BCTF president sends teachers back to picket lines beginning this week
Get ready for another round of labour action as British Columbia Teachers' Federation president Jim Iker told teachers Sunday at the annual summer leadership conference rotating pickets going up beginning Vancouver, Langley and Kamloops. The BCTF president announced the picket schedule at the union's summer leadership conference...
Open fire ban still in effect in Southeast Fire Centre
Despite the rains cooler temperatures that have blanketed the Kootenays during the past few weeks, the Southeast Fire Centre want to warn the public that open fires remain prohibited throughout the Fire Centre. The Southeast Fire Centre said in a media release the region receives the least amount of precipitation in the months...
Outhouse Races ready to roll
If you want Rosslander Mike Williams, he's likely on the can. The chainsaw carver is busy building a fourth outhouse rickshaw to roll out next month in the Golden City Days’ Outhouse Races held Sept. 6. His team of retired firefighters intend to wipe out the competition and are calling on the Rossland Fire Department for a ...
Trail's Ximena Abresch claims women's Canadian Cheese Rolling title
Don’t look now but there’s another champion for the Home of Champions — and the newest recipient doesn’t play hockey. Twenty-year-old Ximena Abresch of Trail was crowned the Women’s Champion at the Canadian Cheese Rolling Festival Saturday in Whistler. Abresch, a student at University of BC, took home an 11-pound wheel of...
Lifeguard camp tomorow AND Golden City Days approach....
Junior Lifeguard Camp – Sunday, August 17 Does Lifeguarding interest your child? The Rossland Pool Staff is hosting a mini camp for Youth ages 7+ who are interested in learning lifeguard skills in a fun and active way. Your child will learn independence in the water, basic first aid skills and water safety skills – important...
LETTER: Greetings from Texas--the state of the new hotel at Red
To the Residents of Rossland, My name is Spencer Clements and I am the President of William Cole Companies. For the past several months we have been investing in the hotel at RED Mountain design development and project team. We have assembled a world-class group of architects, consultants and operators. Our intention is for...
OCP Amended, old Cook Avenue School site re-zoned, and no raise for councllors
Monday, August 11, 2014: Two public hearings and a regular council meeting. Present: Mayor Greg Granstrom, and Council members Kathy Moore, Tim Thatcher, Jody Blomme, and Cary Fisher. Public Hearing: Official Community Plan Amendment to delete the prohibition against providing water for snowmaking. Fletcher Quince stated that...
Putting the Carbon Tax to Better Use
“There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.” – John F. Kennedy A vast majority of you love the carbon tax; your federal and provincial governments don’t. And ideas abound about its use and abuse. Metro Vancouver mayors have proposed a...
Slocan Park wildfire evacuation alert remains in place
The Slocan Park wildfire in the Slocan Valley continues to be one of the higher priority fires in the province Fire Information Officer Noelle Kekula told The Nelson Daily Thursday. “We're not out of the woods yet on this fire so the evacuation alert remains in affect,” Kekula said. “You can see the fire from the (Slocan Park)...
Naughty Knickers Night Ain't No Oklahoma
Let me just say that I am the proud mother of a thespian and watching her dressed in some kind of Beyoncé garb, bumping and grinding on the stage with another thespian challenges my prudish Victorian hangover. John Han, musical director/stage manager/bump and grinder of the Gold Fever Follies meekly apologizes for the naughty...
