Gaming grants to School's Parent Advisory Council's doubles: still not what it once was
It was announced today that “more than 1,400 B.C. parent advisory councils (PACs) will share $11 million in community gaming grants this school year to support activities for children, “wrote Rich Coleman, Housing and Social Development Minister and Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education in a press release. "To recognize...
New SD 20 facilities report dooms RSS?
The latest Facilities Report in the Planning For the Future process, as distributed at Monday's Open Board meeting, contains four options—all of which involve the bussing of Rossland's secondary students down to JL Crowe and the closure of RSS in 2012. The plan calls for the district to: Configure MacLean Elementary as K – ...
Skatepark seeks public input on location, location,location
The Rossland Skateboarding Association (RSA) is back in action this fall, hoping to first secure a consensus around the location of a permanent home for the proposed skate park—and then start building it. While council did grant the RSA the northwest portion of the Emcon lot for a skateboard park nine months ago, it was by...
LETTER: Here we go again...RSS closure recommended by SD20 report
Hello Rosslanders, Last night at the school board meeting, the school district 20 staff presented the next stage of Planning for the Future — a facilities report for 2010-2015 (attached). They state that the draft facilities report is the results of analysis the staff has been conducting over the last few months, and is...
How're we doing on climate change preparation?
Mega-forest fires, torrential flooding rain, scorching heat, drought and food shortages. Sound like an end-of-the-world style horror film? Maybe. But these things could also be looming in Rossland’s future should climate change continue to have its way. For most, dramatic climate change is no longer a matter of if, but when....
In-cider scoop: Fruit im-pressing
It is quite possible that, with the help of some good old down-home mechanical know how and gumption, the whole fall-from-the-Garden-of-Eden thing might have been averted on a technicality: “Whoa, whoa- we didn’t eat from the Tree of Knowledge. We juiced it.” Apples are a funny fruit. Alternatively sweet, tart, mealy, wormy,...
EDITORIAL: "Growing" our city from the ground up
We often hear about exactly why and how Rossland should or should not “grow”. Perhaps where some camps diverge from one another is on just what growth means. Does growing Rossland purely mean an increase in population? Geographical area? Economic wealth? Sustainability? Or perhaps 'growth' also means growing wiser, doing ...
Community support brings a new groomer to Black Jack
The Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club, with 633 members last season, is pleased to announce the successful completion of its fundraising campaign for a state of the art track-setter (groomer). With a funding deadline rapidly approaching, generous donations from both the members of the Nelson & District Credit Union (NDCU)...
London Calling: RSS students to sample Shakespeare, walk in footsteps of Jack the Ripper
Spring Break 2011 will be one wicked experience for a group of budding RSS student thespians: they are off to London - the original London, in the UK - for an eight-day trip that promises to be the trip of their young lives so far. Organized by drama teacher Lisa Henderson, their adventure will include participating in two ...
Calling all Spielbergs: RMFF gears up for its 11th year
The Rossland Mountain Film Festival (RMFF) is gearing up for its 11th year of pre-ski season stoke seeding and is searching for film makers both local and from afar. Aiming to showcase filmmakers, photographers, and all visual artists to generate enthusiasm for adventure sports and celebrate Rossland's great mountain culture,...
