INTERVIEW: Joanne Schroeder – Deputy Director of the Human Early learning Partnership at UBC
According to a recently-released study by UBC’s Early Learning Partnership BC, as a whole, has an issue with underdeveloped kindergarten-age children. According to the study, approximately one third of BC’s five-year-olds are vulnerable. Rossland, however, seems to be bucking the trend and came out as the top-ranked community...
EDITORIAL: Recreation? No deal. Sewer? No deal. Amalgamation?
A new regional sewer cost sharing agreement may be getting closer to reality as Trail, Warfield and Rossland have now agreed in principle upon the method of cost sharing to be used. An ultimate solution to the issue still seems far out on the horizon, however. With parallel talks aimed at amalgamating the region happening...
Oh, is that what it’s called?! Exploring local lingo
Everywhere you go, there is a unique local lingo. It’s inevitable. Something--a place, a street, a stereotype--acquires a nickname and it slowly evolves, through common use by the community, into a term that outsiders might not completely understand. We even had a special Kenning family lexicon growing up, most of it coming...
Helter Shelter: delinquent properties up for sale
If you’re in the market for a cheap property, or if you haven’t paid your municipal taxes for several years, the time to act is now. On Monday September 27th the City of Rossland will be holding its annual public auction tax sale at 10:00 AM in City Hall’s council chambers. This year there are eight properties on the sale...
Rossland Sustainability Commission welcomes new manager
Rossland’s Sustainability Commission and the City of Rossland are pleased to welcome Lea Thuot to our community in her new role as the Sustainability Commission Manager. Lea is from Vancouver Island and has recently returned to BC after completing her masters in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability in Sweden. “Rossland...
Noxious Weeds Take Note: Your days are numbered
If you’ve driven or walked by the junction of Highway 3B and Kirkup Avenue this past week, you might have noticed some signs along the side of the road warning that herbicides have been applied to some invasive weeds happily growing on the verge. The signs themselves contain quite a bit of information, if you get close...
Calling all extra cells: Rotary thinks outside the box and turns phones into homes
How many of you out there have made the jump to the iPhone in the last couple of years? With the new Blackberry coming out later this week, how many more of us will be trading in our “old” cells for the latest Smart Phone? If you're thinking about ditching your old unit, the Rossland Rotary has a way to turn your old phone ...
Percentage of vulnerable children on the rise in B.C. kindergartens - UBC study. Rossland bucks the trend
Story By Janet Steffenhagen - Postmedia The percentage of children in B.C. kindergarten classes who were considered vulnerable last year was higher than the year before, according to a mega-study at the University of B.C. The worst results were in downtown Prince George and Chilliwack North where almost two out of three...
Cpl. Salikin receives Sacrifice Medal
By: Lt(N) Michael McWhinnie, Base PA The CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum was the setting for a rare event last Tuesday when RAdm Nigel Greenwood addressed an intimate gathering of approximately 20 people prior to pinning a Sacrifice Medal to the tunic of infantryman Cpl William Edward Salikin. In a room fittingly adorned with a […]
PROFILE: Brad Causey; a Rosslander fighting his way to the top of his game
Over the years Rossland has produced an impressive list of athletes that have gone on to make a name for themselves in their respective sports.While skiing, hockey and mountain biking tend to lay claim to the most popular local athletes, there has been a whole league of under the radar men and women coming out of the Golden...
