The Rossland Skateboarding Association (RSA) is back in action this fall, hoping to first secure a consensus around the location of a permanent home for the proposed skate park—and then start building it.   While council did grant the RSA the northwest portion of the Emcon lot for a skateboard park nine months ago, it was by...

Hello Rosslanders, Last night at the school board meeting, the school district 20 staff presented the next stage of Planning for the Future — a facilities report for 2010-2015 (attached). They state that the draft facilities report is the results of analysis the staff has been conducting over the last few months, and is...

Mega-forest fires, torrential flooding rain, scorching heat, drought and food shortages. Sound like an end-of-the-world style horror film? Maybe. But these things could also be looming in Rossland’s future should climate change continue to have its way. For most, dramatic climate change is no longer a matter of if, but when....

 Castlegar will not escape unscathed from the school district’s (SD 20’s) proposed changes as set out in a report delivered at the school board’s regular meeting on Monday. According to the proposed plan, Castlegar Primary School will be closed and re-purposed, Blueberry Creek Community School and the Online Learning Centre will be closed.   Online […]

It is quite possible that, with the help of some good old down-home mechanical know how and gumption, the whole fall-from-the-Garden-of-Eden thing might have been averted on a technicality: “Whoa, whoa- we didn’t eat from the Tree of Knowledge. We juiced it.”   Apples are a funny fruit. Alternatively sweet, tart, mealy, wormy,...

We often hear about exactly why and how Rossland should or should not “grow”. Perhaps where some camps diverge from one another is on just what growth means.   Does growing Rossland purely mean an increase in population? Geographical area? Economic wealth? Sustainability? Or perhaps 'growth' also means growing wiser, doing ...

The Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club, with 633 members last season, is pleased to announce the successful completion of its fundraising campaign for a state of the art track-setter (groomer). With a funding deadline rapidly approaching, generous donations from both the members of the Nelson & District Credit Union (NDCU)...

Spring Break 2011 will be one wicked experience for a group of budding RSS student thespians: they are off to London - the original London, in the UK - for an eight-day trip that promises to be the trip of their young lives so far. Organized by drama teacher Lisa Henderson, their adventure will include participating in two ...

The Rossland Mountain Film Festival (RMFF) is gearing up for its 11th year of pre-ski season stoke seeding and is searching for film makers both local and from afar.  Aiming to showcase filmmakers, photographers, and all visual artists to generate enthusiasm for adventure sports and celebrate Rossland's great mountain culture,...

  When summer vacation started I finished my last column warning I would start back up with one of my favourite social media conversations which involves social media and business.   There is a huge value in Social Media for businesses, not just for promotion and advertising but also for market research, human resources,...