Parcel tax review panel ready to roll as hike in water tax is deferred until 2013
Complaints against the parcel taxes Rossland levies on certain properties will be heard by the Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel next Wednesday, May 23, at noon, at City Hall. Last week council appointed Coun. Jody Blomme, Coun. Kathy Wallace, and Mayor Greg Granstrom to serve on the review panel. Property owners who feel a parcel...
Apology to Berg Naqvi Lehmann
In an editorial on May 3 I wrote about an issue I had raised to the auditor that did not make it to council before the final audit, despite assurances that matters raised by the public would be addressed to staff and then council.I contacted Berg Naqvi Lehmann, Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors (BNL) to find out why...
DriveBC now offering webcam views of Kootenay Lake ferries
The first of 30 new webcams to be installed this year on the DriveBC network are now live, giving motorists a real-time view of traffic queues, weather and road conditions at the Kootenay Lake ferry terminals. DriveBC web cameras are now live at: * The Balfour ferry terminal, 35 km east of Nelson, looking north […]
Bad News Betties outlast Vendettas at License to Thrill
The Bad News Betties of Trail avenged a loss from last season by dumping the Valley Vendettas 196-158 at the License to Thrill Women’s Roller Derby doubleheader action Saturday in Castlegar. In the other game Salmo’s Babes of Brutaility blasted the hometown Dam City Rollers 209-67. The doubleheader was the latest in the West Kootenay […]
Cottonwood Community Market kicks open doors Saturday
The Garden Festival started the market scene last week on Baker Street. Saturday, the market season kicks into high gear with the opening of the Cottonwood Falls Community Market from 9:30 t0 3 p.m. at the Cottonwood Falls Park in Nelson. “As our climate and our future become more uncertain, a strong local agriculture network […]
Anyone with bats urged to report to Kootenay Community Bat Project
The successful Kootenay Community Bat Project (KCBP) is gearing up for another year of identifying local bat species, providing educational programs and workshops, and assisting landowners with bat issues. Of the 16 species of bats in B.C., half of them are considered vulnerable or threatened and an additional species, the little brown myotis, has recently […]
POLICE: Bush party goes bad
A Grand Forks man has been charged after a bush party took an ugly turn Sunday night. Timothy LaFreniere was charged with aggrevated assault and is scheduled to appear in court today. At about 3:00 a.m. on May 13 the Grand Forks RCMP were called out to the local party spot known as moto after […]
The Rossland Pool needs certified lifeguards and instructors...and you need to get out and do some of this stuff
The Rossland Pool is actively looking for qualified Guards and Instructors for this summer! We are short several qualified Staff and as a result may have to restructure the times and days that the Pool is open. If you know of anyone who is currently certified to Guard or Instruct, please encourage them to contact the...
Symphony of the Kootenays in Jeopardy
The non-profit organization that runs the Symphony of the Kootenays has decided to dissolve itself unless four new people come forward to sit on its dwindling board of directors of at a special meeting coming up on May 16 in Cranbrook. But Hans Dekkers, the president of the society, says that even if four people […]
Fire guts North Shore house Monday
The news just got a lot more interesting for a North Shore couple. While watching the 5 o’clock segment the couple noticed smoke and fire coming from the house at 2184 Highway 3A at approximately 5:20 p.m. Monday. “All I noticed was the . . . news was on when we saw the fire start and called it in,” […]
