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Iron Mountain Theatre (IMT) spent the winter spreading the gospel of Ski Bum: The Musical, but last weekend the group of talented Rosslanders put a new spin on their repertoire, sharing their musical theatre skills with eager dancers at the Steps Dance Centre in Trail.

Consolidating kindergarten to Grade 12 into Rossland Secondary School by September 2012 was one of several new facilities recommendations announced during the School District 20 (SD20) board of education meeting Monday night.

Students in the Interact Club have completed the trail-clearing labour on a new trail in the vicinity of Georgia Street and the Old Railgrade, they plan to tackle a second trail linking 8th Avenue to Columbia-Kootenay Road on June 19.

School trustees voted on Monday to hire an engineering firm to hopefully solve Rossland schools’ water woes once and for all.

“If people don’t start participating in the legion, we’re going to lose it,” said legion president Doug Halladay.

Solicitor General Shirley Bond's pleas to celebrate responsibly went out the window along with the Vancouver Canucks' Stanley Cup hopes Wednesday night, leaving the city and the province to clean up and assess their crowd control strategy.

Thousands of ballots for B.C.'s harmonized sales tax referendum were being stored in post offices after Canada Post locked out its urban employees across the country Wednesday.

Canada Post said it had to act, Ottawa mulls legislation

Consolidating Twin Rivers Elementary and Castlegar Primary into one campus and reconfiguring Rossland Secondary School as a K-12 school by September 2012 were among several new facilities recommendations announced during the School District 20 (SD20) board of education meeting Monday night.

Council's Monday meeting opened directly into controversy as the mayor issued a statement that rebuked Coun. Laurie Charlton for publicly accusing the CAO Victor Kumar of libel on Feb. 14. The drama ended with Charlton's expulsion from the council chamber.