Scouts Canada is the country’s leading youth organization. For more than 100 years, 17 million Canadian youth experience the outdoors, adventure and friendships.   The Scouts motto is “ Be Prepared “and the  2nd Rossland Scouts is true to that word as they have been involved with many activities in the community, projects and...

We have a large group heading off in various directions from our small city this summer; so large in fact, that we are going to do this story in two parts. In this photo we have from left to right, Bethany Johnson, age 11, who was accepted into the Alberta Ballet Summer School, Professional Division; Charlotte McKay, age 12,...

Nelson Hydro and Columbia Wireless are giving the public unlimited access to life of a local osprey family. A livestreaming webcam has been set up on top of a pole a few feet off Highway 3A west of Nelson with a view of the nest. The nest, home to a mom and dad osprey, is on top of a pole errected by Nelson Hydro in 2013 at...

If anyone thought April was a little cooler than normal, they were right. Ron Lakeman, Weather Forecaster for the Southeast Fire Centre in Castlegar said the recent month was slightly wetter and cooler than a typical April.  “The total amount of precipitation (all rain) was 107 percent of normal, the mean monthly temperature was 0.3 […]

The sentence in the 60-page AGLG report on the City of Rossland to which citizens should pay particular attention to is the second sentence in section 3.1.18 on page 8: “Council did not balance its almost full delegation of procurement decision-making to the chief administrative officer with a requirement for meaningful,...

In his nearly 40 years in Nelson, Mayor John Dooley can recall only a few times when events like the recent robberies and bomb threat have happened in the Queen City – but he’s glad to see that local police know how to handle things when they do. “I can only remember a handful of […]

Summer Brochure! The Recreation Department is putting together the Summer Brochure.  If you are interested in running a program or course, or would like more information, please contact our Department to discuss.  If you’re a Community Group and you’d like to advertise a special event happening this summer, please let us...

Last year, the Highway 6 north of Slocan to Vernon found a spot on the top ten list of BCAA’s Worst Roads’ List. Many who drive the highway from the Slocan Junction may disagree with the 2013 final poll results, saying the entire road needs to be included. And what about Highway 31 from Balfour to Kaslo and onto Meadow Creek...

Council had planned to have its in camera  session at 5:00 pm and then begin its public session at 7:00, but there was no quorum at 5:00, so the in camera session was postponed until after the public portion of the meeting -- for which there was quorum, but only just.  Mayor Greg Granstrom and councillors Kathy Moore, Cary ...

Come into a world of simple truths, good times, and poor impulse control.  A world where “party” is spelled with a “d”, where the smoke is always thick and the riffs are always heavy.  Come into the world of Randy. As an “altered ego” of Nelson-based writer/performer Lucas Myers, Randy has been seen offering advice in various...