Greg Granstrom, the mayor of Rossland, was presented the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal on Feb. 13 by Coun. Tim Thatcher at the end of council's regular meeting. Granstrom said the medal, for which he was nominated by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), was an "honour" and a "nice recognition," but...

The Kootenay Carshare Cooperative (KCC) may open a Rossland branch thanks to Sustainability Commission (SC) efforts, but first there must be a clear signal of interest from the community. “Rossland is pretty much the ideal town for car sharing," said Alex Loeb, the SC carshare lead. "We’re asking interested businesses and...

Rossland Council's Feb. 25 meeting put a new animal bylaw in motion, heard an appeal from the museum, moved the farmers’ market back downtown, reset the Cook Ave. development, dove into a new recreation bursary program, and agreed to the possibility of a taxation increase to fund a reserve for the hospital in Trail. Public ...

Arena Season is officially only two more weeks – so if you haven’t enjoyed Public Skating or taken in a Hockey Game, don’t delay…..Spring is right around the corner!   Several Arena programs will also be ending within the next two weeks - the Senior’s Hockey ice time on Fridays from 9:30-10:45am has officially ended.  The...

People often come to me for help in treating auto-immune conditions, since there are very few pharmaceutical options that help and most of them have many side effects.  An auto-immune condition means the immune system is over-reacting against the bodies’ own proteins somewhere in the system.  There are more than eighty illnesses...

Warnings for caution in the Kootenay Boundary back country for snow enthusiasts are high this weekend. With a lot of variation in the snowpack around the region, the Canadian Avalanche Centre advises that wind and new snow have increased the avalanche danger considerably.   At the time of writing, 10-30 cm of snow overlies ...

As the once-per-decade review process for federal riding's comes to a close, including a hotly contested redistribution of the Southern Interior riding in which Rossland sits, the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission submitted their proposal to the House of Commons without any significant changes."The final configuration...

This weekend is your chance to catch up with some local athletes in the midst of a very promising alpine ski season for Red Mountain Racers. Red Mountain is hosting the TECK U14 & U16 zone GS event with 2 races on Saturday and 2 races on Sunday. You will have the opportunity to catch Jane Andison (U14) from Rossland in ...

Rossland council's regular meeting on Feb. 13 covered a lot of ground, from planning for the inevitable spring dog doo thaw, to the federal government's decision to change our electoral riding apparently, opponents say, to dye our orange with some blue. The lid's wide open for Pitch-In 2013 For several years, Coun. Jill Spearn...

Council's Feb. 13 meeting was marked by the 70-odd people who turned up to advocate for the continued funding of the Kootenay Columbia Trails Society, which triggered an idea by Coun. Cary Fisher that grabbed the rest of council. In other news, the city is now preparing for imminent 2013 budget discussions, a grant for...