Last night a crowd of  58 people gathered at the Miners Hall for Rossland’s All Candidates Forum, hosted jointly by The Rossland Telegraph, Lone Sheep Publishing and the Rossland Chamber of Commerce. All four of the candidates for our riding of BC-Southern Interior attended: Stephen Hill of the Conservative Party of Canada; Shan Lavell of the […]

Rossland’s peaceful downtown strip was violated early last Wednesday morning as a group of three men wielding crow bars broke into three downtown shops, apparently on a mission for cash.  The Red Pair and Mountain Life, side by side in the lower level of the old Bank of Montreal building, along with Clancey’s several doors ...

Green postal boxes in rural areas will be a thing of the past as Canada Post now looks to organize the country lanes of the regional district into distinct communities, says the RDCK’s chief administrative officer. Jim Gustafson said community postal stations are coming to the Regional District of Central Kootenay — as money is […]

With the West Kootenay having become fertile soil for many innovative food system initiatives, another project is now underway which hopes to build the capacity within the West Kootenay to form a regional food system organization. Often referred to as ‘food councils,’ ’roundtables,’ ‘networks’ or ‘coalitions,’ hundreds of these types of regional organizations do already […]

By the Kootenay Library Federation It’s a book club anyone can join – and you don’t even have to provide hors d’oeuvres. One Book, One Kootenay (OBOK) is a region-wide book club that celebrates the work of the talented writers living in the Kootenay Boundary. This year, readers from across the Kootenay region will read […]

 Police are no longer withholding the name of a 19-year-old Castlegar teen facing his second set of charges for possession of child pornography.   Wheeler Wood made an appearance in Nelson court today after RCMP checked to see if he was complying with the conditions of release from a previous child-porn conviction, and found an […]

A draft bylaw limiting and governing mass gatherings in the regional district was struck down by the regional district board of directors late last week. The Mass Gatherings Bylaw never saw the light of day, even after a few complaints from some Area D residents put the draft bylaw on the Regional District of Central […]

Spring fever has hit the city and the Nelson Police are left having to deal with the resulting fracas. In a four-day span the police dealt with 64 calls for service, with many domestic disputes, alcohol-related incidences and instances of mischief peppering their calls. Transients of “no fixed address” were the alleged culprits found damaging […]

Two Castlegar men are facing assault charges after an altercation Friday night. Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Dan Pollock said police and ambulance were called to a downtown Castlegar residence at about 7 p.m.  “Upon arrival, police located a 61-year-old male victim in his home suffering from facial injuries,” Pollock said. “The victim suffered a broken nose […]

Rossland All Candidates' Forum Wednesday evening: what do you want to ask your wannabe MPs?   With voter numbers declining annually and now hanging only slightly above the 50% mark, the issue of 'democracy' is even more of a centerpiece for this election than usual. This Wednesday evening will be Rossland's chance to ask some...