Council Wants Your Views: Letter from the Mayor
Hello Rosslanders! Council invites you to share your thoughts on the City of Rossland’s spending for 2015. We have a challenge and we want your help. Council is working with Thoughtexchange as an innovative way to get public engagement. Follow this link to share your thoughts about our financial plan:...
Out with the old: Nelson Commons begins
It won’t take long to bring down the old building. But it will take longer to put up a new one. And Nelson residents Lena and Marty Horswill can hardly wait. The retired couple bought a two bedroom condo in the Nelson Commons, a 54 unit retail/residential complex that came one step closer to reality this week, when the first...
Trading Away Environmental Rights
Science Matters Vol. 17, No. 4 27 Jan 2015 By David Suzuki In 1997, Canada restricted import and transfer of the gasoline additive MMT because it was a suspected neurotoxin that had already been banned in Europe. Ethyl Corp., the U.S. multinational that supplied the chemical, sued the government for $350 million under the...
You Asked For It -- MONSTERS at the Charles Bailey Theatre
Survey results indicated that Greater Trail patrons of the arts want MORE THEATRE programming and so, on Sunday February 8, audiences can see not one, but two of Toronto’s Monster Theatre Productions at The Charles Bailey Theatre. First, in the afternoon on the main stage, we present The Little Prince where children aged...
Ski to Fight Cancer: "Slopes for Hope"
Take it to the slopes and help the Canadian Cancer Society fight back against cancer at the 3rd Annual Slopes for Hope Red Mountain on February 22. Slopes for Hope Red is a family friendly ski-a-thon in which participants attempt to ski or board the vertical distance of Mount Everest in one day (29,029 feet). Participants ...
Rossland Gets a New Zone; Some "In Camera" Info Released
Rossland City Council meeting, January 26, 2015 Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Lloyd McLellan, John Greene, Andrew Zwicker, Marten Kruysse, and Aaron Cosbey. Councillor Andy Morel came in slightly late, and Aaron Cosbey left for a brief interval. No one appeared for Public Input Period, and there were no...
PODCAST: How Nelson's Mandala Home's founders embodied their way of life into their company
The You can do that here! podcast is produced by Andrew Zwicker of AZcreative for the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology. The podcast is a weekly series of 30 minute conversations with some of the most innovative and successful entrepreneurs in the Kootenays. They say the best way to learn is to learn from the ...
Science Offerings Increased at Selkirk College
The return of second year sciences at Selkirk College helps open doors to students interested in a variety of educational pathways. Students looking for careers in medicine, pharmacy, laboratory research, dentistry, education and more can now get a two year start in Selkirk College’s School of University Arts & Sciences (UAS). “A student who is […]
Local environmental groups have mixed opinions on wolf cull
Local environmental groups are at odds over the province’s recent decision to cull nearly 200 wolves in the region, in an effort to save a herd of endangered mountain caribou. The province announced plans last week to cull up to 184 wolves in an “immediate action” to protect the South Selkirk mountain caribou herd, which has...
Castlegar RCMP apprehend trio following crime spree
A trio of men are facing a laundry list of charges following a crime spree in Castlegar late last week. RCMP Sgt Laurel Mathew said in total the three adult males, Leonard John Huychebaert, Andrew Genner Pike and Gregory Alan Smith area are facing a total of 16 charges including theft under $5,000, possession of property...