game of hockey or a birthday party or special event? The Rossland Arena has ice available on the following dates and times: Monday, 4:45pm-5:45pm Wednesday, 9:45-11:00pm Thursday, 9:45-11:00pm Friday, 8:30-11:00pm Saturday, 5:00-7:15pm and 9:00-11:00pm The Lounge is often available at the same ...
E2=Experiments in Entertainment
The Charles Bailey Theatre is pleased to announce something completely different coming to a theatre near you. E2 or Experiments in Entertainment is a test lab for performance genres that is intimate, unique and slightly off-beat. We are creating a cultural scene in the Muriel Griffiths Room at The Charles Bailey that gets ...
