Group seeks compensation to save the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area
By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Northern leopard frogs aren’t the only endangered species at the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area (CVWMA). Adequate funding is also becoming scarce, thanks to a move by the BC government, placing the management of the 7,000 hectare wetlands, educational programs and interpretative...
Thanks!
On behalf of our small Golden City Days committee, I would like to thank Adrian and the Rossland Telegraph for helping promote our wonderful community weekend. It's great having an online newspaper in our community! Lisa Henderson...
TALES AND LEGENDS OF THE MOUNTAIN KINGDOM: From no lifts to Grey Lift...a century of skiing in the Mountain Kingdom
Is it too early to talk about skiing? No, I didn’t think so. This is Rossland after all! Skiing is the heart and soul of the Mountain Kingdom for many, and I’m sure I could have written a column about skiing in the height of spring and it would have been well-received. Well, as everyone in town knows, local skiers are in for...
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 […]
