This week, Andrew Zwicker sat down with local artist Martine Bedard for a conversation about art, polka dots, and this Friday's Art for People event. Check out this gallery to see some of the art that will be on display. How did art first get introduced into your life? I was really drawing a lot as a teenager, and then I was...

It’s a familiar story: bright, young Rossland children excel through Maclean and RSS, come out of school--likely with several scholarships--and then "go down the road", as the same phenomenon was called when I was growing up in Nova Scotia, and attend school in a larger centre.  Their small town upbringing serves them well,...

Several weeks back the Telegraph took a look inside the Rossland Secondary School success plan and found a school with teachers and administrators operating at a high level based around a new interpretation of the three R’s. This week, we head south-east a couple of blocks down to Maclean Elementary to learn how their success...

Really, it's the start of summer.And the folks at Kootenays — Borderline Boaters are stoked to be presenting this year's Kootenay Whitewater Festival this weekend on the Slocan River near Crescent Valley.The event, hosted at Endless Adventure, starts off with some meet and greet at the Endless Adventure campground and leads...

 This past Friday, RSS's class of 2011 celebrated in style. Strutting thei stuff as they drove, sea-do'd and quaded down Columbia in their finest....

By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsIf this keeps up Jordan Melanson may have a difficult time getting a tee time at a local tournament.The Granite Pointe golfer found the winner’s circle for the third consecutive time, capturing the recent 2011 Sunflower Open at the Castlegar Golf Club.Melanson shot a 2-under-par 142 to win...

By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsIt’s down to a best of three in the 2011 Stanley Cup Final.Tim Thomas stopped 38 shots to lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-0 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in game four of the Stanley Cup Final Wednesday at the TD Gardens in Beantown.It was the second convincing victory for the Bruins,...

 Rossland’s performing arts scene is bursting at the seams with an incredibly diverse talent base: jugglers, percussionist poets, aria singers, jazz cats, and more.  At the heart of that scene, acting as an incubator, is the Joe Hill Coffee House. Later this month Joe Hill will be wrapping up its season with its 26th show in...

 Often when we look at the history of the Rossland-Trail area, we start with the discovery of gold. If we’re talking about Rossland and Trail the cities, that’s largely correct. Earlier on, however, this area played a key role in the establishment of the current Canadian/American border being situated on the 49th parallel. ...

 Although rain has been plentiful in the last few weeks, the City of Rossland is looking at ways to help conserve water this summer. Together with the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) the city will be offering individual Landscape and Outdoor Water Audits free of charge to homeowners. The water audits are part of the Water Smart ...