To the dirt bikers riding on mountain bike trails: I am a mountain biker and volunteer trail builder. I also grew up riding dirt bikes and still ride occasionally. Rossland offers endless opportunity for these sports. My experience has been that all bikers have enjoyed peaceful coexistence in the Rossland area. However, there...

Friday night, the Castlegar Rebels played in Spokane, a game which ended in a tough loss in overtime.  Spokane scored a late power play goal with just under a minute-and-a-half left to tie the game and scored 16 seconds into the overtime period.  Castlegar’s penalty kill was 6/6 before Spokane capitalized on their seventh try […]

On Oct. 17, members of the federal NDP Riding Association for South Okanagan – West Kootenay (SO-WK) came together and, along with hundreds of others who voted by mail-in or online balloting, chose Richard (Dick) Cannings as their candidate in the 2015 election. Born and raised in Penticton, Cannings returned to after pursuing his education […]

The nip in the air is welcome reminder that the ski season is just around the corner. And it is time to swap the old for the less old... Red Mountain Racer’s is the proud home club of newly crowned U14 Australian National Champion, Samantha Gaul. We are once again fielding a FIS team with a visiting athlete from Denmark,...

There are several Recreation Programs starting this week or continuing from last week. For more information about the specific programs, please take a look at the Fall / Winter Recreation Guide, at www.rossland.ca, City Hall, Recreation, Program Guide. You can drop by City Hall to register for a program or call our office, ...

                    As the youngest candidate once again, it’s time for one seat to sit a new councilor under the age of 30 to bring forward a new generation of views, ideas and energy. Born, raised and living in downtown Castlegar, this is my third attempt at running for a seat on […]

Greg Granstrom astonished me on Facebook last week, a real shocker that had nothing to do with either his decision to run for councillor instead of mayor, nor the "friend request" I received from him the next day. (Which I accepted.) I was intrigued—but still not astonished—when Greg jumped into a conversation on Terry Miller's...

There were no surprises from the HB Mine site Dam Safety Review but there are definitely concerns to be addressed, loss of life being one of them. “We’re well positioned to be in compliance,” said the RDCK’s resources recovery manager Mike Morrison. The RDCK acquired HB’s tailings pond when it bought the Salmo property in […]

The future of the Jumbo Valley is currently in limbo, as the provincial Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) recently found the project to be in non-compliance with several conditions of its environmental assessment certificate, which expired earlier this week on (Sunday) October 12 – and some are questioning whether...

A reminder: these accounts of Council meetings are intended to be as factual and unbiased as possible for a merely human reporter. They include most, but not all, of the proceedings at the meeting -- (skipping stuff like approval of minutes, which adds nothing to anyone's understanding of Council members' attitudes and...