Neighbourhood of Learning Committee releases capacity report: Enrolments affect Trail schools
In the public presentation given to the citizens of Rossland on January 15th by the board and staff of SD20, superintendent Greg Luterbach showed several slides with enrolment projections to 2029/30. These are numbers every parent in the south end of SD20 should be aware of, and yet most haven’t seen them. For years, the […]
Rossland's large-hearted Lions help Trail's homeless
The Golden City Lions Club has donated $500.00 to the La Nina Extreme Weather Shelter located in the Trail United Church. The shelter has 6 beds for people in need of a place to sleep during the cold months of the year. There are two worker on duty from 9:00 pm to 8:00 am to welcome people seeking shelter from the cold....
Klimchuk scores four to spark Castlegar past Nelson Bantam Reps
Kadrian Klimchuk scored four times and added one assist to lead Castlegar to a convincing 7-3 victory over Nelson in game one of the West Kootenay Minor Hockey Bantam Rep playoffs Saturday at the NDCC Arena in Nelson. Castlegar leads the first-team-to-four-points series 2-0 with game two Tuesday in the Sunflower City at 7 p.m. […]
Shypitka, Nichol carry Kootenay colours at Tim Horton's Senior's Bonspiel in Trail
Fred Thomson would like to think all his years of competing in the Trail Curling Club would give his team the edge heading into play Tuesday at the Tim Horton’s B.C. Senior Men’s Championships. That may be the case, say, at the junior level. This is the Senior Men’s Division where skips, thirds, seconds and […]
New West's Bilesky off to Brier after claiming B.C. title
New Westminster’s Andrew Bilesky is off to the Tim Horton’s Brier next month in Edmonton after winning the Canadian Direct Insurance B.C. Men’s Provincial Curling title Sunday in Parksville. Bilesky, Steve Kopf, Derek Errington and Aaron Watson defeated fellow Royal City skip Brent Pierce 7-4 to advance to the Brier March 2-10 in Edmonton. The […]
Nelson man remanded after threatening to stab Wholesale Club staff with HIV contaminated hypodermic needle
A 29-year-old Nelson man has been remanded to appear in court Tuesday after threatening to stab staff at the Real Canadian Wholesale Club Friday with a hypodermic needle he claimed was filled with HIV contaminated blood. The incident occurred at 11 a.m. Friday (February 8) when staff noticed the man shoplifting items at the waterfront […]
ANALYSIS: Budge the Budget—DemocracySTORM returns!
Back over Christmas, I eagerly unwrapped the gift of enormously diverse input given by respondents to December's DemocracySTORM survey. Now we’re in the second, more exciting phase of the storm—we’re asking you to vote on your favourite Budge the Budget ideas. You need not have participated to jump in right now and vote, so...
DemocracySTORM: Big ideas YOU wanted council to hear about the budget
Below are 58 categories into which I put people’s responses to the question, What key points should council consider before passing the budget? Separate articles address the questions: What should Rossland spend MORE money on? What should Rossland spend LESS money on? And we also address concerns people have raised about ...
DemocracySTORM: What YOU thought Rossland should spend LESS money on
Below are 50 categories into which I put people’s responses to the question, What should Rossland spend LESS money on? Separate articles address the questions: What should Rossland spend MORE money on? What other key points should council consider before passing the budget? And we also address concerns people have raised about...
DemocracySTORM: What YOU thought Rossland should spend MORE money on
Below are 49 categories into which I put people’s responses to the question, What should Rossland spend MORE money on? Separate articles address the questions: What should Rossland spend LESS money on? What other key points should council consider before passing the budget? And we also address concerns people have raised about...
