Since taking over the former youth centre across from Pioneer Park three years ago, the Rossland Child Care Society has been playing its own game of extreme makeover, all the while offering a helping hand in raising our kids. In hopes of additional recognition for their work, the Rossland Child Care Society came before council...

When I first heard about the school closure issues happening in our school district, I was heartbroken. How could someone think that it will be perfectly fine if Rossland schools are closed? Even though I'm in my last year at a Rossland School, I have a nine year old sister who still attends school up here, and she has so...

Last month’s Golden City Days celebrations saw the launch of Rossland’s newest live theatre venture, Iron Mountain Theatre, where this group of four enthusiastic musicians and thespians burst onto the local scene with their eight-minute musical A Tribute to Mining. On October 22 and 23, this young company will launch their ...

On Friday October 15 until Monday November 15, Teck Operations in Trail will be shutting down its lead smelter for maintenance projects, and from October 18 - 31 it will be shutting down its zinc roaster area, also for maintenance. The total cost of both projects will be $45 million in total, with $39 million being spent on...

    Team Rossland recently returned from the annual Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) convention in Whistler and by all accounts it was a positive trip with some small if not significant victories.     Held September 27th through October 1st at the Whistler Conference Centre, the annual convention is a time for...

With one fell swoop of a pen and a thousand dollar fee, Cliff Miller of Squamish yanked the title of 'Mountain Bike Capital of Canada' out from under Rossland’s feet (err tires) this past week. The battle of which mountain city is truly the mountain bike capital has since ensued with riders on both side of the spectrum voicing...

For the past five years, multimedia powerhouse Juicy Studios has called the floor above the post office home.  In that time, aside from enjoying the sorting room selection of classic rock tunes blared from the main, the line up at Juicy has recruited, groomed, employed and subcontracted a veritable who’s who of local tech...

There was some earlier discussion of televising Council meetings up here in the Mountain Kingdom. Having attended a few, I don’t think other reality shows like Survivor and the Dragons Den need worry about their ratings, though I suspect there are occasions when the opportunity to vote someone off the island would be a welcome...

On the Tuesday evening after Thanksgiving, when many of us are still recovering from our turkey and trimmings, Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior and Castlegar’s St. Rita’s Parish Development and Peace Committee will be co-hosting a World Food Week related public event. The 7p.m., Oct. 12 gathering at St. Rita’s Church Hall (513 […]

Anne DeGrace’s first novel, Treading Water, a series of linked stories based on the flooding of Renata in the 1960s, has been chosen for the second annual One Book One Kootenay (OBOK) selection. One Book One Kootenay covers the East and West Kootenays and Boundary, and each year chooses one book written by an author […]