COMMENT: Local infrastructure projects run amok (with a nod to the Mountain Kingdom))
In 2012, local governments across B.C. spent more than $8 billion and it's a pretty safe bet that a good chunk of it was spent on infrastructure projects. Most of the projects flew under the provincial radar. Out of sight, out of mind. Cost overruns rarely made a media ripple outside of the affected community. Yet, through ...
How will Rossland resolve its governance mess...or will it?
Troubling questions arise out of the Auditor General’s report: Are Rossland’s management and procedural shortcomings limited to the seven capital projects examined? Have these problems infected the overall management and administration of the municipality? The place to start looking for answers to these questions is the...
First Aid and Lifesaving
Summer Brochure! The Summer Brochure is available online, at www.rossland.ca, Recreation, Program Guide. The Rossland Pool is scheduled to open on Monday, June 9. All programs and swimming lessons are now open for registration. Rossland Youth Maker Labs – Wednesdays 7:00-8:30pm The Rossland Youth Action Network has “Maker...
What's the Monashee Institute? Find out tomorrow evening...over cocktails
The Monashee Institute is the new initiative from the Innovative Education Task Force, who operates under the City of Rosslands' Sustainability Commission. The Monashee Institute was officially launched last week and this week is the Open House. WHEN: Wednesday May 21st, 2014 @ 6 PM WHERE: Rossland Art Gallery, 2004 Columbia...
COMMENT: Greetings from new nominee for NDP candidate
Dear fellow New Democrat, I am pleased to announce my official status as a nominee in the bid to become your New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate in the next federal election. I am very excited about this opportunity and I thank the NDP and the riding association for the prospect to seek the nomination to […]
LETTER: BC Teachers Taking a Stand for Public Education With Possible Strikes
BC Teachers are taking a stand for public education! What’s going to happen? It’s not something we do lightly but, after 16 months at the bargaining table and still a long way off from a fair deal, teachers across BC will begin rotating strikes on Monday, May 26 to May 29, 2014. Teachers in our school district will be on the...
BCTF president announces rotating job action to begin next week
Parents in the West Kootenay/Boundary school districts should make alternate daycare arrangements for next week after BCTF president Jim Iker announced Tuesday teachers will stage a rotating strike May 26-29. Iker said the job action is in response to the threat of rollbacks made last week by government negotiators. “Last...
Elevator music from the 1700s? La Camafore performs at the Gallery this week!
Ever wonder what elevator music of the late 1700s might sound like? This and other burning questions will be answered when La Cafamore takes to the stage at the Rossland Gallery on May 22. The group, now in its 6th year of performance in the Kootenays, will be playing the works of Beethoven, Kodaly and Dvorak arranged for...
BREAKING: Search terminated for missing youths on Slocan Lake
In a heartbreaking turn of events, the search for three missing youths presumed drowned in Slocan Lake has been terminated, according to RCMP Sgt. Darryl Little. "The 10-day search involved the use of the RCMP Dive Team, RCMP Helicopter, Arrow Lakes Search & Rescue, Slocan Lake Fire Dept, Vernon Search & Rescue, Bruce's...
Largely status quo for local recycling as new system comes into place
New rules around recycling come into play on Monday across the province, but it will be business as usual in Nelson and surrounding areas as local governments here are keeping existing systems largely in place. As of Monday (May 19), the burden of dealing with recyclables in the province switches from a local government responsibility […]
