Here's the lineup and lowdown for Golden City Days 2014
The Rossland Golden City Days Committee is excited to bring you a weekend of fun and entertainment September 4th – 7th, celebrating our heritage, and we hope you’re planning to join us! Many activities and lots of fun are in store for you and your family. To lead into the weekend events, wander around our fine Rossland stores...
LETTER: SD 20 Superintendent says Tuesday won't see back-to-school in area
August 29, 2014 Dear parents and guardians: Unfortunately, as of writing this letter, no settlement has been achieved between the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) and the BC Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA). This reality has put the start of the school year in serious jeopardy. The normal hustle and bustle of the...
LETTER: (Un) Affordable housing in Rossland
On May 27th, 2010 Enbridge Northern Gateway submitted an application to the National Energy Board to build two parallel pipelines each with a length of 1,177 kilometres from Alberta to British Columbia. On June 17, 2014 the Canadian Government accepted the project proposal. On April 20, 2011 I submitted an application to the...
Stopping Conflict in South Sudan Though Nonviolence
When Selkirk College Instructor Randy Janzen traveled to South Sudan in June, it wasn’t to report on the looming humanitarian crisis caused by famine and civil war in that country. On the contrary, the Peace Studies Program instructor wanted to learn more about an exciting project where local and international professionals...
BCTF president sends teachers back to picket lines beginning this week
Get ready for another round of labour action as British Columbia Teachers' Federation president Jim Iker told teachers Sunday at the annual summer leadership conference rotating pickets going up beginning Vancouver, Langley and Kamloops. The BCTF president announced the picket schedule at the union's summer leadership conference...
Mosquitoes bring more than an itch to the RDCK
The Regional District of Central Kootenay will seek legal advice on how to compel the Nature Trust (TNT) of BC to treat their land in the Lardeau valley for mosquito abatement. The TNT has advised the RDCK verbally that it will not authorize the use of the larvaecide bacillus thuringiensis israelenis (bti) on their land, […]
Open fire ban still in effect in Southeast Fire Centre
Despite the rains cooler temperatures that have blanketed the Kootenays during the past few weeks, the Southeast Fire Centre want to warn the public that open fires remain prohibited throughout the Fire Centre. The Southeast Fire Centre said in a media release the region receives the least amount of precipitation in the months...
Outhouse Races ready to roll
If you want Rosslander Mike Williams, he's likely on the can. The chainsaw carver is busy building a fourth outhouse rickshaw to roll out next month in the Golden City Days’ Outhouse Races held Sept. 6. His team of retired firefighters intend to wipe out the competition and are calling on the Rossland Fire Department for a ...
Nelson Youth Soccer acquires indoor facility thanks to $350,000 loan from City
Nelson Youth Soccer is going from a six-month program to a year-round operation after getting a loan from the City of Nelson to purchase the Cedar Street indoor soccer facility from the Soccer Quest organization. The deal was completed thanks to a $350,000 loan agreement between the City of Nelson and NYSA. “This opportunity will […]
Trail's Ximena Abresch claims women's Canadian Cheese Rolling title
Don’t look now but there’s another champion for the Home of Champions — and the newest recipient doesn’t play hockey. Twenty-year-old Ximena Abresch of Trail was crowned the Women’s Champion at the Canadian Cheese Rolling Festival Saturday in Whistler. Abresch, a student at University of BC, took home an 11-pound wheel of...
