Wildfire prevention fuel treatments to hit high gear this spring around Rossland
Provincial grants under the Strategic Wildfire Prevention Initiative (SWPI) totalling more than $145,000 have been awarded to Rossland for its Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWP Plan), both for prescriptions completed last fall for another 25 hectares of “high hazard interface lands,” and for the actual fuel treatments...
ANALYSIS: Sports versus Arts—where do council's priorities lie? A closer look at CBT's Community Initiatives Program in Rossland.
As council divided the annual Community Initiatives Program (CIP) funding from the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) among 37 applicants on Monday, one petitioner for an arts organization noted that it is difficult to get arts funding in a sports town like Rossland. But is that the case? Our numbers suggest otherwise. We took the...
Get ready to have your vanity flattered, Rossland: Rick Mercer really and truly digs the Mountain Kingdom
The Traveler, the official newsletter of the Canadian Tourism Commission, recently reported that Rick Mercer chose Rossland as one of his five favourite small towns in Canada. Travel writer Michele Sponagle quotes Mercer: "It is stunningly beautiful," and the people are "so friendly." Mercer came to Rossland in February 2010...
K-12 at RSS the only ‘decent’ solution, claims local group in school board presentation
Rossland's Neighbourhoods of Learning (NOL) committee gave a presentation to the School District No. 20 (SD20) board on Monday evening, arguing that K-7 at MacLean Elementary makes no sense, but that K-12 at RSS is doable, even a "win-win-win" solution to the problem of closing a $1.5 million gap in SD20's limited budget....
Missing couple located after three days, reunited with family
The Elk Valley RCMP Detachment have confirmed that missing travelers Jacob and Anja Oosterwijk of Fort Macleod, AB have been located. The couple departed Fort Mcleod on (Saturday) April 14th for a day trip believed to be to the Elk Valley region in B.C. The missing couple, driving a 1997 Dark Green Honda CRV with […]
Dignitaries cut ribbon to open Selkirk College Tenth Street Residence
Post-secondary students in Nelson now officially have a place to hang their hats after Selkirk College officially opened its Tenth Street Residence Monday morning. “For many years, students at Selkirk College, in particular those attending programs in Nelson were challenged to find affordable housing,” said Angus Graeme, President of Selkirk College. “More recently the situation […]
OP/ED: Government money paying back for misdirected regulations
First you shut down an industry then you build it back up with subsidies. Sound like Pierre Trudeau? Think again. This is Conservative MP Dan Albas we’re talking about. Albas is taking the credit for a whopping $240,000 handout from the federal government to a community group who’re setting up a mobile abattoir in the Grand Forks area. […]
Columbia tender trepidation: Checkout stand democracy or unelected autocracy?
What’s going on (or not going on) at City Hall about the tenders for the Columbia Avenue infrastructure project? Tenders were opened on April 3 and there hasn’t been a peep about what the bids were. If the bids had come in below estimates, staff and council members would have been bragging about the money they saved the...
Reel Adventures Fishing Report — Weather hampers fishing
Well it looks like Spring is here. Or is it, as the weather seams to change by the hour. And that still means the fish are still confused. Some days they are feeding heavily and other days they don’t want to move. March saw some good fishing days, with five to 10 fish coming in […]
Gnarlie's Angels, Babes of Brutality coast to easy victories on opening night of the West Kootenay Women’s Roller Derby League
Rossland’s Gnarlie’s Angels and the Babes of Brutality from Salmo served notice the road to the league championship will go through them. The two 2011 finalists cruised to easy victories on opening night of the West Kootenay Women’s Roller Derby League Friday in the Golden City. Defending league champion Gnarlie’s Angels looked to be in […]
