Timothy Schafer

Recreation site approved for Rossland Range

Now the work begins

FORRS, with the community's help, has to work out what a partnership agreement with Rec and Trails, and a management plan.

Recreation site approved for Rossland Range
A Cooke Avenue neighbour speaks to a packed council chamber Monday night.

Un-Cooke-ed

The tiny gallery of city council chambers was packed to capacity and the mood was against the developer of the Cooke site.

A Cooke Avenue neighbour speaks to a packed council chamber Monday night.
The face of Delphinia Blake

Kootenay Carol’s festival

The Kootenay Carol’s Children’s Festival and benefit concert drew hundreds of people out into the crisp Saturday air.

The face of Delphinia Blake
Rossland broadband community forum

Broad support

The recommendation of the city’s Broadband Task Force has now become the directive of the City of Rossland.

Rossland broadband community forum
Above the bar: Tourism Rossland hits Destination B.C. standards

Above the bar: Tourism Rossland hits Destination B.C. standards

The city is well over the 450 rooms after a Destination B.C. inspector made his way through the city last month.

Above the bar: Tourism Rossland hits Destination B.C. standards
Take a bus

Bittersweet: Business community mixed over Red Mountain Resort shuttle

The decision to allow for shuttle from the city’s downtown to Red Mountain Resort for only one year fell short of expectations.

Take a bus
Rossland broadband community forum

Broadband goes public: Is high speed Internet coming to Rossland?

Chief operating officer Mark Halwa from the Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation gave city council the financial picture for broadband.

Rossland broadband community forum
AAP clears through city

AAP clears through city

Only two people out of the 2,558 total electors were dissenting voices in the alternative approval process (AAP).

AAP clears through city
Picking up the tab

Picking up the tab

The majority of the money for the Rossland Museum Gateway Project planning project will be picked up by Teck Trail Operations.

Picking up the tab
Take a bus

Take a bus

Free winter shuttle service gets approval from city council for one year.

Take a bus
Rollers finish fourth

Rollers finish fourth

The Rossland-Trail club fell behind early and could not bridge the gap in the battle for bronze against the Dam City Rollers.

Rollers finish fourth
Bear bin on back burner

Bear bin on back burner

A community group has proposed a partnership on installing a bear-proof garbage bin in Rossland.

Bear bin on back burner
Cash committee

Cash committee

A new acorn of money has fallen from the Columbia Basin Trust tree and the call is out for people to determine how to spend it.

Cash committee
Golden Days ahead

Golden Days ahead

This weekend the city’s heritage as a mining town is the focal point of the three-day celebration called Golden City Days (GCD).

Golden Days ahead
Report forthcoming

Report forthcoming

A feasibility report on a “natural” playground for the former high school playground will be forthcoming from city staff.

Report forthcoming
In one week the Health Care Thrift Shop gets enough donations that it virtually buries its back room. But it’s a deluge of refuse in some cases

Mountain of work

In one week the Health Care Thrift Shop gets enough donations that it virtually buries its back room, and ends up in the trash.

In one week the Health Care Thrift Shop gets enough donations that it virtually buries its back room. But it’s a deluge of refuse in some cases
A helping hand

A helping hand

Led by Marjorie Kidd, Rosslanders are pooling resources to help a family of six that lost everything they own in an Aug. 6 house fire.

A helping hand
From left: Thrift Shop volunteer Andy Cant

Calling for help

The ever giving group of volunteers at the city’s second hand store on Washington Street bequeathed Search and Rescue with $5,000.

From left: Thrift Shop volunteer Andy Cant
Meeting on broadband

Meeting on broadband

A town hall meeting has been set to discuss the prospect of broadband Internet.

Meeting on broadband
On the front burner

On the front burner

A public review on Sept. 23 (7 p.m., council chambers) for a proposed residential development at 1541 Cooke Avenue in southeast Rossland.

On the front burner