Rossland REC Spring Brochure The REC Department will start working on the Spring Brochure and if you’re interested in submitting a program or course, the deadline for the Spring Brochureis March 1, 2014. The brochure will hopefully be available to the public online, by the third week of March.  Typically our Spring Brochure...

Finding your way can often be a rocky road. Some stumble through life, while others blaze trails. Brett Wildeman has been slowly but steadily crafting his raw folk sound over the past few years while performing in intimate venues throughout BC and Alberta. This March, Wildeman will embark on tour to promote his new EP - Mother...

The game was boring, without any excitement forcing the hometown crowd into stints of yawning. So in other words, Game two of the Murdoch Division Semi Final between the Spokane Braves and the Nelson Leafs was a perfect road game for the visitors. Spokane took advantage of mental errors and less than potent Leafs offence […]

Salmo RCMP Cpl. R. Bellman is issuing an advisory to winter enthusiasts after the death of a 27-year-old local man. “On Feb. 23 at 1 p.m., the Salmo RCMP and Search and Rescue were dispatched to the top of the Kootenay pass as four skiers were skiing in the Lightening Strike Ski area and two […]

Friday Feb. 21st was the last home ice game the Bruins were to play this hockey season. It was a game against the Castlegar Rebels and the Bruins won the game 5 to 3. Period one started of promptly with a penalty against Rebels’ Derek Georgopoulos receiving two minutes in the box for hooking. The first […]

The Kaslo and Area Health Care Select Committee is not totally surprised of the recent decision by Interior Health to change the hours of operation at the Victorian Community Health Centre emergency department after doctors were unable to follow through with a proposed plan for 24/7 coverage. IH made the announcement Thursday, effective Tuesday, April […]

Since 2005, Eileen Delehanty Pearkes has researched and explored the natural and human history of the rivers of the upper Columbia River Basin.  She speaks frequently at conferences and symposia throughout the Basin on the history of the Columbia River Treaty and its effects on Basin residents.  She has recently completed a...

One man has been killed and one woman rescued from the scene of an avalanche in southeastern British Columbia.   Search manager Chris Armstrong says four skiers were trekking through a high, remote section of Kootenay Pass between Salmo and Creston early Sunday afternoon when two were hit by a slide that swept them over a...

The Nelson Leafs needed to put in a little overtime en route to the 2013-14 Murdoch Division title. Austin Seaman scored on the power play early in the first overtime to give the Leafs a 2-1 victory Saturday night over the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action in Fruitvale. The goal […]

We are often told that money makes the world go around. Money is important, but many critical elements of our communities operate without any monetary exchange. Think about all of the people in our community who do things, lots of things, for free. You are probably one of them. According to the 2010 State of Rossland Survey,...