TALES AND LEGENDS OF THE MOUNTAIN KINGDOM: High stakes negotiations--Rossland style
The fate of a smelter decided by a poker game? Late night sleigh ride dashes up the mountain to have a chum intervene in your smelter negotiations at a chi-chi, assuredly cigar smoke-filled local club? Yes! The fate of the future Cominco depended on it!In December 2010, I worte an article about the train race in Rossland...
OP/ED: More Grand Forks hand-me-downs?
If anyone had any doubts that CAO Victor Kumar controls council members like puppets on a string, consider this. Mr. Kumar has resigned and appears to have foisted his own hand-picked successor onto council. His resignation should have provided council with an opportunity to undertake an exhaustive search to find the most...
Lewiston Paffile Truckers take home top prize at GFI
The hundreds of fans that packed the bleachers of James Donaldson Park and the thousands more that were tuning in were not disappointed in the nail-biting final game of the 32nd annual Grand Forks International Baseball Tournament, Monday, Sept. 3. The Lewiston Paffile Truckers took home the top trophy for the second year in a […]
Union workers stage province-wide one-day strike Wednesday
Get ready for a general strike . . . well, almost. On Wednesday (September 5) workers from the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU), Professional Employees Association (PEA) and Canadian Office & Professional Employees Union (COPE) Local 378 will stage a one-day strike to back contract demands with the provincial government. ““We are looking […]
Crews squelch forest fire near golf course two weeks ago
When this Tiger Creek forest fire started on Saturday, Aug. 18, above the golf course towards Violin Lake, the Telegraph staff were all out of town, but we recently got these photographs from Fire Warden Roly Worsfold. Worsfold took the pictures from Golf Course Rd, looking out over the valley as one of three "Tracker" air ...
OP/ED: Beware the dangers of 'Tall Poppy Syndrome'
This week’s column is going to be focused on a major pet peeve of mine; it may seem a bit ‘ranty’ because I’m feeling a little hormonal today … so bear with me. It’s something that has always bugged me but has become more apparent to me recently through certain interactions and conversations. So without […]
RDCK issues boil water advisory for Woodbury Village residents
Residents in the Woodbury Water System are advised to boil water starting Friday, August 31 said Jason McDiarmid Manager of Utility Services for the Regional District of Central Kootenay. McDiarmid said in an RDCK press release the system has been compromised due to the presence of coliform bacteria in water samples. “The RDCK and Interior […]
Local favourites Birtch and Onyette to perform at Mountain Market, Sept. 13
Class act singer-songwriter Don Birtch will team up with the talented Cliff Onyette for two hours of top-notch—and free—entertainment at the Rossland Mountain Market on Thursday, Sept. 13, beginning at 3 p.m. Birtch was born into a musical family in Vancouver and by 1965, at the tender age of 12, he was already performing...
Union representing workers at Heritage Credit Union and HG Insurance issue deadline
The union representing workers at Heritage Credit Union and HG Insurance in Castlegar and Slocan Park issued a deadline to the employer Thursday. USW Local 1-405 Financial Secretary Jeff Bromley said in a written press release issued a deadline of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 5 to get a deal in place, or else. “We seemed to […]
Time is running out on getting 54-40 tickets
Time is running out fans of 54-40 to see the ban in person Friday, September 14 at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson. The band is celebrating 30 years of rock and roll, and Nelson is one of the stops on the anniversary tour. One of the most important popular music groups to emerge from the […]
