Remembrance Day: Giving everything so we could have something
I used to play trumpet, and my crowning musical achievement came not with playing reggae and ska/rocksteady covers at the Garden Works Christmas party (1997), but with having had the privilege of playing “Taps” at my elementary school’s Remembrance Day assembly, circa 1989. As the only trumpet player in my school band, the...
Ode to ole Olaus: Rossland soon to have an iconic structure all its own
If Rossland could pick one iconic person to represent the town who that would it be? If you could pick one scene to become the iconic image of Rossland on postcards, marketing material and people’s impressions going forward into the future what would it be? All great cities have one. San Francisco’s got the Golden Gate Bridge,...
Blacklisted bands and noise complaints - RMFF clears last minute hurdles
Just how late should parties be allowed to go at the Miners' Hall and how hard should bands in the venue be allowed to rock? The question arose this week and briefly put a hurdle in the way of the Rossland Mountain Film Festival, which has hired BC/DC to rock out at their Saturday night gala event. Unbeknownst to the Film...
Second time's a charm for pesticide ban bylaw
The City of Rossland took a big step this week towards becoming a pesticide-free community. The issue of developing a pesticide-banning bylaw came before council for the second time in the past seven months, this time in a motion from Councillor Kathy Moore. Whereas last time the motion fell in a deadlocked council, the...
Neighbourhoods of Learning needs your help
The Neighbourhoods of Learning team, led by new coordinator Ami Haworth, is continuing to push forward on their ultimate goal of preserving quality K-12 education in Rossland. The momentum building behind the project that has received widespread support around the city and are pursuing a new funding avenue to help continue...
Rossland Reads round one
Rossland Reads kicked off its reading and debating extravaganza this past Wednesday at Café Books West with a lively panel and near full house in attendance. Taking a note from CBC’s popular Canada Reads program, Rossland Reads, organized by Carey Rudisil and the Rossland Library Board, has brought together three fine folks...
What to do about the museum's mine tour? The reccomendations are in
At Monday night’s city council meeting, Museum Select Committee Chair Bill Profili, presented the committee’s final report stemming from the October 2009 incident at the mine (referred to in the report as an adit) involving three exchange students attending Rossland Secondary School. The report recommends that the City of...
Facebook is only safe if you make it that way ... here's how
Dark Reading (www.darkreading.com) has a list of their “Top Four Social Engineers of All Time”. These are people who have become experts at conning other people. Two, Kevin David Mitnick and Frank Abagnale, have criminal pasts. Frank Abagnale was the subject of the movie Catch me if You Can. The third is a consultant who […]
Big weekend for RSS sports
It was a big weekend in high school sports for Rossland this weekend as the RSS boys got their kicks as hosts of the Provincial A high school soccer tournament while the RSS girl's field hockey team broke out their sticks in Burnaby. Playing host to the 16 team tournament on fields in Rossland, Trail and Fruitvale the young...
Video released by RCMP in Owen Rooney case
Parents of missing 24-year-old Australian Owen Rooney filed a complaint with Interior Health Authority questioning the adequacy of his care and the hospital’s risk management of the situation while RCMP continue their efforts to locate the man. RCMP released video footage today to once again ask the public for help to find Rooney who […]
