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On Tuesday night at approximately 7:30 p.m. the Rossland fire department received a distress call regarding a house fire near the Paterson border.

Crews responded immediately and arrived on scene within 15 minutes. The house was located at 755 Highway 22, about a five-minute drive from the

Paterson border.

The log house is in rough shape. The entire roof was burned away along with what seemed to be most of the inside and outer walls. The extent of the damage as of now isn’t fully known.

Dispatcher for the Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue, Sherry Dixon said, “The structure was fully venting upon arrival, so the whole roof was fully engulfed. Thirty-three firefighters were on

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scene and the matter is currently under investigation by Regional Fire Rescue.”

The 33 fighters came from all over the area to lend a helping hand.

Rossland sent 14 and Warfield dispatched seven, while eight came from Trail and four ventured out from Montrose.

The blaze and situation was fully under control by midnight.

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Community

We asked, you answered.

Reporter Chris Stedile asked people what Easter meant to them.

What does Easter mean to you>

Terri Anderson It’s just days off. Extra time to spend with the family. Certainly not religious for us.

Don Scott Nothing. Aside from a family get together.

Phil Fowler Easter used to mean something to me when I was a child. As I’ve moved on in life it has lost its meaning.

Keep an eye out for our Rossland News reporter Chris Stedile.

The Miners Hall, then and now.

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Planned renovations take effect Miners Hall renovation granted

$300,000 by Columbia Basin Trust CHRIS STEDILE Rossland News

With the announcement of a $300,000 grant from the Columbia Basin Trust, the renovation and restoration of the Rossland Miners Union Hall is one step closer to reality.

With this $300,000 contribution from the Community Development Program, the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture (RCAC) now have 70 per cent of the required funds in place for the project.

RCAC has been dreaming of turning the fourth floor attic space into a functional arts and recreation programming

space for nearly 20 years. The plans include a Green Room for performers, storage for the Gold Fever Follies’ props and costumes and a mid-sized main room that would be used for art classes and recreation programs.

In addition to RCAC’s renovations to the fourth floor, the City has planned upgrades to the roof and siding, and the project has expanded to include restoration to the façade of the building and reconstruction of the entry courtyard.

While looking at some historical photos, RCAC realized that the design of both the balcony and the roof line had been

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substantially changed from the original. The planned façade restoration intends to rebuild both the balcony and roof line to more closely resemble the original High Victorian design.

The intent of the full project is to stabilize the condition of the Miners Hall, restore the façade to its historic form and create new spaces inside the existing building that will support arts and community activities.

When the Western Federation of Miners Local 38 built the Hall in 1898, they had plans to develop the Attic into usable space. Finally over 100 years later, we are going to make it happen.

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Rossland Mountain Market: Bigger, better and rooted

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After eight years of serving fresh foods and great service, the Rossland Mountain Market is looking for some permanent fixtures. The farmer’s market owns next to no infrastructure, aside from a table and tent.

To help remedy the situation, the market is hosting a month long fund raiser with some creative projects.

“We were incorporated in January as a legitimate society and we acknowledged that having our infrastructure provided by volunteers was not a reliable nor sustainable way for this market to operate,” said board member, Miche Warwick.

In addition to the recent incorporation, the Mountain Market also received the Small Farmer’s Market of the Year 2014 award from the British Columbia Association of Farmer’s Markets.

The market’s site on Yodel — a local crowd sourcing, fund raiser website — states this fund raiser is intended to give the market the ability to continue living up to this standard, not only for the farmers and artisans that come from all over the Kootenays, but also for the wonderful town of Rossland.

“We’re trying to raise $8,500 in the month of April to help us build infrastructure for the market,” Warwick continued,

“To raise this money each of the board members have created personal challenges that they will be doing through the month of April.”

These challenges will hopefully bring in the supporters and donors needed to fund the infrastructure project.

One such member, Kristen Renn, has already put on quite the display for the first in her series of eight in-your-face displays of activism. Renn’s challenge is called ‘Acts of Activism: Me and the Masses.’

Her opening act was to raise awareness around plastic bags and stop their overuse.

“She called on all her friends to donate all their plastic bags,” Warwick explained, “That amazing dress she’s wearing is made from plastic bags and she stood in front of Ferraro’s in it for two hours.’

Renn had with her, a large board of information on plastic bags and was engaging with anyone who would hear.

Warwick has her own challenge as well, just like the other members, she explained.

“My personal challenge is to research, locate, purchase, prepare and share 30 local foods in 30 days.”

She explains through their campaign site, why this initiative is important to her, personally.

“I believe that every single person on this planet deserves

access to a healthy food system and our industrial food system is not healthy and I want to help more people understand the benefits of eating local food - nutritionally, environmentally and economically.”

Her third point ties in directly to the Mountain Market, “If we all work towards supporting our local food system in a better way, we are all working together to create a better future for the planet and humanity.”

Two other challenges have been issued by fellow board members, Sarah Elizabeth and Kathleen Hill.

Elizabeth’s reads, “During the month of April, I will spin, knit, crochet, weave, felt, and sew to create a one-of-a-kind Art Blanket, patchwork quilt style.”

While Hill swears, “Thirty times in thirty days I will stand on my head in a setting where food is grown or raised.” This particular challenge has already received $165.

Warwick finished, “We need this in order for us to exist in the future and make certain if and when board members move on, the farmer’s market can still operate. If we can build an infrastructure that we can pass on into the future, then we’ve created a sustainable market.”

Anyone wishing to support the Mountain Market’s cause can head over to rosslandmountainmarket.yodel.org.

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Kristen Renn stood outside Ferraro’s on Good Friday for over two hours, in a rather peculiar getup made from plastic bags. Her message was simply to reduce the use of these bags in every day life.

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Assistance is available to qualifying homeowners, residential tenants (renters), small business owners, farm owners, charitable organizations and local government bodies that incurred more than $1,000 of uninsurable damage during the period February 5-9, 2015, and that are situated within the geographic boundaries of: • Regional District of Central Kootenay (Electoral Areas A, D, F, H, I, J, K) Insurable damages, such as sewer or sump pit back-up, and water entry from above ground including roofs, windows or other areas of the building that are not at ground level, are not eligible for DFA. Eroded or damaged land is not eligible for DFA. Assistance is limited to providing 80 percent of allowable items that are considered essential to a home, livelihood or charitable service, for the portion of the claim that exceeds $1,000 to a maximum claim of $300,000.

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Thursday, April 9, 2015 Rossland News Kootenay group publisher: Chuck Bennett Acting publisher: Karen Bennett Advertising: Christine Esovoloff Operations Manager: Jennifer Cowan

OUR VIEW

Meaning of Easter?

With Easter now come and gone and the regular work week continuing it leaves many to wonder what the meaning of our holidays have become.

Are they just that now, days off ?

The society we live in has turned every event, holiday and outing into something that can be bought, gift wrapped and given away as a token of our appreciation and generosity.

Many children today seem to have no idea what Easter truly represents. When asked, most will say it’s no school and free candy. While these are things children would value over Easter’s true meaning in most cases, it’s important that some semblance of the holiday’s original spirit be kept in tact.

As it stands now, it’s more a celebration of consumerism and chocolate bunnies.

The original story of Easter is to do with Christ’s death on the cross and subsequent resurrection several days later. It is a story about hope and perseverance through hardship.

Surely even those of no faith can see value in a tale such as this and it can be much more beneficial to youth, rather than a handful of sweets.

Where did the Easter bunny even come from, and why does everyone celebrate this historically religious holiday, no matter their beliefs?

According to several sources, the Easter bunny first arrived in America in the 1700s with German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania and transported their tradition of an egg-laying hare called “Osterhase” or “Oschter Haws.” Their children made nests in which this creature could lay its coloured eggs.

Other origin stories state the Easter Hare originally played the role of a judge, evaluating whether children were good or disobedient in behaviour at the start of the season of Eastertide.

No matter which story, they all differ greatly from today’s meaningless giving of chocolates.

This is the fate of all holidays — Christmas, Easter, Halloween, etc. have all lost meaning and have been boiled down to material goods and excess foods.

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BC VIEWS TOM FLETCHER Black Press

The B.C. government has made its most significant moves in decades to address the needs of some of the province’s poorest people.

The largest financial commitment is for a new program to help single parents escape from the welfare trap. There are 16,000 single parents in B.C. receiving provincial income assistance or disability payments, most of them women.

Even if they could find an entry-level job, it wouldn’t pay enough to cover the child care they would need to go to work.

Worst of all, the current system requires that if they enrol in training, they lose their income assistance, including dental and extended medical care for themselves and their children.

That is the welfare trap, one of the most perverse government policies to have survived into our supposedly enlightened modern era.

The new program takes effect in September. It will not only continue income assistance payments when single parents enrol in skills training, it promises to

cover their child care and transportation costs for an approved training program of up to one year.

Medical and child care costs will then be covered for up to a year after training, to allow a transition to employment.

Approved training means training for jobs that are identified as in demand, requiring high school and occupationspecific training that can be completed in a year or less. They include retail sales, general office work and assistance jobs in health services.

Another overdue policy change is to double the allowable earnings for all income assistance recipients from $200 to $400 a month. This gives people a chance to improve their circumstances by taking whatever part-time or casual work they can manage, without having that little income cut from their already meagre welfare cheques.

And then there was the recent decision to end the claw-back of parental child support payments from income assistance payments.

The province has for many years run a costly child maintenance enforcement

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program to track down (mostly) deadbeat dads and force them to pay at least a token amount to support their children.

Now when they pay child support to a single parent on income assistance, they will at least have the satisfaction of knowing the children actually receive the extra benefit.

These harsh, historic policies were built around a philosophy that welfare is a temporary last resort, to be withdrawn as soon as some other source of income is identified. That is a valid if unfashionable position to take on behalf of working taxpayers who pay for all this, but it only makes sense if the income assistance recipient has a realistic option.

For those who are already in the entrylevel job market, the minimum wage goes up 20 cents an hour in September, from $10.25 to $10.45. This is the beginning of an annual review that will tie the wage to the consumer price index.

A paltry sum, to be sure, but anyone who still thinks jacking the minimum wage up to $15 an hour is a magic solution that won’t cost some entry-level jobs is clinging to a socialist dream world.

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School district faces a $800,000 shortfall Sheri Regnier Rossland News

Cuts to public education keep coming this year to the tune of almost $800,000 in School District 20 (SD20).

Early SD20 budget talks indicated a $590,000 shortfall, which already meant potential chops to teacher and counsellor positions, clerical jobs, the meals program, technology, transportation and custodial staffing and supplies.

Facing a $200,000 directive from the province to clean up “administrative efficiencies” as part of a $29 million order to 60 districts, a local union president says it’s time to stand up and make some noise.

Roger Smith, from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1285, is one of the region’s stakeholders presenting to SD20 trustees Wednesday afternoon prior to the public consultation slated for April 15 in the Kootenay Columbia Learning Centre gym.

Others addressing the board include representatives from the Kootenay-Columbia teachers’ union and the district’s parents advisory council (DPAC).

Smith has been closely involved with bud-

get talks for five years.

“I want an update of what they are looking at to cut from administrative costs,” he said.

“But ultimately, I think it will come down to cutting CUPE jobs.”

Smith maintains that if school districts continue to play the cards dealt by the ministry and achieving balanced budgets, then deeper cuts will continue to roll out year after year.

“What I’m saying to the trustees, is that you were voted by your constituents to advocate and fight for the best possible public education,” said Smith. “How can that happen when you are accepting this bullying from the provincial government. That is what this is.”

“The more you accept it (cuts), the next year it will be more,” Smith said. “I’ve heard next year could be a minimum of $500,000 or possibly more. That’s speculation, but where can we keep cutting from,” he added. “I don’t see an end to this unless people take a stand.”

Although the province’s budget boasts a $110 million, or two per cent increase in education spending, it’s the fine print that left school districts and administrators in the lurch.

The cuts are ongoing, which means the total “efficiencies” actually total $54 million

next year.

While decisions haven’t been made, the board is in the beginning process to determine those areas to cut, said Darrel Ganzert, SD20 board chair. “At this point, we only have a list of possible areas to reduce,” he explained.

“As a board we believe the potential cuts are to the bone.”

He says the additional $200,000 of “administrative savings” mandated by the province are just another way to cut funding to public schools, when private schools are getting increased funding.

Rebecca McDonnell, DPAC chair, says her members had a meeting planned Tuesday night to discuss the $590,000 operating deficit plus the additional educational administration cuts.

“I will feel in a better position to provide information at that point,” said McDonnell in a Tuesday email. “However, I can say that SD20 parents, just like many of those in the rest of the province, are extremely frustrated with the consistent under funding of the education system,” she noted. “And we are anxious to ensure that the administration cuts/ efficiencies announced in the budget are realized in that capacity and not by further stripping our schools of programs and services.”

Call for final registration to Artists/Heritage Venues

The final registration deadline is fast approaching for this year’s Columbia Basin Culture Tour. This year marks the seventh year of the tour, a celebration of culture that will take place August 8-9 from 10

a.m. to 5 p.m.

The CBCT is a self guided tour designed to showcase local arts, culture and heritage. Visitors will be able to meet the participants “behind the scenes”, allowing them

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to see artist studios, purchase works directly from artists, as well as visit galleries, museums and cultural centres all free of charge.

The registration deadline is April 13. More information can be

found at www.cbcculturetour.com.

The Columbia Basin Culture Tour is a project of the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance and is funded by Columbia Basin Trust.

On Saturday, April 4, the Rossland Museum put on several Easter events for the children. The day started with an Easter egg hunt in the morning, then transitioning into arts, crafts, races and a two-story egg drop.

Despite the weather taking a turn for the worse, the turnout for the day was good.

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Kimberly Joines has been sit-skiing for over 13 years. She broke her back when she was only 19, while snowboarding.

Her determination and competitive nature pushed her to become a world-class athlete despite all the challenges.

On April 11, 2014, the CIBC branch in downtown Trail hosted a “Welcome Home” event for Greater Trail Paralympians who took part in the Paralympics in Sochi Russia. Kimberly Joines proudly displays the bronze medal she won in the sit ski slalom.

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After what seems like a lifetime of comebacks, Para-Alpine Skier Kimberly Joines has decided she isn’t going to hang up the skis but it may be time for a break.

The local sit-skier has been seen a lot of abuse on and off the slopes over her 13 year career, but she never expected to be formally recognized for it. Just last year Sport BC presented Joines with the Harry Jerome Comeback Award during their Athlete of the Year awards banquet.

“It’s nice to be recognized for that, because honestly, I’ve had about a dozen pretty crazy crashes and it’s not something you would normally ever get recognized for,” Joines laughed.

This award specifically, was for Joines’ magnificent return to skiing after cartwheeling down the track in Sochi, 2013.

“I basically broke both my shoulders, spent a week in a Russian hospital and got medical evacuation back to Canada for surgery,” Joines explained.

She then came back to win three silver medals and a bronze in the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Cups in January, 2014, followed by a bronze at the Sochi Paralympics the same year.

Joines said this award and her accom-

plishments are a big source of pride for her, but that accident brought her very close to retirement.

“When I hit the ground, I thought, that’s it, I’m done. I can’t take this anymore.”

But after a little more consideration she was singing a different tune.

“At that point I thought I would have to retire, but I thought about it for a few days, didn’t really want to get a real job or give up the dream so I switched to technical events. I used to race all five events, but now I only do the tech events because I’ve had way too many serious downhill crashes.”

Now that the season and crash are behind her, Joines feels she has earned some much needed rest.

“I’ve been missing my home and relationships in this town,” she said, “Probably going to take a bunch of downtime.

We haven’t stopped in the last two and a half seasons. I’m running on fumes at this point. I’ve been feeling burnt-out this entire season, which is kinda funny because I had one of my best training seasons ever.”

To add to everything that could happen on the hill, Joines doesn’t have the best of luck off the hill either.

“When the World Circuits started I got hit by a streak of bad luck.”

While training in Spain, she fell victim to one of the hills unattended chairlifts.

“I was dragged down the hillside for a couple hundred meters. I still have crazy bone bruises on my shins and my face got raked along the fence line. It almost ripped my arms off.”

Luckily, someone heard her cries for help, and they rushed to turn off the lift before it was too late.

That was just days before the first World Cup of the year.

“I ended up competing in about half of those first World Cups but it was real hit or miss. If I couldn’t even lift my arms halfway up in the morning then I wouldn’t ski and if I could do 30 degrees then I would.”

After the first round of World Cups she went home for a few days then returned to Europe for the second round where her lucky streak continued on.

“On the first day, I wheeled down a snowy road in my wheelchair and got frostbite on the side of my leg that was like six inches and all blistered. So I couldn’t ski in those World Cups at all.”

Joines said she is definitely over this frustrating season.

The Rossland sit-skier is planning on taking anywhere from six months to a year to recover.

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Little information has been provided, but the sign on the chamber door has read “closed’”for weeks now.

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Rossland chamber set for possible mergers Chris Stedile Rossland News

After almost 120 years of service, Rossland’s Chamber of Commerce has closed it’s doors.

The chamber has agreed that they are in favour of merging with Trail’s chamber and the silver city members will make their final decision April 7 at 7 p.m..

“My understanding is that the Rossland chamber felt that it

was better for the membership to merge with the Trail chamber and that together they could be a stronger force and provide better services to the membership,” said councillor and chamber liasion Marten Kruysse.

This decision also stems from a lack of membership renewal and overall support from within the business community.

Kruysse said that many services will likely continue over if the merger goes through.

Things such as dental, health care, etcetera.

He believes the merger is “99 per cent” finished and it’s just a matter of Trail’s official decision on Wednesday night.

The Greater Trail chamber is expected to become much stronger as a result.

For more information, stay tuned to rosslandnews. com where any further breaking news on the matter can be found.

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ROSSLAND MUSEUM WINTER HOURS For the winter season, admission will be 50 per cent off !

THOUGHTEXCHANGE RESULTS AND THE CITY FINANCIAL PLAN Sunday April 12th from 4-6pm @ the Miners Hall. 307 Rosslanders participated in City Council’s public engagement project with Thoughtexchange. Over 1300 ideas and thoughts were shared.

Now come out and learn what the community had to say and chat with city councillors. At the same time get a peek at the draft five year financial plan.

NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING: Monday, April 13, 6 pm.

THE KOOTENAY FESTIVAL OF ARTS will be hosted in Trail from April 6-18. The festival offers students in the disciplines of dance, piano, speech, drama, choral, vocal and strings, the opportunity of performance and adjudication by professionals in a theatrical environment.

RDKB TRASH TO TREASURE DAY Saturday, April 25 This one day event is your chance to help reduce waste by giving away

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Collect unwanted household items and place them by the curb. Create a sign to let treasure hunters know that your items are up for grabs. Remove all your remaining items by 4 p.m. You can download a sign for your lawn at www.rdck.ca or www. rdkb.com NDCU 64TH AGM Tuesday, April 28, 7 pm @ Prestige Lakeside Resort, Nelson. To ensure members from Rossland can participate FREE bus service will be available. 5:30 pm pick up at the Rossland branch. To reserve your seat, call 250-362-7393.

AUTHOR NIKKI TATE Tuesday, April 28, 1:30 pm @ RSS. Hosted by the Rossland Public Library.

GARDENING WORKSHOP Sunday, May 3, 10 – 11 am @ the Rossland Community Garden Learn what grows best in Rossland, when to plant and how to extend the season. Hosted by Rossland REAL Food and presented by Rachael Roussin. No registration necessary. Cost: $2

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ART DROP IN NIGHT Mondays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. @ our new space next door to RHC Insurance down town. There will be no instruction, just a space to be creative with other youth artists.

We will have guest artists present to lend support.

ROSSLAND MAKERLAB Thursdays 7 to 8:30 p.m. @ Seven Summits Centre for Learning Mentors are on hand to help with 3D modeling, printing or for other technology project. For youth 12 yrs and up. This program is free.

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Learn about backyard chickens on this self-guided tour of Rossland’s backyard chicken coops. No registration necessary. Maps available at www.rosslandfood.com HISTORICAL TALK Friday, April 24, 6:30 pm @ Rossland Museum. Topic: The two Dewdneys

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The Digital Arts and New Media students at Selkirk college are hosting their annual year end exhibition. This event will feature the work of both the first and second year students. Among the features at this year’s show will be an exhibit of digital and fine art, a compilation of video, and other interactive presentations. Everyone welcome!

ADULT CO-ED REC HOCKEY Tuesdays 9:45 to 11 p.m.

Sundays 9:15 to 10:30 p.m.

Join this fun, co-ed recreational program of non-contact dropin hockey. Full equipment is required and some experience necessary.

PICKLEBALL Indoor Pickleball at RSS Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Tuesdays 9 to 11 p.m. @ Flying Steamshovel. Bring your gear and come out and jam with other musicians. Hosted by Tim Bourchier.

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ROSSLAND SENIORS Monday 1:30 p.m.

Seniors Art Club meets. Contact Edith at 250-362-4477.

Monday 7 p.m.

Rossland Quilters Guild meets.

Contact Dayanne at 250-362-7727.

Wednesday 7 p.m.

Rossland Old Time Fiddlers play.

Visitors should contact Richie or Audrey at 250-362-9465.

Thursday 9:30 to 11 a.m.

Seniors stretching exercises and morning tea and snacks.

LOCAL WRITERS DISCUSSION Wednesdays 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. @ the Rossland Seniors Hall. To share ideas, expertise and knowledge, critiques, and open opportunities for experienced and want to be writers. For more information contact Les Anderson by email lesanderson66@gmail.com or phone @ 250362-5532.

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ROSSLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY The library has lots of great programs and events: Homeschoolers Happy Hour: 1st and 3rd Friday 1-2 p.m.

Lego Club: 1st and 3rd Thursday 3 to 4 p.m.

Books and Babies: Fridays at 11 a.m. Songs and story time for little ones 0 to 30 months.

Page Turners Book Club: 2nd Thursday of each month from 3 to 4 p.m. for kids 8-11 years old.

Book Club for adults: Last Wednesday of each month.

Movies and Munchies: 4th Thursday of each month from 3 to 4 p.m. For kids 6-12 years.

ROSSLAND MONKEY CLUB Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30-8 p.m. @ RSS Auditorium. Parkour and freerunning. Ages 8 and up. $5 drop-in.

ROSSLAND BEAVER SCOUTS Mondays 3 to 4 p.m.

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The event will be split into two parts. The first half will look at 2015 and where the city is in the budgeting process including how the public input and results of the Thoughtexchange project have helped shape the current version. The second half will be used to look ahead to the future and explore the opportunities and challenges coming in 2016 and beyond.

The event will be very interactive with opportunities to share questions, concerns and ideas for Council to consider as they move forward in addressing our capital management challenges through the budgeting and planning process.

“We hope to have a great turnout on April 12,” says Mayor Kathy Moore. “The community has shared many thoughts and priorities and this input has been valuable for council as we make hard decisions about the budget. At this event we want to share back what we’ve learned and where we are now. The budget process for 2015 is nearly complete and we want to make sure everyone understands what changes we’ve made for this year and we also want to start the conversation about what changes we anticipate for the future.”

Bring a friend and come out to the Miner’s Hall on Sunday to support the future of our city.

For more information about the event contact: mayor@rossland.ca or call Kathy Moore at 250362-3319.

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Avez-vous entendu parler du Marché French Extra? L’AFKO, qui organise cet événement exceptionnel entamera sa troisième année. Un petit changement à noter à vos calendriers… Cette année, le Marché French Extra se déroulera à la fin du mois de mai plutôt qu’en mars. Dimanche, le 31 mai sera une journée remplie de bons petits plaisirs! Impliquant un thème aux allures d’ambiance européenne, le Marché French Extra est parmi l’une des activités préférées de notre belle région des Kootenays. Entre autres, vous pourrez y déguster des pâtisseries, des croissants, prendre un petit café ou jaser avec un savoureux vin rouge au Bistro! Et pourquoi ne pas venir découvrir les créations de nos artisans francophones! De plus, cette année, l’AFKO a décidé de nous gâter en offrant un considérable ‘’extra’’ au menu : Marie Jo Thério en spectacle de clôture!

Marie Jo Thério, auteure, compositrice, interprète et actrice d’origine acadienne, se transportera jusqu'à chez nous pour vous offrir un spectacle intime. Voici une courte biographie de sa carrière.

Détenant un caractère et une force uniques, Marie Jo Thério dispose d’un parcours dominé par le goût de l’aventure. Née à Moncton en Acadie en 1965, Marie-Jo étudie tôt le piano, joue dans une troupe de théâtre pour enfants. Puis, petit à petit elle s’éloigne de l’univers classique du piano pour explorer ses premières chansons plus personnelles. À 17 ans, elle part pour Montréal, se produit régulièrement dans des boites à chanson, étudie la littérature, puis le théâtre au Conservatoire d’art dramatique, d’où elle est mise à la porte. Elle retourne en Acadie jouer dans une pièce pour enfants, dont elle signe les musiques. Puis, invitée par des amis comédiens, elle retourne à Montréal, participe à un spectacle de Brecht-Wells (Les 7 péchés capitaux) où l’auteur Michel Tremblay la repère et lui propose de faire une audition pour Nélligan, un opéra romantique sur la vie du poète Émile Nelligan, présenté au théâtre Maisonneuve de la Place des Arts de Montréal à guichet fermé.

Last Album MJ Therio Elle continue de se produire seule et de gagner petit à petit un public de plus en plus fidèle. Elle accepte entre-temps un rôle à la télé dans Chambre en ville qu’elle tient durant 3 ans. Lors d'un voyage en Russie, elle rapporte un accordéon. Au 1er congrès mondial Acadien en 1994, le producteur Robert Vinet (GSI musique) assiste à un de ses spectacles et lui offre un premier contrat de disque. L’album Comme de la musique voit le jour en 1995. C’est sur la petite scène du Théâtre du Maurier que Marie-Jo apparait au grand jour. Inclassable, bête de scène, désarmante d’authenticité, conteuse hors pair, elle se fait un nom. Marie-Christine Blais de La Presse écrit : ”elle fait du Marie-Jo Thério et c’est tout”.

En 1996, aux Francofolies de Montréal, elle est la première récipiendaire du prix Félix Leclerc.

S’amorce ainsi une tournée du Québec, un passage aux Francofolies de La Rochelle, des participations à des comédies musicales (Les Misérables, Notre Dame de Paris...) Elle joue au cinéma: Forbidden Love(1992), Kacho Komplo(2002), Book of Eve, Full Blast (1999: prix Jutras de la meilleure actrice de soutien). En 1998, suite à sa rencontre avec Georges Moustaki, elle assure sa 1ère partie au Casino de Paris et fait quelques dates avec lui en France.

Elle donne une série de concerts clandestins en solo, où dans des 1ères parties (Claude Nougaro, William Sheller, Alain Baschung).

Elle va jusqu’à Madagascar (médaille d’argent au Sommet de la Francophonie), au Vietnam, en Bosnie et bientôt Nelson (C.-B.).

Discographie : *Trois Petits Tours d’Automne au Théâtre Outremont (2014) Premier Album LIVE “Loin des pièges des disques enregistrés en spectacle...se distingue en en tant qu’incontournable. À l’écoute, on a l’impression de vivre une expérience unique ou la créativité se heurte aux limites temporelles de l’instant présent...

(Magasine Franco presse) *Chasing Lydie (2011) *Les Matins Habitables (2004) *La Maline (2000) *Comme de la Musique (1995) Join us this year to experience a flavorful French Extra Market!

This year, we are honored to bring you a singer-songwriter-actor well known in Quebec and in the Maritimes; Marie Jo Thério will perform an intimate concert to close the famous market. Come and discover a wonderful taste of the French vibrant culture that melts with the artsy Kootenay culture!

Info : 250.352.3516. Visit us at www.afko.ca! Visitez-nous : www. afko.ca Marché French Extra – 31 Mai – Hart Hall On vous attend en grand nombre!

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