Come celebrate Halloween at the Rossland Museum
On Saturday, Oct. 30, check out our spooky scavenger hunt, go trick-or-treating around the exhibits, or try some Halloween crafts! Show us your costume to be entered into the best-dressed contest and maybe win a Museum prize pack, including a membership for the whole family! This is an all-ages event and we've stocked up on...
COUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council Meetings, October 18, 2021
Editorial Comment: These meetings were held by combining the in-person City Council at the Miners Hall with Zoom. Your reporter attended by Zoom, but found both the audio and the video problematic – not all the Council members were visible at one time, so tracking votes completely was impossible, and garbled sound often...
Award-winning acoustic guitarist, Marc Atkinson, brings Trio to Rossland
The Trail & District Arts Council brings the award-winning, acoustic Marc Atkinson Trio to the Rossland Miners’ Hall on October 20 and 21 for two evenings of jazz, folk, and roots music. Marc Atkinson is an expert acoustic guitarist described as “…a remarkable guitar player...innovative and dazzling.” A founding member ...
Two cops injured, Trail suspect tasered after knife attack
Two local RCMP officers were injured while attempting to disarm a knife-wielding Trail man, according to RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. "On Oct. 9 at 6:27 p.m., Trail and Greater District RCMP responded to a complaint about a 41-year-old Trail man allegedly causing a disturbance in the 2000 block of Daniel Street in Trail. A...
Man fined after crashing truck/trailer over embankment
On Oct. 6 at 10:30 a.m., frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP, BC Highway Patrol officers. Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue, and EHS attended an incident where a truck and trailer that had left the roadway and crashed down a steep embankment on the side of Hwy 3B near the Paulson Bridge, near Rossland. The incident...
City of Rossland now accepting community grant funding applications for 2022
The Council of the City of Rossland recognizes the value to the community of local service clubs, groups, non‐profit societies and charitable organizations, especially in their efforts to promote or meet the goals and objectives of the City. It is anticipated that financial assistance to community groups will be part of the...
Partnering in Community: Investment Creates Lasting Impact
Teck Trail Operations is proud to commemorate 125 years of continuous smelting with an eight-part series that explores the company’s significant role in the region and industry, from the gold rush to becoming one of the world’s largest fully integrated zinc and lead smelting and refining complexes. Since 1896, visionary...
COUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council meeting,October 4, 2021
What to do about humans and bears; cost increases likely from the RDKB for Rossland’s Fire Services, Regional Waste Management and Environmental Services; help for a destroyed community; what needs support for COVID costs and losses; sharing our bylaw officer; the bottle bin . . . and more. Present: ...
Winter doubles crash risk for Rossland drivers; province-wide campaign kicks off
Shift into Winter campaign reminds Rossland drivers to be prepared and plan ahead for Mother Nature’s ultimate road test Winter driving can more than double your risk of being in a motor vehicle crash in Rossland and around B.C. To help reduce the risk, the Shift into Winter campaign launched province-wide yesterday (October...
Seven Summits students take trip through local history
The scope of historical discovery in the West Kootenay is learned best through hands-on experiences. Imagine learning the stories directlyfrom the history writers and following the trails of the past. Waterfalls, waterways, hot springs, valleys, and villages were all on show as the Seven Summits Centre for Learning students...
