Barack Obama, Pope Francis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and organizations like Oxfam and the World Health Organization are all saying it: Inequality is the greatest concern of our time. So what’s it going to take for our governments to act? Dr. Gary Bloch, a family physician in Toronto and a founding member of Health...

Nelson Nordic Ski Club hosted the Teck Kootenay Cup #5 cross country ski race on February 2nd.  We had a record 125 participants from ages 4 through 60.  The race was a free style mass start design so we had lots of competitors across the start line. The course looped its way around the hills by our lodge and spectators had...

Rossland Council has recently agreed to a 4% increase to its Liquid Waste Management (LWM) O&M contribution and has also gone forward with a new set of terms for participating in the LWM system.  The LWM agreement offers all three participants – Rossland, Warfield, Trail - an opportunity to create a system in which Fair-Cost...

One winter afternoon, Jim was walking along Columbia Ave. He loved the little town of Rossland and the quaint little shops that lined its streets. He spent many memorable late afternoons strolling around, perusing and chatting to friends about the days skiing just gone. From behind, Jim heard someone calling his name. He...

There has been a certain amount of talk among Rossland residents about the "Delegation Bylaw" passed by Council and adopted on January 11, 2010, and some of that talk has made its way to my ears. Some people have been under the impression that the bylaw allowed the former CAO to hire his own replacement.   The only information...

Emergency crews rushed to the scene of a spill late Wednesday morning on Ward Street near the Hume Hotel’s Beer Mike’s Place Pub. The call came into Nelson Fire Department at 11:32 a.m. that an unknown substance was leaking in the alley behind the Hume Hotel.  All on duty members responded immediately with one engine […]

Thieves have been targeting summer cabins in the Balfour area, stealing a large number of big-ticket items said Kaslo RCMP Corporal Shaun BEGG in a press release. The break ins happened during the last two weeks of January and in early February in the Balfour area.  “The unknown suspect (or suspects) broke into a number […]

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 manuscript titled A […]

If the Kootenay Ice had a point for every game the club let slip away, well, the Ice would be probably battling for a playoff spot instead of fighting to stay out of the BC Major Midget Hockey League cellar. Cariboo Cougars scored three power play goals en route to a 4-2 victory Sunday over […]

Skiers had to deal with spring conditions instead of the usual champagne powder the region is known for in January as a high-pressure system centered over the province resulted in the region receiving only 60 percent of normal month precipitation said Jesse Ellis of the Southeast Fire Center Weather office. “The weather pattern was dominated […]