With less than 2 weeks until the lights go down and the curtain goes up, the Teck Rossland Mountain Film Festival program is confirmed and promises an exciting variety of local and international films from November 13 - 17. This annual celebration of film and mountain culture in Rossland offers a slew of events for festival-goers,...

Aaron Cosbey has objected to the unceremonious removal of Planner Mike Maturo from City Hall.  Was Mr. Maturo’s termination done properly?  The short answer is no, it wasn’t, but not for the reasons suggested by Mr. Cosbey.  I can’t agree with Mr. Cosbey’s lavish assessment of Mr. Maturo’s accomplishments and contributions ...

There were cars and people filling the parking lot of the Prestige Inn Lakeside Resort Wednesday. The beehive of activity wasn't because of a convention but the first flu shot clinic of the season as close to 1,000 people were expected to roll up the shirt sleeve and get poked by an Interior Health nurse. IHA staff said there...

Note that since this story was submitted, the problem has been solved. According to an email from Kathy Moore, "when I sent my press release out about the West Kootenay Friends of Refugees needing a house for the Burmese family I was worried and daunted by the task of finding a rental in Rossland heading into ski season....

What would Rossland’s longest running history column be without a piece on the most famous Rosslander ever? It would surely be much more desirable than this week’s plan B of mine, which was a history of Rossland’s longest running history column. That would be exciting - not. So I decided to provide my readers young and old,...

Rossland Youth Action Network Rossland has a new Youth Coordinator who’s putting together some awesome fun for the community’s kids!  Mike Kent is working at creating opportunities around a Parkour Club, Art workshops, dances, movie nights and more!  Check out the Facebook page and “like” it to receive updates and information. ...

To The Editor In late September, at a Council meeting packed with public wanting to talk about Cooke Ave. rezoning and broadband, Council noted its in-camera decision at meeting two weeks earlier in which they voted not to renew the contract of the City’s Manager of Planning, Mike Maturo.   Maybe it’s that there was so much...

The Rossland HIstorical Museum may be closed for the season, but that doesn't mean that there hasn't been things happening there.   Recently, the Museum partnered with the Rossland Heritage Commission to present the third and final instalment of our historical lecture series, "War, Murder and Graves:  Stories and Legends of...

BC Southern Interior NDP MP, Alex Atamanenko recently announced that he will not be seeking re-election in the next federal election, so the race will soon be on to find a successor to tackle what could be a tough race under new electoral boundaries. Atamanenko, 68, said he decided not to run in the next election scheduled ...

The West Kootenay experienced the fourth driest October on record said Ron Lakeman, Weather Forecaster 
for the Southeast Fire Centre. “This was one of the driest Octobers — fourth driest on record,” Lakeman said. “The monthly total amount of precipitation (all rain) was only 7.4 millimetres.  Other notably dry Octobers were...