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...
TECH TALK: Let your staff help you get the most out of your IT networks
I was just reading an article called Turn Workers Into Security Partners. The article is all about the benefits of moving away from a perspective that treats employees as sheep to be protected or malicious children from whom you need to protect your network. It suggests that companies treat their staff as partners in IT security […]
Midway mill fails to sell at auction
It took less than 15 minutes to determine there was no buyer at the auction for the Midway Forest Products sawmill facility, but a deal in the works may yet come through for Fox Lumber Company based in Montana. Tim Murphy, president of James G. Murphy Inc. auctioneers, was on hand to do the auction […]
The Canadian Navy's Naden band sails into Rossland
Two professional bands will be marching into town to kick off October and will be tooting their own horns in support of the Rossland Secondary School’s band program. Don’t expect a stogy old marching performance, however, as the Naden Band brings with it two 70 person professional bands playing a variety of music inspired by...
Heliport opens in Trail at KBR hospital
Air transport for patients of the Kootenay Boundary got a lift as the community celebrated the opening of a new $825,000 Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital heliport on Thursday, Sept. 16. “The new heliport will reduce patient transfers from approximately four-plus hours by road ambulance, in ideal conditions, to an impressive 20 minutes by helicopter,” said […]
