On Friday, June 23, at 5:15 p.m. a frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer responded to a single motor vehicle incident in the 4300 block of Hwy 3B, near Rossland, according to Trail RCMP NC/oic Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. "A 30-year-old Grand Forks man drove an ambulance off the right side of the highway. The man was ...

With all the problems in the world, from massive inequality to the climate crisis, you’d think voluntary guidelines to improve corporate environmental and social practices would be a no-brainer. After all, addressing those critical issues can also boost a company’s bottom line. But for companies with business models based on...

A $690,000 grant from the Province of BC will help Regional District of Kootenay Boundary residents get FireSmart-er. The Union of BC Municipalities’ Community Resiliency Investment Program funding is the largest grant ever received by the RDKB’s Emergency Preparedness Service. “We are extremely grateful for the Province of...

Teck Resources Ltd. is stepping up with a $2.5-million contribution to construct a wildlife overpass on Highway 3 near Radium Hot Springs. Project partners, for the new wildlife overpass south of Radium Hot Springs will reduce vehicle collisions with bighorn sheep, making that stretch of Highway 93/95 safer for residents and other highway users while protecting […]

In communities across B.C., farmers’ markets offer an opportunity for people to get locally grown, healthy, fresh food from the farmers in their neighbourhood. Farmers’ markets also are a place for social connection, as well as a support for food security across B.C. But, we know that this food isn’t always accessible to...

Celebrate Canada Day at the Rossland Museum with games, food, activities, licensed area, live music, and more. Saturday, July 1 from 11 am to 9 pm. The celebration starts at 11 am with music, kids’ fitness on the lawn, vendors and food trucks! Festivities will officially kick off at 1 pm with a Welcome to the tmxʷúlaʔxʷ...

Interior Health has issued an ADDITIONAL DRUG ALERT for Trail after a samples are believed to be connected with multiple drug poisoning events in the community causing paranoia, disorientation and decreased mobility in addition to loss of consciousness. Samples are being sent for further analysis as they contained unidentified...

In 1989, I did a radio series for CBC called It’s a Matter of Survival. It examined how humans were altering the environment in detrimental ways, including heating the planet by burning massive amounts of coal, oil and gas for power and transportation. Listeners were so concerned that 17,000 sent in letters (this was pre-email...

Rossland’s library -- well-loved and well-used;  Residents rising against an open-pit mine proposal;  Short-term rental zoning questions;  a resolution on child care;  the latest RDKB report;  and more . . . PRESENT: Mayor Andy Morel and Councillors Jeff Weaver, Stewart Spooner, Lisa Kwiatkowski,...

Rossland’s Public Works department put on an entertaining and educational day for Grade Four classes in Rossland on Thursday, June 15, and the kids loved it.  They had an opportunity to suggest names for the snowplow pictured above; they got to play with a heavy-duty leaf (and whatever else gets in its way) blower,...