Often when discussion turns to how to grow an area’s economy, broad questions such as /what type of city do we want to be?' are among the first to come up. This week, for the sake of discussion, I’ll offer up a bit of a paradigm shift on that way of thinking. Perhaps a large part of the conversation on how to drive economic...

How close is too close when it comes to development near our city’s drinking water sources? City Council discussed this issue, specifically dealing with Topping Creek (one of several creeks that provide Rossland’s drinking water supply), during a Committee of the Whole meeting this past Monday night. In the end, they opted ...

Mother Nature and the 11th Annual Rossland Mountain Film Fest--sponsored by the Nelson District Credit Union--conspired together this past week to rock Rosslanders stoke meter up and off the charts as four days of mountain culture combined with the first major snowfalls of the year.   Selling out both the Thursday and Friday...

In their continuing efforts to bring a decade-long dream of constructing a permanent skate park in Rossland to life, the Rossland Skatepark Association is gearing up for another campaign to nail down the location for the park. With their window of opportunity from the city getting smaller by the day, the group is revving up...

What services do you want in Rossland and what are you willing to pay for them? That was the question asked during the first round of public involvement in the city's financial planning process last Wednesday. The event attracted a modest crowd that  failed to fully fill council chambers. Each year the city revisits, revises...

After the successful debut and local area tour of Iron Mountain Theatre’s original musical production “White Star Lady,” IMT is preparing to enter the pre-production and rehearsal phase of its"destined-for-greatness" musical “Ski Bum: The Musical.”     Yes ladies and gentlemen, a musical imagined, written, and produced locally,...

My basement is chock-a-block full of kindling this year. Igniting a fire in the blackened heart of my welded steel woodstove has never been so easy, so immediate, so primal. In contrast, my holiday spirit has flagged somewhat this time around, more so even than in seasons past--the pyrotechnical equivalent of a big wet log....

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The City needs to adopt a wildlife attractant bylaw to reduce the amount of bear conflicts in Nelson neighbourhoods, and mitigate the impact it ultimately has on bear welfare, says a member of the BC Conservation Foundation’s Bear Aware program. Joanne Siderius called on City council to adopt a […]

Nelson Choral Society presents Voices of Winter Saturday, Dec. 11 (7 p.m.), Capitol Theatre Musical director Kathleen Neudorf has chosen a variety of choral pieces on a winter theme for the show, ranging from traditional to contemporary, religious to secular, warm Yule-tide fires to hushed winter landscapes where snow “falls down scarce audibly.” Joining the […]

By Brooke Campbell Banish the dark, cold evenings of November and bring a little light and laughter into your life — and you might even win a prize. Located at 182 Baker Street, The Studio is the city’s newest fitness spot to help you drop your daily cares and do the lovin’ thing for your […]