This Saturday, buy a book and help a child
On Saturday, June 2, the Rossland Secondary School Interact Club will be hosting a used book sale in the Bank of Montreal Building beside Kootenay Nordic Sports. The sale will run from 10-4. Proceeds will help fund the Rossland Secondary School Interact club's trip to Roatan, Honduras this August, where students will spend ...
Joe Hill's new gang of four seek acts and aides
After guiding Rossland's famous Joe Hill Coffee House for 35 wonderful shows, Michael Gifford is stepping out for a well-earned rest. But Joe Hill lives on! Joe Hill Coffee House is now being looked after by a team made up of Les Carter, Marti Hall, Kyle Buckley, and Dave Snider. (It took four of us to replace Michael!)...
Arcuri, Fullerton, Browell and Ellard earn spots on Zone One West Kootenay B.C. Summer Games golf team
Granite Pointe’s Carson Arcuri, Ryan Fullerton of Rossland/Trail, Trevor Browell of Champion Lakes and Kaslo’s Shawn Ellard all earned spots on the Zone One West Kootenay B.C. Summer Games Golf team as the junior circuit made a stop at Redstone Resort in Rossland. The quartet qualified during the latest stop on the Zone One West […]
Baby massage, baby sitting...baby, there's a lot to do this week!
The Summer Brochure will be in the mailboxes this week and is available online, at www.rossland.ca. The Rossland Pool is scheduled to open on Friday, June 1st at 2:30pm. Public swimming all afternoon, until closing at 6:00pm! The Rossland Pool is looking for all local youth who currently hold the Bronze Cross Advanced...
MLA Michelle Mungall questions reno delays at Kootenay Lake Hospital
Constant delays for the Kootenay Lake Hospital ER Redevelopment Project had Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall questioning Minister of Health Michael de Jong in the provincial legislature earlier this month. The $15.3 million renovations, which includes expansion of the Emergency Room and diagnostic imaging department with a new CT scanner suite, began with an announcement in […]
Coletti, Hoodikoff, Courson top Zone Men's Qualifying tournament
Josh Coletti of Granite Pointe, Jordan Hoodikoff of Christina Lake and Don Courson, golfing out of the Castlegar course, grabbed the top prizes at the Zone One West Kootenay Men’s Qualifying Tournament Sunday in Christina Lake. Coletti and Hoodikoff each fired 8-over-par 152 to claim the top two spots on the Zone One West Kootenay […]
UPDATED: Nelson Police release age of Selkirk Paving employee pinned under truck during industrial accident Friday
Nelson Police Department have released the age of the Selkirk Paving worker pinned under a truck during an industrial accident Friday afternoon near the 900 block of Victoria Street on Gyro Park Road. The injuried worker is a 53-year-old local man. While unloading the paver from the trailer towed by the dump truck, the equipment […]
East Kootenay Regional District May Try to Take Back Jumbo Decision-Making
One member of the board of the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) will try to convince his board on June 8 to reverse a controversial 3–year-old decision about the Jumbo Glacier real estate development. The RDEK was faced in 2009 with the prospect of having to hold public hearings as part of a […]
NDTA outraged over recent School Board layoffs, which could affect as many as 60 teachers
The layoffs of 19 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions in the Kootenay Lake School District and the closures of the two District Resource Centres has local teachers feeling angry and upset, said Nelson District Teachers’ Association union representative Tom Newell. “Teachers are angry, upset and scared that programs are being dismantled,” said Newell. Although the number […]
Acclaimed Nelson author to read at Castlegar library
Encompassing more than a century and covering the country from sea to sea, Nelson BC author Anne DeGrace’s new novel was described by the Globe and Mail as “a beautiful achievement by a gifted writer.” DeGrace reads from Flying with Amelia (McArthur & Co) at Castlegar & District Public Library on June 7 at 7 […]
