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2014-2018 Financial Plan process gets started, amid questions of public involvement

The 2014-2018 Financial Plan process has begun.  At this stage, City Staff recommended that Mayor Greg Granstrom appoint council members to committees, including Service Level Options, Community Development and Social Planning, and Recreation and Facilities.  It was also recommended that the Community Development and Social...

No easy decision concerning Redstone sidewalk stretch

What’s goes into making a sidewalk?  Quite a bit of Council discussion, apparently, based on what happened at this week’s Council meeting. A lengthy discussion centred around the application for a variance permit concerning a stretch of Redstone Drive from the Wagon Road to the clubhouse access road.  The applicant requested...

Cook site rezoning--the saga continues!

Another chapter was written in the ongoing saga of the proposed zoning amendment to the former Cook Avenue School site this week.  During Tuesday’s regular meeting of council, there was a request for decision concerning the public hearing that was held on September 23rd.  City Staff recommended that Council direct Staff to ...

Open house presentation showcases vision for a revitalised museum

Members of the community gathered at the museum on Tuesday for an open house and public presentation by Donald Luxton.  Luxton and his team, Donald Luxton & Associates, have been working with the Rossland Museum Gateway Project Advisory Committee since August to come up with ways to revitalize the site and reassert the ...

Harrop, Proctor residents face delays as Western Pacific Marine performs annual ferry maintenance

Anyone wishing to take a drive to view the autumn colours in Harrop or Proctor had better a lot for a little extra time. Western Pacific Marine group has commenced annual maintenance to the Harrop ferry, which has caused long delays to residents using the cable ferry. The ferry, connecting the rural communities of Harrop […]

Unbeaten Saints play host to Thompson Rivers

Twelve goals in two games that both resulted in wins. It doesn’t look like the Selkirk Saints are rebuilding, it looks like the defending B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League champs are reloading. The Saints take a 2-0 record into a back-to-back home weekend against Thompson Rivers University at the Castlegar Complex. “I thought we had a […]

Kootenay Lake School Board chair delivers strong message to government

The Kootenay Lake School Board is mad as hell and is not going to take it anymore. Chairperson Mel Joy told CBC Daybreak South Thursday morning the Kootenay Lake School Board is refusing to fund the 3.5 percent wage increase to CUPE support workers out of the current budget. Instead Joy is telling the provincial […]

Genelle fire victims debunk rescue story

A couple who have lost everything in a mobile home fire Tuesday (October 15) are feeling further victimized by accounts (including one in The Source https://castlegarsource.com/news/trailer-fire-genelle-not-suspicious-26813#.Ul82PRDRUik) of two local men saving them from the fire. Ron, 74, and Joy, 68, Roshinsky say that's...

Rossland’s HUB coworking space Gets a New Look and Welcomes Anchor Tenant

Rossland’s co-working space is getting a facelift thanks to generous support from the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT). New furniture will help create a unique atmosphere for small businesses, startups and community groups to work, share and collaborate. Previously on the second floor of the “Old Bank of Montreal building,” the HUB...

Quilting, folk dancing, and union songs...

The Rossland Seniors Hall has lots of great activities running through the week!  On Mondays at 1:30pm the Rossland Seniors Art Club meets.  Contact Edith Harasin at 250-362-5477 for more information.   On Monday evenings, the Rossland Quilters Guild gets together at 7:00pm.  Contact Deyanne Davies at 250-362-7727 for more ...