Castlegar Social Planning Society presents: A Free Workshop – Friday, March 6, 2015 Knowing Which Way the Wind Blows: Using Community Indicators to guide Social Planning and Action   Learn about community indicators, explore key concepts, and gain an understanding of how to use indicators in community planning, decision-making...

BIRTH TO FIVE – WATCH ME THRIVE! ROSSLAND, BC– Every parent wants their child to be healthy and on track with growth and development.   From 9 am to 2:30pm on Monday, February 23, 2015 at the Rossland Summit School, the Family Action Network (FAN) will be hosting an Ages and Stages Day.  During the event, parents with children...

Locals outdoors clubs, including the British Columbia Wildlife Federation (BCWF) and the West Arm Outdoors Club (WAOC), are demanding urgent action by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO) as Kootenay Lake kokanee stocks continue to dwindle. The two groups together with the Balfour and District...

Treating Dry Coughs / Whooping cough / Pertussis: This is the time of year when I start seeing many folks in, young and old, for those upper respiratory infections accompanied by dry coughs.  I will go through the basic steps I use to eliminate the infection quickly and efficiently. The first step is including immune boosting...

A local bike shop was the site of a smash-and-grab early Wednesday (February 11) morning. Police were called at 3 a.m. of a smashed door of a bike shop at the 200 Block of Baker Street. Attending members viewed security video to discover a truck was used to smash open the door.  RCMP and NPD […]

Dear Readers, I am grateful to our webmaster for  restoring the functionality of the website.  Readers can now post letters and events once again.  So let us know what you think -- let the Rossland Telegraph regain its  "community forum" role! The problem was caused by an overload of spam, which caused the spam filter to...

Science Matters Vol. 17, No. 6 10 Feb 2015 Bees matter, so restricting neonics is the right thing to do By David Suzuki No matter how you feel about Ontario’s proposal to restrict use of neonicotinoid insecticides on corn and soybean crops, we can all agree: bees matter. But as important as bees are, there’s more at stake. ...

Rossland City  Council Meeting, February 10, 2015. All Council members were present, and before the meeting began, Mayor Kathy Moore announced a special honour for one of Rossland's Council members:  Marten Kruysse has been chosen for an " Award of Excellence" --  special recognition by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities...

The writing appears to be on the wall for 17 full-time equivalent employees at Kootenay Lake Hospital laundry services as Interior Health enters the next stage of a process that will determine the future of its laundry services. IH has started the process to seek Request for Solutions (RFS) from pre-qualified service providers...

The University of Saskatchewan’s Centre for the Study of Co-operatives is holding a community meeting for residents of Rossland and Warfield  on Tuesday, February 17th at 5:30 PM at the Warfield Community Hall to discuss our community  interests and needs, and possible solutions for addressing those needs. Pre-register before...