A Penny Lost Is A Penny Found?
In my heart pennies are tradition, a kind of symbolism of Canada. The maple leaf on the front waves at you as strong picture of our great country. But the use of them has become so slack that it seems pointless to keep them. Tradition or not something that is wasteful to both our economy and the environment. It isn’t as...
City staff are giving away city property and council isn't doing anything about it
City staff are giving away City property and Rossland Council is doing nothing about it.In October 2010, a building permit was issued for the construction of a garage in the 1900 block of Second Ave. The problem is the garage is being built so that it crosses the property line and encroaches about 7 feet onto the City’s...
Castlegar trustee responds to criticisms
Dear Editor, This letter is in response to (a series of articles and commentary in local media, inlcuding a letter written by Roland Vogel). Mr. Vogel, as far as I am aware, appears to be the voice of people in the Glenmerry area. He is fairly representative of the views of Trail concerning Trail’s place […]
Outpouring of donations for Kerr Apartment residents
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The community is pulling together in the wake of the Kerr Apartments fire that left over 100 people homeless in the dead of winter. Donations of clothing, toys and other items for people left homeless by the fire at the Kerr Apartments have been overwhelming, said Bill Macpherson, Emergency […]
Kerr Apartments burn overnight in “suspicious” fire
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Hours after 100 people from the Kerr Apartment Building were evacuated from the burning three-storey stone structure the city’s fire chief says the incident is being treated as suspicious. Simon Grypma said he did not see how a fire could have started accidentally in the basement of the three-storey […]
Carson border guards' suspicions pay off in drug smuggling bust
A Washington State couple is facing severe criminal consequences after failing to fool law enforcement at the Carson Port of Entry into Grand Forks, BC. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and RCMP announced today the seizure of over 80 kg of suspected cocaine at the port on Dec. 16, 2010. The cocaine is worth […]
After 22 years, The Express is going to close its doors
By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily Is this rumour true or just another Nelson Becker April Fool’s prank to create a buzz? Unfortunately, this is not a prank and The Express will publish for the final time on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 after 22 years of operation. “It’s basically an economic situation,” Express publisher/owner Becker […]
Decreasing property assessments and the changing face of the Rossland real estate market
Assessment notices arrived in Rossland residents' mailboxes this week and the general result across the board in Rossland was a 5.15% average drop in assessed value of residential properties in Rossland. In total, Rossland’s assessed tax role decreased from $624 million to $601 million. Early analysis and statistics tend to...
Here they grow again: Rouge gallery adds framing business to its portfolio
A red tide has been rising, slowly and steadily in our mountain city over the last few years and recently it took another passion-fueled surge forward. Instead of an invasion of single-celled phytoplankton killing fish and wildlife in its path, Rossland’s own red tide has been floating the arts scene in town. Claude Stormes...
Welcome Erin Handy to the Rossland Telegraph family
I first ran into Erin at the small, wooden, cramped and awfully uncomfortable desk that is the media table in Rossland city council chambers. Having seen her name in bylines and read her work in the Trail Times among other publications I knew she was good at what she did. I feel it's safe now a few years on to say that when I...
