Local student places second in provincial Royal Canadian Legion contest
Royal Canadian Legion representatives visited the RSS grade 6/7 students last week to deliver good news to Grade 6 student Allie Stanley. Each year the Legion sponsors a Remembrance Day contest for students from grade one to twelve. Students can enter the literary and poster contest in one of four categories including colour...
Singing the Doggy Doo Wah Wah blues
Whether you like it, hate it, are grossed out by it or pitch in to help clean it up, there’s no denying that spring on Rossland’s trail system is dog poop season. A walk, cross country ski or bike out Centennial Trail and back this week has been an effort in land-mine dodging and breath holding as the warm weather, like an ...
Extra protection for Topping Creek, a bonus quarter million bucks for the city and financial books that check out
Riparian setbacks for Topping Creek increased Topping Creek, one of Rossland’s primary contributors to our drinking water supply gained an extra level of protection this week. Council passed third reading and adoption of an amendment to the Official Community Plan which will extend the riparian zone setback on Topping Creek...
What not to wear: The Debate edition
A huge dilemma came up in my life last night: the English language leaders debate for the election was on the same night as the season finale of What Not to Wear. I love What Not to Wear. For me, each episode is a veritable treasure trove of information I store away in my little […]
Committee struck to 'solve' Castlegar Airport's problems
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Some of the problems inherent in the West Kootenay region’s main airport will be tackled by a new board created to oversee its operation, says the mayor of Castlegar. Lawrence Chernoff told the board of directors of the Regional District of Central Kootenay recently the West Kootenay Regional Airport […]
April in April: Fingers and feet set to fly at the Miners’ Hall Saturday night
No doubt a lot of readers have heard of Canadian fiddlers Natalie MacMaster and Ashely MacIsaak, but we have also a fiddle virtuoso from the Ottawa Valley who has made a big name for herself in the roots scene not only with her fantastic fiddling but with her two-stepping as well. Her name is April Verch and she will be raising...
Online recreation program registration arrives in RDCK
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily No need to wait for the sobering light of dawn and the opening of the recreation centre front desk to register for that fitness program, you can now register online, any time. Online program registration — for the Nelson and District Community Complex and the Castlegar and District Community […]
Sustainability Commission Update: Earth Day, The State of Rossland project, and the economic impact of our beloved trails system
Move over Earth Hour and make room for Earth Day, to be celebrated this year on April 22. Launched in the US in 1970 as an environmental awareness campaign, this yearly event now touts 1 billion participants worldwide - with 6 million of those in Canada. Nationwide events like community waterways clean-ups, walks, and thousands...
Let the playoff season begin says this NMHA grad
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Sports Geoff Kinrade isn’t just happy to be back in the playoffs, he wants to win it all. The Binghamton Senator rearguard is bubbling with confidence after the Ottawa farm team went on a late-season 6-3-0-1 run to secure seventh place in the Eastern Conference — fifth in the division […]
Balfour, finally, ready to start golfing season
By The Nelson Daily Sports For those people living under a rock, the month is April and not February. Which means golf courses should not be opening for the first time, but already have seen hoards of birdies, bogeys and pars. Still good things come to those who wait. And the wait is over as […]
