Downtown Rossland will have a constantly evolving look over the next two weeks.  We are really hitting the home stretch now and day after day we will be seeing visible progress.  By the end of this week, the laying of asphalt on Columbia and the laneway beside Subway will be complete.  Lines will be painted on the new asphalt...

Update: (5:00 p.m.) The roads around the Grand Forks Credit Union are open again after RCMP determined that the briefcase left on the bank’s doorstep did not contain explosives. Boundary Detachment investigators reviewed the situation with the RCMP Explosives Disposal Unit throughout the day and requested the assistance of a special trained dog unit for […]

Richard Bullock, chair of the Provincial Agricultural Land Commission (ALC), released a report on Aug. 23 titled, "Changing the way we do business: An update on the transition of the Agricultural Land Commission," to which some members of Rossland's council responded at the Sept. 17 regular council meeting. The report contains...

Plans for a grand re-opening of the downtown core following a summer of major renovations are coming together as the project's Communication Task Force works with the Rossland Chamber of Commerce and others to put together a street party on Oct. 27. Coun. Jody Blomme, a task force member, reported to council on Sept. 17 that...

The Dam Inn Mates held off a late charge by Castlegar to remain undefeated in the West Kootenay Men’s Flag Football League. The Mates Kelly Voykin tossed a pair of touchdowns sparking the home side to a 26-24 victory over the Castlegar Vikings Sunday at Mount Sentinel Field. The win was the fourth of the […]

Thanks in part to a two-out-of-three win weekend, the Castlegar Rebels surged atop the Neil Murdoch Division as the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its first month of the season. The Rebels looked like world-beaters during the two wins, scoring a total of 15 goals against Grand Forks and Spokane. However, it was the […]

There soon could be an end to the labour dispute between the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) and CUPE Local 2262 workers at the Nelson and District Community Complex. As of Tuesday, the two sides are back at the bargaining table. “We back at the table with the employer,” Steve Stringfellow, National Rep for […]

What will Rossland’s Museum look like in the next few years? What displays, stories and themes will attract an expanded clientele? What will its role be in the community? Since last year, a group of Rossland residents has been exploring exciting options for the future of the museum. Now they want to hear from you through two...

The Kootenay's First Annual Honey show was recently held by the Kootenay Local Agricultural Society. Fifteen different honeys were submitted by beekeepers and judged for two categories, best colour and best taste, by the beekeeping fraternity present. Local Rossland avid gardeners and apiarists, Joe Bye and Mary Myers were ...

Rossland's Wannes Luppens recently completed a 25 day, 1400km journey down the Fraser River, from its headwaters near Mt. Robson to its mouth in Vancouver. Travelling by voyageur canoe and raft, he was one of seven participants on the Sustainable Living Leadership Program, organized annually by the Rivershed Society of BC. ...