Shadow puppets and the search for pool staff...
The Recreation Department is working on the Spring Brochure, which will be available mid-March and cover the months of April, May and June. If you’re new to town and interested in teaching a hobby or skill that you enjoy, please contact us to discuss opportunities for running a program. If you represent a local organization...
Three people escape injury during Monday afternoon accident west of Nelson
Three people escaped serious injury following a two-vehicle accident Monday afternoon near the Granite Road turnoff eight kilometers west of Nelson on Highway 3A. The accident, a few 100 meters on the Nelson side of the Taghum bridge, happened shortly after noon when a newer import compact traveling from Castlegar to Nelson collided with an […]
West Kootenay EcoSociety takes Jumbo Wild fight into the courts
It’s a huge undertaking, but watching the provincial government fast forward the incorporation of the Jumbo Ski Hill expansion as a mountain resort municipality is something the West Kootenay EcoSociety felt it could not in good conscience stand by and let happen. Monday, at the Nelson Courthouse, West Kootenay EcoSociety Executive Director David Reid and […]
POLICE BEAT: Resident captures man red-handed, makes citizen’s arrest
A Grand Forks resident took the law into his own hands when he made a citizen’s arrest to a man he caught stealing two toolboxes from a home on 5th Street in Grand Forks. Grand Forks RCMP arrived on scene Monday, Feb. 11 at 4:02 p.m. after receiving the call for a theft in progress, […]
TALES AND LEGENDS OF THE MOUNTAIN KINGDOM: Rossland’s Great Hockey Rivalry
Ah, hockey - Canada’s national game. And with hockey, as with many competitive sports, comes something else: great rivalries. You know, Montreal and Boston, Montreal and Toronto, provincial rivals Edmonton and Calgary. And then there are the lesser known rivalries from days gone by that were just as contentious in their time,...
Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee nominee: Al Fisher
The following is the text of an application made by Kathy Moore for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Award. The nomination was endorsed by Senator Nancy Greene last year. Says Moore, "In her youth, Al coached and inspired her. Unfortunately Al did not win. I would like to submit his name to Rossland City Council for consideration...
Heritage homes and neighbourhoods exhibit at the BOM
Heritage Week 2013 will be celebrated across the Province from February 18 - 23 with a theme of Heritage Homes and Neighborhoods. Rossland has many homes today that date back to the late 1890’s and early 1900’s when this community was a world renowned gold mining center. Homes were often grouped in distinct neighborhoods...
West Kootenay EcoSociety takes legal action to stop new Jumbo municipality
The West Kootenay EcoSociety said it plans to submit an application in BC Provincial Court Monday afternoon in Nelson for a Judicial Review of the Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality near Invermere. West Kootenay EcoSociety said it will argue the appointment of municipal councilors without any electors violates the constitution and various provincial statutes. “Fundamentally […]
Suspicious fire at Hummingbird Bridge
UPDATE: Bridge fire considered arson, police investigating Grand Forks RCMP are looking for the person or persons responsible for lighting the Hummingbird Bridge on fire after they found two jerry cans of gasoline set against the frame of the bridge on Saturday, Feb. 16. The bridge fire is one of four recent arson cases the […]
Lepine rink edges Team Shypitka to capture Senior Men's Curling Crown
So close, but yet so far away for the Cranbrook’s Tom Shypitka rink. Craig Lepine of Langley scored three in the ninth to break open a close game and defeat Shypitka 5-2 in the final of the im Horton’s BC Senior Men’s Curling Championship Saturday at the Trail Curling Club. The win avenged a loss […]
