Visions in hard copy: Neighbourhoods of Learning committee submits Rossland schools report, plans public meeting
No rest for the weary. With the next round of Planning for the Future (such an innocuous name for a wholesale inter-community brawl) on hold, a place in the finals of the Aviva funding competition secured, and a detailed proposal to bring the Neighbourhoods of Learning concept to Rossland signed, sealed and delivered to School...
Bigger, better, louder: Blizzard Fest returns!
Bigger, better and louder. There’s going to need to be some serious avalanche control starting this Saturday as a blizzard of beats rolls in and buries the town in a class five avalanche of music. Yes, Rossland’s own home-grown music festival is growing up and this toddler is celebrating its fifth birthday party with more...
The hundred mile currency: Columbia Community Dollars
What if a currency had caring for the community built right into its structure? What if, by design, a currency was based on generosity rather than greed? Fed up with the current debt-sourcing model our national currency runs on and seeing a potentially large opportunity for a truly win-win-win situation in which businesses, customers and […]
RSA assigns homework prior to re-starting skatepark location process
“No skateboarding until your homework is finished,” isn’t just a phrase moms and dads of skateboarders may be using; it’s also the message the Rossland Skateboard Association (RSA) is spreading in anticipation of their newly revamped site selection process. After running through a bumpy process of their own over the past year,...
Of sewers and streetscapes and six million dollars
The slow-motion makeover of Rossland's downtown core took another small step forward last week, with a council decision to request up to $400,000 in provincial support toward the replacement of the sewer infrastructure beneath Washington Street. The Towns for Tomorrow program funds 80 per cent of the cost (up to a $400,000...
Avalanche victim named; helicopter to bring survivors from backcountry
It’s looking like Nelson RCMP will finally get the opportunity to communicate at length with witnesses to the avalanche death of Manfred Rockel, 46, of Calgary. Rockel died while skiing at the Kokanee Glacier National Park on Jan. 16. Nelson RCMP Staff Sgt. Dan Seibel said the location of the skiing group is so remote […]
X marks the spot: Rosslander Ian Lockey helps take adaptive snowboarding to prime time
With one fat plank, a heart full of passion and a life lived around the mantra of having fun and pushing the limits, local rider Ian Lockey will be heading to Aspen on a mission this month as he represents Rossland at the X-Games. As he takes to the course in the first-ever X-Games adaptive boarder-cross event he’ll be one ...
Tales & legends of the Mountain Kingdom: Doing the dew dew Dewdney
I think it’s a fair statement to say that Rossland might not be what it is today without the efforts of an Englishman named Edgar Dewdney. Before he came along to build his eponymous trail, this area was a prime location for First Nations hunters and gatherers and was apparently well known for its huckleberry bounty. All that...
NDCU throws in support for a disc golf course
The Nelson Disc Golf Society (NDGS) received some major financial support from the Nelson District Credit Union to install a proposed disc golf course (also known as Frisbee golf) in uphill Nelson. NDGS, a group of over 40 disc golf enthusiasts/volunteers, is currently waiting for feedback regarding a November presentation they made to Nelson City […]
Lo's Blog — Watching history happen right before her eyes
Lauren Galbraith of Nelson is currently in Kigali, Rwanda on a six-month placement in the land-locked, east-African country of Rwanda. Since September Galbraith has been teaching, working and learning in the Biomedical Laboratory Sciences department of the Kigali Health Institute in the capital city. It was through the Coady International Institute and St. Francis Xavier […]
