Top flight curling action on display at Doug Bothamley Memorial Open Cash
In February 2016, the Nelson Curling Club plays host to one of the biggest tournaments of the season when the top male curlers in the province shoot for the Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men’s Curling Championship and a berth in the Tim Horton’s Brier. As a precursor, Nelson Curling Club entertains some of those vying […]
WK Community TEETH Clinic looking for public support to capture $50,000
WK Community TEETH Clinic is hoping the general public in the West Kootenay will find time to help the local organization in its bid to win $50,000. West Kootenay Community TEETH Clinic Society is one of five finalists being chosen for a video storytelling campaign. To view the video and vote, go to this website. “One of the...
Local Dancers at the Provincials
Four young dancers who qualified at the Kootenay Festival of the Arts went on to participate in the Provincial Festival of Performing Arts — known as “the Provincials” –last spring, in Powell River. Pictured here are (from front to back) Charlotte McKay, Sabrina Neufeld, Emilia Hoffman and Ava Jinjoe. Charlotte and Emilia hail from Rossland, […]
OP/ED: How Common Are Doctors' Errors?
“Most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetimes, sometimes with devastating consequences.” This statement is from a recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine. The article addresses a common problem in North American medical practice: wrong diagnoses, and inappropriate treatments based on wrong diagnoses. The article is by Dr. […]
A Climate Vigil in Rossland -- Outside the Library
A climate vigil is being organized outside the Rossland Public Library at 12:30 pm on Sunday, November 29 on the eve of the Paris UN climate summit by the West Kootenay EcoSociety Rossland team, in solidarity with the global community. Rosslanders will join people around the world to demand Canada does its fair share in...
Selections From the Past Four Years of 'Arc'
Why a retrospective? Believing as I do that history is of profound importance, I seek to discern the purposes and themes I have explored with constancy over the years of publishing this column. I hope by doing this to present a coherent statement of the issues and interests that have stirred current events in culture, […]
About That New Water Act: What We Still Need
Rossland had a fairly dry summer in 2015, with watering restrictions imposed in additon to our water metering. Now that rain has returned, our reservoirs are filling up again, and there is even enough water that snow-making operations are well under way on Red Mountain. We can all breathe a sigh of relief -- for now. This...
More Galleries Opening in Rossland for Rekindle the Spirit of Christmas
With 4 new art galleries/studios opening for Rekindle the Spirit of Christmas on December 5th in Rossland, the event is going to be an exciting day for artists and art patrons alike. Rekindle The Spirit of Christmas sees the official opening of the new Jenny Baillie and Louise Drescher studio and gallery space in downtown […]
Thinking About Paris: Roots of Terrorism
The next time any of us go out to a restaurant, to a sports event or to a music venue, will we be imagining what it would be like to be suddenly confronted by ISIL Jihadists shooting at us with machine guns? In all likelihood we will. And we should, because every Western nation involved in illegal wars and regime change ...
Up Those Bids! Silent Auction Ends November 30
The generosity and talent of local artists will help the Rossland Museum reach its fundraising goal for Phase 1 of its ambitious 6-year renewal project -- if enough people bid on these donated works of art. Many are on display at the Rossland branch of the Nelson & District Credit Union; you can see others at Salon...
