Before the 2015 federal election, local communities entered into an agreement to try to improve voter participation, and called it the "Community Voters' Challenge."   Whichever community  most improved its percentage of eligible voters who actually voted in the election would be declared the winner. Rossland won the challenge...

There was plenty of precipitation, but not much accumulation of snow at the higher elevations said Ron Lakeman, Weather Forecaster for the Southeast Fire Centre in his monthly weather release. "As is typical of a late winter-spring El Nino, March of 2016 was mild and very wet,'' Lakeman said. "The mean monthly temperature was...

Team BC's run at the 2016 Canadian Senior Men’s Curling Championships in Digby, Nova Scotia ended Saturday morning with a 6-5 loss to Bryan Cochrane of Team Ontario during semi final action. Team BC lost a chance to finish in the medals after dropping a 7-5 decision to Alan O'Leary of Team Nova Scotia in the Bronze Medal...

In 2015, Kimberley netminder Tyson Brouwer was "All World" in backstopping the Nitros to the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League championship. This year is was Zane Steeves turn to lead his 100 Mile House Wranglers to the top of the KIJHL. Steeves turned aside 40 of 41 shots to lead the Wranglers to a 2-1 victory over...

The City of Rossland has announced the identity of its new Chief Administrative Officer:  Brian Teasdale, who comes to us all the way from Montrose.   The City's press release states, Mr. Teasdale comes highly recommended to his new role and has years of experience in local government. He has been the Chief Administrative...

 Seven Summits Centre for Learning  Will Take a New Form Rossland's innovative approach to maintaining K-12 education in Rossland is about to shift into a new phase, with a new form -- but what that form will be is not yet decided.  The new form is necessary because the provincial government has decided that it can no longer...

Editor's Note:  It's that time again.  If one hasn't already filed an income tax return, maybe the information below from the Canada Revenue Agency  will be helpful.  Or not.  Some of us dinosaurs prefer filing returns on actual paper -- which came in handy that year when large numbers of e-files were hacked.  But we're pretty...

On Saturday, April 9 youth will get a chance to learn the art of Claymation at a workshop presented by Rossland Council for Arts and Culture (RCAC) and the Rossland Youth Action Network (YAN). The workshop will be taught by Shelley Painter and will take place at the YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. in Rossland, from 1:00pm-5:00pm....

Time is running out for local writers wishing feedback on their writing from well-known authors Sharon Butala and J. Edward Chamberlin, who will be participating in the 3rd Convergence Writers’ Weekend in Silverton, B.C., May 13-14. Participants wishing to participate in writing workshops with Butala and Chamberlin during the...

Dear Editor, This week, all School District #20 employees received an email from our superintendent delineating another example of our government manipulating funding formulas to extract every possible penny from Boards of Education. Our School District's 2016/2017 projected budget deficit increased from $650,000 to $950,000...