From the Winter Carnival to Golden City Days, Rossland has always had a healthy dose of festivals, traditions, and celebrations of the arts. Next month, a newcomer will join the ranks, but this one won’t be quite like the rest. During the first week of may, Rossland will join Youth Week, a province-wide celebration of society’s...

The Rossland Health Care Auxiliary Society Thrift Store was a hum of activity when I arrived to talk to the volunteers early last week. Mondays are sorting days and sixteen women moved around me bantering back and forth, and moving piles of shoes, toys and clothes from one place to another their backroom area. Spring is a...

The Wetlands Institute will be giving a 2.5 day workshop in Rossland, May 23 - 25. The workshop is free but registration is required. This 2.5 day hands-on fieldwork course provides participants with technical skills to steward their own wetland. The following is a press release from the BC Wildlife Federation: The BCWF...

Last ski season was Rossland's best ever in terms of accommodation revenue, food and beverage, skier visits and other services.   We also started to see more group tours (for whom a shuttle is a necessity) than ever before- this is a major area of growth for the local economy.  Additionally, the support from the community was...

It should be business as usual Tuesday for court and municipal government offices following Monday's evacuation. Both facilities should re-open for business for regular hours following the evacuation Monday afternoon that closed both buildings and had police, fire and members of the BC Sheriff's keeping the public away for ...

Nelson and District Credit Union management said the Nelson branch will remain closed until noon Monday after an armed gunman robbed the financial institution Friday afternoon. The Nelson and District Credit Union issued a press release late Sunday informing the public of the abbreviated hours and to thank public and local ...

The Nelson and District Credit Union was robbed Friday afternoon in a brazen mid-day holdup. Nelson Police along with members of the RCMP attended the scene. Here's the press release from the Nelson Police Department recounting the day's activities and the capturing of the suspect involved in the robbery. On (Friday) April ...

UPDATED 6:05 p.m There is a clarification in the Nelson and District Credit Union robbery. Previous information reported to The Nelson Daily said the suspects in the mid-day robbery were caught near Salmo. The Nelson Daily has learned the suspects were not caught near Salmo, but near the Kootenay Canal. The Nelson Daily will...

Nelson climbing guide, Tim Rippel has been guiding clients up the extreme slopes of Mount Everest for 18 years in a variety of conditions via his company, Peak Freak Expeditions. But in the wake of the mountain’s deadliest recorded avalanche ever recently, Rippel has announced he’s shutting things down for the year due to numerous […]

Let’s not forget about Earth Day and get into the spirit by participating in the Regional District of Central Kootenay Trash to Treasure Day, Saturday (April 26). This single day event is an opportunity for residents to help reduce waste by giving away any unwanted household items. As the same time, a same item that […]