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by Tom Wayman on Tuesday Oct 04 2011
A graduate of Nelson's David Thompson University Centre and former Selkirk College instructor Calvin Wharton launches his new collection of poetry, The Song Collides, at Nelson's Oxygen Art Centre, 320 Vernon St. (alley entrance), on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m.
The launch is free and open to the public.
"How...
by Anonymous on Monday Oct 03 2011
The Rossland Sustainability Commision is excited to invite you to:
FortisBC wants to help you, your friends and neighbours get on the right track and start slimming down your energy bill. Sign up to participate in the energy diet and get a free home energy assessment*, financial rebates on energy efficient home upgrades or a free energy efficient lighting upgrade for...
by Anonymous on Monday Sep 26 2011
Winter is coming!
It's time for the bears to get their dens ready for winter, and for ski and snowshoe people to get their lunch huts ready.
If you would like to be part of the world-renowned Nancy Green Summit Hut Crew this Fall, contact Les...
by Anonymous on Friday Sep 23 2011
I don't usually post this kind of stuff, but this one just killed me...
by Allyson Kenning on Saturday Aug 27 2011
This originally appeared on Bhubble, here: http://www.bhubble.com/node/22684
"Dexter, our Great Dane went missing today at approx 12:30 (Aug 27/11).
He was last seen at the junction of Cherry Poppins and 007, at the Logging Road.
He is wearing a blue collar with a bear bell and a black electronic collar. He also is sporting his Rossland Dog license.
He is likely quite tired, may be...
by SeanBateman on Saturday Aug 20 2011
A few months ago as spring morphs into summer, I canvased our beautiful city of Rossland to put up fliers to find out who is intrested on putting an anime convention in Rossland and only one store put a flier up. You see, since Janurary 2010 when Rick Mercer came to Rossland to film a segment, I was thinking on how to make the economy in Rossland flourish during the summer. One day was watching...
by Contributor on Tuesday Jul 12 2011
And here's part two of the mockumentary
by Contributor on Tuesday Jul 12 2011
Thankfully Rossland has so far been able to maintain a great balance between real town and resortification. Here's a biting sarcastic look at the mountain resort world. Worth a watch, a few pensive thoughts and some laughs for sure.
by Gravity on Wednesday Jun 29 2011
This is a cut and paste of a comment I found on the Tyee.
It has a lot on interesting information about taxation in BC.
Quote:
How appropriate that the "Vancouver Sun" should today publish a summary of a new report by the CCPA that demonstrates why the BC Liberals were forced to rush out the HST so soon after the 2009 provincial election. The report is entitled "BC's Regressive Tax Shift" and...
by Allyson Kenning on Friday Jun 17 2011
I just saw this posted on Bhubble and thought it would be a good idea to post here, too.
http://www.bhubble.com/node/21458
I hate to see pets missing their owners, and owners missing their pets. I hope this doggy's humans come and claim her!
