LETTER: Speaking up for sustainability
To the Mayor and Councillors: I am extremely disappointed to learn of the recommended cuts to the Sustainability Commission, and strongly urge you to revise your budget plans for 2013. The Sustainability Commission is the hub of several community groups in Rossland, and is integral to the vision so many of us have of Rossland...
Sports, sports, sports this week!
There is a Level 1 Soccer Coaching Course coming up on Thursday, May 9th from 6pm to 9pm at RSS. The course theory will be taught in the Library Lab, and practical skills will be taught in the gym. This course is free for anyone interested in learning the fundamentals of soccer and focuses on the U6 age group – teaching...
Sustainability Commission funding in flames as museum budget nearly doubles for 2013
Funding to community groups was cut by four per cent (about $14,000) relative to 2012 levels overall at Wednesday evening's committee of the whole (COW), with the Sustainability Commission taking the main hit as funding for the SC manager disappeared—ostensibly to bring the role "in house" to the city—while the city granted...
Swathes of community support scythed in the 2013 budget
The Chamber of Commerce, Tourism Rossland, the Rossland Pool Society , and the Neighbourhoods of Learning committee were all cut by five per cent relative to 2012 funding during council’s Wednesday evening committee-of-the-whole (COW), for a total expenditure of $107,540—about $5660 less than 2012. Please note: all council ...
Star Gulch swimming hole dream deferred to 2014 or beyond
Facing hard budgetary constraints, council decided at Wednesday evening's committee-of-the-whole (COW) to defer a study on the potential conversion of the Star Gulch Reservoir beside Centennial Trail into a community swimming hole until at least 2014. With the massive increase in the city's water supply afforded by the...
Neighbourhoods of Learning Committee faces an imminent end to city funds
Council will maintain funding to the Neighbourhoods of Learning Committee (NOL) for 2013, but that may be it for city funds as the municipality faces budget constraints and council begins to reconsider its educational role in a post-K-12 Rossland. Coun. Jill Spearn, an elementary school teacher and council's representative ...
Community groups take the hit after millions in Columbia-Washington overruns
CAO Cecile Arnott confirmed to council at Wednesday's committee-of-the-whole (COW) that the Columbia-Washington upgrades have cost the city on the order of $6 million, about $1.4 million more than was originally budgeted. The final project cost is still under dispute as negotiations with the contractor continue. On top of...
COMMENT: Kumar Sues City
Victor Kumar, former CAO for the City of Rossland, is suing the City in Small Claims Court. Can you believe the audacity? After some of the things he did while employed as the CAO and the mess he left behind that will likely take years to correct--now this! In a Notice of Claim filed in the Rossland Court House on April 9,...
What to do with a bag of slag? Let KAST help you figure that out...
Over the past couple of decades successful companies and entrepreneurs have grown out of opportunities in the local metals, materials and Teck supply chain. One of the most well-known is Firebird Technologies who picked up on a niche opportunity and grew it from an incubation center in East Trail, to being purchased by 5N. ...
Pulsar Mutt Strut--this Saturday!
HEART dog rescue is celebrating its second year in existence with its Mutt Strut fundraiser on Saturday, May 4th at Birchbank picnic grounds. Dogs of all shapes and sizes are welcome to come out and strut for the title of Kootenay’s Cutest. The ever-popular obedience and fetching competitions are back this year as well. HEART...
