EDITORIAL: Arts and culture, want to come outside and play?
Walking around downtown Rossland with a friend from California this past weekend, I felt somewhat self conscious that at 6:30 PM on a sunny Saturday afternoon, the downtown core was vacant of all but a Pomeranian attempting to bite at the heels of a passing semi and an old black dog making the rounds from bin to bin (Note to...
2/3 girls, 1/3 boys, all friends. The Class of '66 celebrates 45 years of friendships
Ahh 1966; the year the world saw the introduction of the breathalyzer, Soviet probes landed on the moon and orbited the earth, the first artificial human heart was installed, Castro declared martial law in fear of US attacks while the states began construction of the World Trade Centre towers. Pushing forward not just the...
LETTER: Motorcycle on Seven Summits Trail
Dear Sir, While hiking up Old Glory Mountain on July 29 I had the mis-fortune to encounter a dirt biker riding the Seven Summits Trail. The Seven Summits Trail is designated "non-motorized". I followed a dirt bike track up the Old Glory Trail to Gibbards Junction, which turned left towards Granite Mountain, then later in ...
Team Wilderness Traverse.com tops 2011 Raid the North Extreme
Team Wilderness Traverse.com was clearly the cream of the crop at the 2011 Raid the North Extreme.The Canadian/New Zealand squad (team captain Bob Miller and Jakob Van Dorp of Ontario and Sarah Fairmaid and Gordon Blythen of New Zealand) dominated the field to capture bragging rights when the race finished Sunday in Trail.Team...
This Saturday, flower fanatics flock together
This Saturday, gardening secrets, tips and tricks will be revealed throughout The Golden City as Rossland hosts a self-guided garden tour. Rain or shine, 10 local gardens will be on public display to everyone from the experienced landscaper to the amateur garden enthusiast. Jackie Drysdale, organizer of the event thinks there’s...
Unique band with a Rossland twist gets "Heavy" for the museum
The music scene in Rossland is about to get heavy. We’re talking Eastern European heavy--straight out of the old world Jewish neighborhoods of the 19th century and onto the hillside gazebo at the Rossland Museum. Yes, next Thursday, get ready to dance as a sextet of Kootenay musicians come together for the one, the only, Heavy...
The heat is not on, or why a police presence in the Mountain Kingdom would be a good thing
Over the last little while, I’ve heard the following statement from visitors and newbies to Rossland: “Rossland is great! There are no police here!” I reacted both times I heard this with a bit of dismay. Sure, we’re in general a peaceful town with a sense of sleepiness and not a lot of overly nefarious activity going on. And...
Environmental toxic exposure, part two
The last article gave you a questionnaire to help determine if environmental toxins should be considered in your case. This article will discuss what kinds of symptoms are typical for someone with a toxic overload and some of the solutions. These are some of the “red flags” I look for with an environmental overload: Sensitivity...
Gresley-Jones, Coletti make cut at B.C. Men's Amateur Golf Championships
Josh Coletti of Granite Pointe and Ben Gresley-Jones of Rossland/Trail made the cut and will play in round three following day two of the B.C. Men’s Amateur Golf Championship Wednesday at The Dunes in Kamloops.Both West Kootenay players carded identical rounds of 74 to slip under the cut line — Coletti by the narrowest of...
Better never than late: delayed huckleberry crop drives bears into town
This year the bears have show up fashionably late with almost no sightings being reported until last week. “It was pretty quiet up until a week ago...all of sudden we’ve had a big spike of bears in town. There’s at least five that I know of that are actively hanging around town at different times of the day,” explain Sharon...
