Eleven year old Rossland Dancer Brynn Streadwick is off to Toronto to attend Canada’s National Ballet School this fall. Brynn attended the four week summer program and was invited to attend the year round program. The National Ballet School sees approximately 1000 potential students at auditions across the country, out of...

There is still no good news for more than half a million B.C. students as beginning Monday the strike by BC teachers enters its second week. Saturday, the BC Government issued a release rejecting the idea proposed Friday by BC Teachers Federation president Jim Iker for the two sides to solve this dispute by entering […]

Options for Keeping the Kids Busy! The Recreation Department is currently running a Late French Immersion Strike Camp program and is working on creating a similar program for younger students. We’re also working with the Skate Park Association to help bring a Skateboarding Program to Rossland for a few hours per day. As soon...

Beginning Friday, Kokanee Park will be flooded by Search and Rescue Teams as the Heritage City organization hosts large inter-regional SAR exercise, beginning Friday and ending Sunday (September 5-7). More than 100 SAR members from throughout the region will take part in take part in workshops and training. Highlighting the weekend is the 442 squadron […]

Mining and the sun link the three cities with the same name — Kimberley — in British Columbia, Australia, and South Africa. After 92 years of active mining, producing more than $20 billion worth of lead, zinc, and silver, Kimberley, B.C.’s Sullivan Mine closed in 2001. The Kimberley region of Western Australia accounts for ...

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died after a motor vehicle incident near Kootenay Pass summit east of Salmo (Friday) August 29 as William Richard Wells, aged 57, of Medicine Hat, Alberta. Wells was the operator of a westbound motorcycle which went out of control and entered a ditch […]

Lower Columbia (Trail, Rossland, Warfield, Montrose, Fruitvale, Area A and B) residents will be askedto participate in a regional survey to provide input regarding the priorities and specific actions to help guide the Lower Columbia Community Development Team Society (LCCDTS) in allocating $600,000 in funding, over the next three years under the Columbia Basin Trust […]

Every year the Queen City Cruise (QCC) attracts more and more car enthusiasts to Nelson, and keeps car owners coming back year after year. What makes it so successful? According to QCC regular, Patsy Kachnoski, it’s a combination of the friendly locals and everything their town has to offer. Kachnoski travels to the QCC each […]

Attention Rossland and area runners! It’s time to lace up your Aasics or slip on your FiveFingers for the annual Golden City Grind this Sunday, September 7! Test out your time on the gruelling 10k, the almost-as-gruelling 5k, or the fun kids’ 1k race! Meet at the Centennial trailhead — registration starts at 9 a.m., and the...

Bill Yearwood, with the Transport Safety Board’s Pacific region, told the Edmonton Journal the pilot involved Saturday's plane accident in Crawford Bay decided to execute a rejected landing and attempted to take off again. “Something was not right on the landing and the pilot elected to abort the landing. During that takeoff...