By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Northern leopard frogs aren’t the only endangered species at the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area (CVWMA). Adequate funding is also becoming scarce, thanks to a move by the BC government, placing the management of the 7,000 hectare wetlands, educational programs and interpretative...

On behalf of our small Golden City Days committee, I would like to thank Adrian and the Rossland Telegraph for helping promote our wonderful community weekend. It's great having an online newspaper in our community! Lisa Henderson...

Is it too early to talk about skiing? No, I didn’t think so. This is Rossland after all! Skiing is the heart and soul of the Mountain Kingdom for many, and I’m sure I could have written a column about skiing in the height of spring and it would have been well-received. Well, as everyone in town knows, local skiers are in for...

The 2014-2018 Financial Plan process has begun.  At this stage, City Staff recommended that Mayor Greg Granstrom appoint council members to committees, including Service Level Options, Community Development and Social Planning, and Recreation and Facilities.  It was also recommended that the Community Development and Social...

What’s goes into making a sidewalk?  Quite a bit of Council discussion, apparently, based on what happened at this week’s Council meeting. A lengthy discussion centred around the application for a variance permit concerning a stretch of Redstone Drive from the Wagon Road to the clubhouse access road.  The applicant requested...

Another chapter was written in the ongoing saga of the proposed zoning amendment to the former Cook Avenue School site this week.  During Tuesday’s regular meeting of council, there was a request for decision concerning the public hearing that was held on September 23rd.  City Staff recommended that Council direct Staff to ...

Members of the community gathered at the museum on Tuesday for an open house and public presentation by Donald Luxton.  Luxton and his team, Donald Luxton & Associates, have been working with the Rossland Museum Gateway Project Advisory Committee since August to come up with ways to revitalize the site and reassert the ...

A couple who have lost everything in a mobile home fire Tuesday (October 15) are feeling further victimized by accounts (including one in The Source https://castlegarsource.com/news/trailer-fire-genelle-not-suspicious-26813#.Ul82PRDRUik) of two local men saving them from the fire. Ron, 74, and Joy, 68, Roshinsky say that's...

Rossland’s co-working space is getting a facelift thanks to generous support from the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT). New furniture will help create a unique atmosphere for small businesses, startups and community groups to work, share and collaborate. Previously on the second floor of the “Old Bank of Montreal building,” the HUB...

The Rossland Seniors Hall has lots of great activities running through the week!  On Mondays at 1:30pm the Rossland Seniors Art Club meets.  Contact Edith Harasin at 250-362-5477 for more information.   On Monday evenings, the Rossland Quilters Guild gets together at 7:00pm.  Contact Deyanne Davies at 250-362-7727 for more ...