Grade 10 student Sally Turnbull is dancing in the Ballet category at the Performing Arts BC Provincial Festival in Chilliwack this week, (May 26-30) after being selected by an adjudicator at the Kamloops festival.  “I’m a little nervous, but mostly excited to be here” said Sally, from her hotel in Chilliwack. Sally will be ...

The Lower Columbia Initiatives Corporation - Business and Retention project has confirmed that businesses in the Lower Columbia Region are planning to invest $60 Million over a three year period. In partnership with the Rural Development Institute, KAST, The Skills Centre and Columbia Basin Trust, the Lower Columbia Initiatives...

Toronto burlesque star Sasha Van Bon Bon of The Scandelles brings her peerless form of cabaret to Rossland for one night only. “I am thrilled to be performing in Rossland,” says Van Bon Bon. “With its rich history of mining and ensuing brothel culture, it is an honour for a burlesque artist to make a pilgrimage back to such...

The Rossland Time Capsule Project officially launches this week with the state-of-the-art capsule in the hands of project coordinator, Ryan McGill. McGill first introduced the idea for the project with council in February of this year and has developed a task force of the Library, Chamber of Commerce and other community members...

Thanks in large part to our grossly overpaid, and often absent, CAO and our unaware and uninformed council, this year’s budget preparation process was probably the most dysfunctional the City of Rossland has ever experienced. It is very difficult to determine exactly what is going on because there is a distinct lack of detailed...

Are you jaded yet? When you pick up a box at the store and read "natural," does that roll-the-eyes impulse tickle your oculomotor nerves? Sure does mine, a right twitch. "Natural" hardly means natural anymore, just like "free range" seems to allow, "We left the door open to their patch of poor pasture," and "organic" means,...

"We have a vision," said Marty Unger of the Rossland Radio Coop who has taken the reins along with new RRC president Austin Delaye since founder Marty Cancilla blew this pop stand for a three year stint in New Zealand.  "We have the ideas about what we want to do," Unger said, "but the only way we can achieve our vision is ...

The last Babysitters Course before Summer is running this Saturday, May 25th 9am-4pm at the Rossland Arena Lounge.    If your child is interested in babysitting this summer, this is a great course to prepare them for that responsibility.  The eight hour course covers eight topics, including; responsibilities, child development,...

Rossland Broadband Task Force   Greetings!   Hello from the Rossland Broadband Task Force Rossland City Council is considering a partnership with the Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation (CBBC), a division of Columbia Basin Trust, to bring an extension of CBBC's "open access network" to Rossland.  The Mayor of Rossland has ...

The Broadband Task Force reported to council on Monday evening that broadband Internet holds great promise for Rossland's future competitiveness, but council must act before May 28 to proceed with the plan. Amber Hayes and Brian Fry presented the task force’s in-depth analysis of broadband and its implications for the City ...