Rossland Interact Club Golf Fundraiser
The Rossland Interact club is organizing a nine hole golf tournament at Redstone Resort on Friday May 10th. The tournament will raise money for the Friends of Burma project. The Friends of Burma are a group that are bringing two refugee families from Burma to Rossland and will support them for a year as they become accustomed...
Play hockey with Trevor Linden!
Win a chance to play floor hockey with TREVOR LINDEN! This exciting contest is part of the “Let’s Go Green To Keep Our Kootenays Clean” Kid’s Poster Contest. To enter, pickup up an entrance poster at the Trail, Castlegar or Nelson Recreation Centers and create a unique poster that explains what YOU can do to help keep our...
U19 Fim Fest set to roll this weekend...
Columbia Power is a sponsor of this year’s U19 Film Festival, taking place Saturday, April 27 at 6 pm at the Royal Theatre in Trail. Organized each year by the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture, the U19 Film Festival showcases short films by young (under 19 years) filmmakers in the West Kootenay. Categories include drama,...
COUNCIL MISCELLANY: More weight on municipal shoulders as towns hoist massive regional tax increase
"Downloading" was a hot topic at council on Monday evening as councillors lamented a large increase in the regional tax burden that will be foisted on residents when their property tax bills arrive this year. Coun. Jill Spearn started things off, asking Coun. Kathy Wallace for her comments on the hospital requisition of...
Council begins budget planning, and not a moment too soon
CAO Cecile Arnott brought her preliminary budget presentation to council's committee-of-the-whole (COW) on Tuesday afternoon, offering councillors a first taste of what the 2013 financial plan might look like when it gets passed before the May 15 filing deadline. The next budget COW meeting has been scheduled for May 1 at...
COMMENT and ANALYSIS: The Final Word on Rossland's Budge the Budget DemocracySTORM
Well, Rossland, it's been a while coming: the final outcome of the "DemocracySTORM" on ways YOU felt our city should budge its budget. We asked three questions: 1) What should the City of Rossland spend MORE money on? 2) What should the City of Rossland spend LESS money on? 3) What other key points should council consider...
Rossland offers school district a deal to maintain K-12 in the community
Council was divided 4-3 last week in their decision to offer School District No. 20 (SD20) $140,000 per year for three years in exchange for K-12 and respite from the threat of school closures for at least five years—but SD20 hasn't indicated it will bite, and any deal with the school district will be put to a referendum...
Local dancer heading to Alberta Ballet’s Summer School
Marit Kassels, age 9, will attend the Professional Division Summer School at Alberta Ballet after auditioning this past winter. Marit lives in Salmo, and travels to Rossland four days a week to dance with Renee Salsiccioli of Kootenay Danceworks. Marit has been dancing with Kootenay Danceworks since she was six, so for...
Tennis anyone? Or babysitting? Or First Aid? Or...?
There are a couple updates for REC programs whose dates have changed since the Spring Brochure was printed. We try to ensure that all last minute information, changes and updates are posted on the City’s website, at www.rossland.ca. Look for the Recreation Department’s “Program Guide” – that’s where we’ll post any updates. ...
Comedian Matt Billon brings laughter to Rossland for Finding Mika’s Voice
I cried with laughter the first time I met Matt Billon last year at a Castlegar show. It felt so good to laugh out loud! I realized then that in my quest for peace, I spent too much time over-analyzing and not enough time laughing! That show kicked off a great year for me, a year of transformations, learning and hard work. ...
