This year warmer weather has come much sooner than usual, so, working towards being slightly alkaline will prepare you for a spring cleanse and minimize seasonal allergies.  So, BEFORE your allergies start, prevent them by being alkaline!  Alkalinity & acidity is based on the essential metabolic processes...

The dry winter has the Southeast Fire Centre asking the public to exercise caution with any outdoor burning activities. The favour is due to an increased wildfire risk in the region. "The Southeast Fire Centre is experiencing unseasonably mild temperatures, spring-like conditions and low relative humidity," Jordan Turner,...

Environment Minister Mary Polak has announced that the West Arm Provincial Park is one of six BC parks to be expanded under Bill 8 which was introduced on March 2. The park will gain 1,219 hectares on the south eastern edge directly behind Ymir peak. The land is owned by the Crown, which  acquired two parcels of land totaling...

The Week in REC! Public Skating for the weeks of March 2-13, 2015 All the Public Skating information, including admission prices, skate rentals and more can be viewed on the front page of the Winter Brochure and also on the City’s website, at www.rossland.ca, Arena.                                                  Sunday,...

Mark your calendars for the Public Meeting on Sunday, April 12. As many of us know, this year Rossland City Council tried a new approach to getting citizen input on budget priorities.  They went on-line with an exercise done in collaboration with Rossland's own Thoughtexchange company to gather ideas and opinions from Rossland...

Contemplating two forms of violence:  physical and emotional Have you ever spanked or swatted your child (or been tempted to)?  Were you ever spanked (or worse) as a child?  In Canada, S. 43 of the Criminal Code protects the right of a parent or teacher to use "force by way of correction".   That section is commonly known as...

Rossland Debate students joined  JL Crowe, Stanley Humphries, Kinnaird, Trafalgar and LV Rogers to attend the Law Foundation Cup Provincial Debate Tournament that was held on Feb. 27 and Feb. 28, in Vancouver at St. George’s School.  The Rossland Summit School members included Scarlet Guy and Brian Chan, and the Seven Summits...

“Education should form the Character.”      -- John Dewey “When The People are taught what is best, then they can rule themselves.”                                                                    -- Thomas Paine By Charles Jeanes Good lessons make good people If there is one thing that characterizes the passage from a...

It's income tax time!    The  Trail & Greater District RCMP Crime Prevention Office is advising people to be on the watch for tax-related Phishing Scams. Watch out for identity theft: Never open or download attachments included with messages claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Typically, these messages ...

Thanks to a strong upper ridge near the BC coast that diverted the Pacific storm track to the far north of the area most days, February — for the most part — was a great month weather wise said Jesse Ellis Fire Weather Forecaster for the Southeast Fire Centre in Castlegar. “The exception being the […]