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In go the storm lines, out go the sidewalks

The sewer, water and storm main lines are completed on Columbia Ave. Now water, sewer and storm lines will be tied to the businesses, under the existing sidewalk, along the north side of Columbia. This will be completed as sidewalk removal is done. The sidewalk removal will start at St. Paul and move west. Sidewalk removal ...

Rossland's Energy Diet sparks a trend

The "Rossland Energy Diet," a unique energy-saving program that brought notable local rewards and has started to draw provincial and national attention, has celebrated great success in “phase one" and will now move into "phase two."A crowd gathered under a large tent beside the Rossland Mountain Market on July 12 to hear the...

"No means no" ... or does it? Council grapples with slippery TALC plebiscite results

Some 491 Rossland residents—approximately one-fifth of the voting public—cast ballots in a plebiscite in June that asked if they were in favour of municipal financial contributions to the Trail Aquatic and Leisure Centre (TALC), and whether they actually planned to use TALC. Council had varying opinions on how to interpret ...

GALLERY: Skatepark design unveiled, construction set to begin in 2013

The Rossland Skatepark Association (RSA) unveiled their skatepark design to an enthusiastic audience at a public meeting on Monday. Now the RSA has given the go-ahead to design consultant Spectrum Skateparks to make final modifications to the plan and assemble a cost estimate in preparation for the next big push: fundraising....

UPGRADE UPDATE: Floating intersections and rotten eggs

The sidewalk removal will continue this week, as will the removal of the sub-base.  The material removed from the road is being relocated behind the Credit Union to create more parking spaces and a walkway.    Fortis will be lowering the gas main in Sourdough Alley at Washington St. and Columbia Ave. as well as through the ...

Skatepark design unveiled, July 16

After over a year of consultation and planning, the Rossland Skatepark Association (RSA) will be “rolling out” the preliminary designs for Rossland’s skatepark next week. RSA has invited the public to come Tuesday, July 16, at 7 p.m. to the Miners' Hall to review the plans and offer their feedback and suggestions.   “We’re ...

A "distinctive" make-over and cascading falls for the Esling Park water feature

After weeks of work on a complete revamp of the Esling Park pond and creek, Dave Morris is just now building in the pièce de résistance: the third tier of an elaborate waterfall feature that flows into the pond. Morris learned his trade in stone walls working beside his father and brother over the last decade, starting in...

Heritage Garden gets growing at the Le Roi Mine

The stars have finally aligned for the new Heritage Garden built last fall and this spring, and planted at the end of our cool, wet June, at the site of the Le Roi Mine above the Rossland Museum. Last week we caught up with Libby and Iain Martin for a tour of their hard work and that of other volunteers, in particular Andy ...

Free ice cream and laundry lines at this week's farmers' market to celebrate a successful Energy Diet

FortisBC will be out in force at this week's Mountain Market to celebrate Rossland's "impressive losses after six months on an energy diet" that has so far helped "to shed excess electricity and natural gas" usage in the city, said Nicole Bogdanovic of FortisBC.Exactly how much the Rossland Energy Diet shed will be announced...

COMMENT: Hodgepodge and the humus condition

A Rossland resident recently wrote to council to complain about water meters, but also to take a swipe at the community garden just north of Jubilee Park beside RSS."It  does not seem to produce edible, useful vegetables," she wrote. "It looks uncoordinated and hodgepodge."Hodgepodge: A jumble, a disorderly mass, a confusion...

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