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Return to Ebola-affected West Afrika Rossland nurse, Patrice Gordon returned home to B.C. on Christmas Day following four weeks in Sierra Leone aiding the fight against the Ebola virus.

Upon arrival back on home soil Gordon began her three-week self-isolation period in a Kelowna hotel.

Part way through the lock down she developed a fever and drove herself to the Kelowna General Hospital, the level two Ebola facility for inland BC. The Rossland nurse was released from an isolation unit at the Kelowna hospital on the first day of the new year, after three tests for Ebola, over a 72hour period, came back negative.

Gordon is one of 24 Canadian Red Cross workers who have travelled to West Africa to help with the Ebola crisis and she is now weighing up her options to return. With her skills and training, Gordon feels she has a lot to offer and is seriously considering the implications both ways.

A return back to West Africa would mean an additional seven weeks away from her home in Rossland. Four weeks in country and then the mandatory three weeks in isolation.

Seeing your family member go off into a risky mission while you are stuck at home with no control over the situation is usually the hardest place to be in these scenarios. However Gordon believes her family can see beyond this and know the cause is valuable and close to Gordon’s heart.

“They would support it, they are proud of me for what I am doing and they worry, it is so much harder to be the people that stay behind,” she said.

Gordon is open to the location she is posted to within West Africa but says that returning to Sierra Leone would be favourable in order to work alongside the aid staff she had previously met.

“Our multi-national Red Cross group is one of the finest collections of people on the planet. The support, fun, mutual concern, and expertise are amazing to see. To watch so many people working so hard to fight against Ebola is a privilege. I am witnessing humanity at its best,” recounted Gordon.

New avalanche training park Louis McBride, from Rossland’s McBride Design and Construction Incorporated, has purchased and installed an eight-station wireless Back Country Access Avalanche Beacon Training Park at RED Mountain Resort (RMR).

McBride, an avid back country enthusiast, saw the need for this training park in the community.

A lot of people travelling in the backcountry do not practice a rescue near as often as they should in

Christophe Decktiss and David Andrighetto practice backcountry skills in the new avalanche training park on RED Mountain Resort.

Photo by Alicia Wallace order to be efficient in a real life situation.

“For me it’s important and we need one here in the community,” McBride said of the new avalanche training park. This was motivation enough for McBride to fund the training park from his own pocket.

The park can be accessed by taking RMR’s Silverlode chair. The training park is visible from the chair ride on your way to the top. The park does not cost anything to use. As McBride explains, he wanted everyone travelling into the backcountry to be well prepared and acclimatized to searching and using a probe. “I think it is important, also for the sledders and snowshoers, for all those who travel into the backcountry,” he said.

McBride imparts the snow pack conditions in the Rossland Range are particularly touchy this year.

“In the Rossland Range, because of the rain we got a month or so ago, it is not so safe here. There has been a lot of avalanche activity locally. A number of slides have occurred, some on the northern side of Mt. Kirkup, this was just before the ski hill opened (for the winter season),” he said.

To use the system there is a control panel. There are eight switches, one for each of the transceivers buried in the snow. Once you flip the switch on the control panel it will send a signal from the transceiver to your avalanche beacon. If you locate the buried plywood surrounding the transceiver it will send a signal back to the control panel and the red light turns green. “You can also feel it,” explains McBride.

McBride has placed a notebook in the control panel and asks the public to sign it as you use the park. He also advises to “be a good backcountry partner and get out there and hone your searching skills!”

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In the cover story, Tyler Harper profiles Trace Cooke, a 20-year-old Nelson skier set to make his debut on the Freeride World Tour in January in Europe.

Joan Thompson writes about David Seven Deers, a Grand Forks sculptor and member of the Sto:lo Nation whose work references Greek myth, new archeological theories, Mayan traditions, and Vedic Brahman beliefs.

Chelsea Novak looks at the history of four local credit unions — Heritage, Kootenay Savings, Nelson and District, and Grand Forks — and how they give back to the communities where they operate by supporting organizations and events.

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RDKB says no to Rossland payment request The regional district has turned down Rossland’s request for back payment for four years of fire hydrant maintenance.

Since 2010, Rossland has had a deal with the Regional District of the Kootenay Boundary where the region pays the city just over $100 per year, per hydrant. An issue arose when the city discovered it had been under reporting the number of hydrants maintained, reducing its payment by $15,187.21 over four years.

At the most recent board of directors meeting, the RDKB received an invoice from the Golden City requesting payment of over $15,000, but the regional district followed a recommendation presented by RDKB chief administrative officer, John MacLean, and declined to pay.

“We went through a couple of issues here to determine which way we wanted to go with this,” said MacLean. “At the end of the day, the recommendation was based on how difficult it would be to go back in time.”

Maclean says every dollar in the fire budget is accounted for, leaving no room for an extra $15,000 to be paid out.

“The fire budget is a very tight budget,” he said. “It is a large budget, but very tight.”

According to the RDKB, Rossland was responsible for correctly counting the hydrants and the district is not on the hook for the money.

Manager of operations for Rossland, Darrin Albo, says the city relied on the reports from operators when submitting hy-

drant counts to the regional district for payment over the last five years.

“I know there are some discrepancies over whether the hydrants are in a strata,” he said, adding that they still flush strata hydrants, but the city doesn’t own them. “When we get a report back from our operators, they will report that they flushed so many hydrants and then we use that number.”

The discrepancy in number of hydrants has been remedied for the 2014 payment from the RDKB, but only after a survey of the city and a hydrant count.

“This year, we actually went around and looked at our GIS (geographic information system) and we went around and physically counted all of our hydrants, and that is why the number we have now corresponds with how many hydrants we actually own,” he said.

Rossland Mayor Kathy Moore was at the RDKB committee meeting where the decision to decline payment was made, and says she has no plans to contest it.

“The agreement is that cities are to tell the RDKB what hydrants they have and submit a map,” she said. “Evidently the city made a mistake and didn’t do that (from 2010 to 2013). I wouldn’t want someone to come to me and say, ‘Hey, I forgot to bill you four years ago, but I am billing you now.’”

Moore says the final decision on whether to accept the RDKB’s choice will lie with council, but she doesn’t foresee any backlash.

Tighty whities challenge takes Rossland Everyone in Rossland is pitching in to help build a skatepark for Rossland. On Saturday, Feb. 7 while it was raining and foggy at the ski hill, a group of kids who are passionate about the skatepark project, skied down from the t-bar in nothing but their tighty whities!

During the month of December when the Rossland Skatepark Association (RSA) hosted their 30K in 30 days fundraiser chal-

Everyone is pitching in to build a skatepark for Rossland, including these kids who took to the slopes in their tighty whities on Sunday despite the drizzling rain.

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lenge, locals posted various challenges to the Yodel website which were then funded by a network of their supporters. By asking their local networks to pledge them online, members expanded their fundraising pool outside of Rossland to across the world.

Mark Impey, a RSA board member, was able to reach his network of friends from across the globe to support the construction of Rossland’s skatepark. “I received donations supporting my challenge from Australia, Scotland, England, Ontario, Alberta and all over BC. If I had asked these people to donate to help build a skatepark in Rossland, they wouldn’t have given it much thought but they wanted to support me in my challenge so they gave (to the cause),” Impey said.

Local Rossland children Finn and Blaise were fulfilling their Yodel skatepark fund-

March Rossland Mountain Market wins award The Rossland Mountain Market was announced as the winner of the Farmer’s Market of the Year in the small market category (six to 20 vendors) at the second annual BC Farmers’ Market awards.

The awards were held last month at the BC Association of Farmers’ Markets Conference in Cowichan Bay. “It’s wonderful to see such passion and dedication to local food and farmers’ markets,” said Elizabeth Quinn, the association’s executive director.

“The gala is a great opportunity to celebrate the growing food sector, acknowledge our achievements and recognize those who are making strides in our local communities. Our winners are creating opportunities, building communities, shifting perceptions and shaping the experience of what it means to attend a farmers’ market in BC.” The winning markets were selected from the 21

The Rossland Mountain Market was announced as the winner of the Farmers’ Market of the Year in the small market category (six to 20 vendors) at the second annual BC Farmers’ Market awards.

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public nominated markets from across BC. The judges considered how each farmers’ market added value to their communities and connected producers to consumers through fresh, local foods.

Armstrong Farmers’ Market won the medium category (with between 21 and 60 vendors at each market) and Comox Valley Farmers’ Market received the award for large markets (with over 61 vendors).

“We are so honoured to receive the 2015 Farmers’ Market of the Year Award,” said Miche Warwick of the

Rossland Mountain Market Society. “We are actively striving to be a social celebration of local food, art and community and this award is a wonderful recognition.

This is an affirmation that we are heading in the right direction, it is a super boost to motivation for all our volunteers’ effort.”

These accolades were made through a public nomination process where nominators took around 15 minutes each online to tell judges why they thought their favourite market should win.

That speaks strongly for the passion these nomina-

tors must have for their local markets.

One of the things that has contributed to the success of the Rossland Mountain Market Society is providing access to farm fresh produce throughout the winter months and connecting the farmers with local buyers.

Warwick explains the “biggest thing was that we tried to improve the community’s access to local farm fresh produce and hand crafted goods year round.

It has been noticed by the community that we have added a larger range of fresh produce.”

raiser challenge on Feb. 7 by skiing the T-bar slope in only their underwear. They raised the stakes when they skied through the terrain park side of the t-bar and even jumped some of the features set up in the park.

RSA aims to break the ground in summer of 2016 with construction of the skatepark at the old Emcon Lot on the corner of Washington and Third Ave. The association is on a roll and has the project shovel ready — all that is missing is a small portion of the funds to construct the park. RSA have the designs drafted and approval for the site.

They hope to raise an additional $100,000 to accomplish the project.

RSA began back in 1996. By the time the funds roll in to construct the skatepark, it will have been 20 years that the community’s desire for a skatepark has become formalized.

Farmers can now plan to grow crops throughout the winter knowing they will have a place to sell their yield. It allows locals good access to food all year.

Rossland is one of only a handful of communities in the Kootenays where fresh produce is available at a market over the winter months.

“Becoming a society was a huge step for us and a successful moment. It has given the market the opportunity to do a lot more in the future,” explains Warwick.

Women’s National Field Hockey Team off to Dublin The Canadian Women’s National Field Hockey Team booked its ticket to the World League Round 2 semifinal with a 5-1 win over Austria Thursday morning at Women’s World League Round 2 in Dublin, Ireland.

As they were with Ukraine, Canada’s women were ready for an awkward style of match which didn’t quite allow for a free-flowing style of hockey.

That readiness paid off early and often, as veteran forward Thea Culley, a Rossland native, beat Austrian goalkeeper Jasmin Anderle just three minutes into the match to give Canada an important lead early.

The first goal of the game has proven to be quite important for the red-and-white as Canada has shown comfort playing with the lead, not giving one up throughout the entire tournament so far.

That task was made easier when Culley added to the lead in the twenty-fourth minute for her second of the game. Culley’s fourth goal of the tournament ties her for first in tournament goal scoring with Chile’s Daniela Caram and Ireland’s Naomi Carroll.

Before the half was out, Alex Thicke, a newcomer to the national scene playing in only her sixth international match, was able to beat Anderle on a penalty corner for her first international goal to increase Canada’s lead to 3-0.

Canada’s dominance continued into the second half as the women were not going to leave anything to chance.

In the thirty-second minute, defender Sara McManus notched her second of the tournament on a penalty corner for the 4-0 and to extinguish any doubts surrounding the result. The teams exchanged goals late in the match, with Stephanie Norlander getting Canada’s final tally in the sixtieth minute.

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Letter to the editor

Dear Rosslanders, The volunteers at the Rossland Food Bank wish to thank all who have donated, not only this year, but in past years as well to the food bank. Our ability to operate is totally dependent on the generosity of our donors and we are deeply appreciative of the support we receive.

We acknowledge with gratitude the support of the City of Rossland, Ferraro Foods, Goat FM Radio, Out of the Cellar, Rossland Beer Co., Bear Environmental, Rossland Aeire #10 Eagles, Columbia Basin Trust, Alpine Drug Mart staff, Miners’ Hall movie night, RSS students, Rotary Interac, West Kootenay Toy Run, Rossland Thrift Shop, City of Rossland employees, Carpenter’s Union members, Safety Net Security, BC Government Employees Union members, Nelson and District Credit Union staff, Rossland Branch, Cynthia’s Yoga, Rossland Quilters, The Discussion Group, K2Contracting employees, Rossland Court Services, Rossland Ladies Curling Club, Rossland Firemen, and CIMS employees, TriMac Transportation Service, Trail Branch employees, St. Andrews United Church congregation, Sacred Heart Catholic Church parishioners, who have, through their joint efforts, raised funds for the food bank as well as ongoing donations of food. We thank the individuals who faithfully make a monthly donation and the countless others who have made monetary donations or dropped off food in our basket at Ferraros. Our hearts are particularly warmed to see children requesting donations to the food bank in lieu of birthday presents and to those who have “gone shopping” for the food bank to remember the needs of others at Christmas time.

Our food bank is funded and stocked by Rosslanders, as well as those who have or have had a connection to Rossland. We are in awe at the level of support we receive which allows us to keep our door open. We are truly thankful.

Maureen, Luba, Colleen, Chris, Joyce, Willa and Frankie

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Passages of 2015: Bill Bennett The death of former BC premier Bill Bennett on Dec. 4 prompted the traditional round of polite tributes.

He was the man from Kelowna who remade Vancouver, with SkyTrain, BC Place Column by stadium and Expo ’86 TOM FLETCHER to put the city on the world map. He won three majority governments before handing over the steering wheel of a smoothly running Social Credit Party to Bill Vander Zalm.

Outside BC, the wire service obituaries ran to a few paragraphs, defining Bennett first as the “architect of financial restraint in the province.”

It seems an ordinary notion today, but when Bennett unleashed his “restraint program” on the BC government in 1983, it was presented as a right-wing coup on a socialist utopia.

I was in journalism school in Vancouver when unions organized a general strike and mass street demonstrations under the banner of Operation Solidarity, appropriated from the struggle against Poland’s communist dictators. Their goal was to bring the recently re-elected government to its knees.

The newly tabloid Vancouver Province, itself largely controlled by some of BC’s most

militant unions, was a screeching banshee of the big-labour left.

“Socred hitmen swoop on rights workers,” its front page declared after 400 layoff notices were issued to provincial staff. This propaganda was the public’s guide and my professional role model.

A bit of background: the BC economy was in the grip of an international recession, hitting resource industries and government revenues hard.

Bennett had ousted the Dave Barrett NDP government in 1975, but the legacy lived on.

During its three-year reign, for example, education spending increased 13 per cent in the first year and 23 per cent in each of the next two.

The blitz of restraint legislation reasserted government’s authority to control the size and wages of provincial staff, reinstated the province’s ability to pay, eliminated various boards, and increased the provincial sales tax to seven per cent to pay the bills.

Another Bill Bennett legacy was dismantling the monopoly chokehold of big international unions on public heavy construction.

Growing up in northeastern BC, I had seen the impressive pay for jobs on highway construction, about twice what I earned labouring for a non-union contractor doing city work.

A couple of friends discovered the inside track to securing labouring jobs on a provincially-funded highway project. After

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joining the union, those in the know could visit a business agent and hand over $500 cash. Within days, the lucky winner would be “name requested” to join the crew, vaulting over those who thought paying dues and working their way up the seniority list would be enough.

This struggle over public construction continues today, with BC Hydro’s decision to make the Site C dam an open shop. The main contract was awarded to a consortium working with the Christian Labour Association of Canada, an alternative union known by more colourful names among old-line building trades.

After graduating from journalism school, I landed my first full-time job as a reporter for the Kelowna Capital News, shortly before Bennett announced his retirement from the premier’s office to finish his term as a backbench MLA. Bennett and I would sometimes arrive for work together, parking our rusty 1976 Chevrolets on Bernard Ave., where he kept an office above the family furniture store.

I found out later that Bennett’s modest old sedan was the government-issue car he had used during his entire 10 years as premier.

The party bought it for him as a humourous retirement gift, and he continued to drive it to work. No frills. That was Bill Bennett.

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April Youth services trying out new home Rossland’s Youth Action Network (YAN) may have finally found a home to call their own.

Located at 2076 Columbia Avenue ­ — previously, Got Juiced and Mountain Nugget Chocolate shop — the YAN is a program of the city, funded through Columbia Basin Trust’s (CBT) Community Directed Youth Funds Program.

YAN and its coordinator, Mike Kent, aim to have the youth of Rossland become more involved with extra-cirricular activities and the community.

YAN came to life in 2013 but up until a month ago, the program had no base of operations. This location is more of a pilot project according to Kent.

How long the centre stays open at its new location depends on several factors including funding, traffic and usefulness.

Currently, Kent is waiting on a grant approval which should be coming in within two weeks. If funding is secured, Kent said the YAN will be in place for at least another year.

As coordinator, Kent’s job is to talk with the youth and figure out what it is they want out of the network.

“Over the past two years, my role as a coordinator has been to get youth together, talk to them and figure out what kinds of things they feel they’d like to see happen in Rossland. A lot of that’s been more around programs and opportunities.”

Kent and the YAN have started up a parkour program, art programs, community dances and much more.

In addition to having a more solid base to conduct planning and various activities, Kent believes having a physical location is important in itself.

“There hasn’t been a defined youth space in Rossland for over a

decade. There was one that closed down when I moved here long ago but nothing since,” he said.

Kent and company have applied for a couple more grants and started work on a sustainability plan to ensure long term life for the network.

“We’re feeling pretty confident that we’ll be open for at least a year and see if the youth around here are finding value here.”

“Since the start of the project we’ve held five group meetings. The youth come in and discuss different plans and actions the YAN could undertake. We’ve had some great feedback.”

Former city planner hired as new interim CAO The City of Rossland has found a new interim chief administrative officer in Mike Maturo, who previously worked for the city as the senior planner. Maturo will begin his new job April 27.

In a news release, the city said the search and hiring process after previous acting administrator Tracey Butler resigned was long and arduous but they wanted to make sure the person who filled the role would perform the job to the same standard.

“After reviewing dozens of resumes and interviewing five finalists, city council selected Mr. Maturo to fill this critical position while the current chief administrative/ chief financial officer is on extended leave,” the statement said.

“We are thrilled to welcome Mr. Maturo as interim CAO,” Mayor Kathy Moore said. “With his extensive municipal experience and understanding of the city, Mr. Maturo is able to immediately step into the CAO role and have a positive impact that will help move the city forward.”

From 2007 to 2013, Maturo was Rossland’s manager of planning and development services.

However, the city eliminated his position.

“There was an effort

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However during his time with the city, he made significant contributions to the community, including facilitating the adoption of the strategic sustainability plan, re-writing the official community plan, drafting the tax revitalization bylaw and modernizing the zoning bylaw.

Maturo also led the downtown revitalization design process, managed the community wildfire protection plan, drafted the 2011 municipal infrastructure and facilities improvement plan, and was the city’s representative for the regional liquid waste management plan. He further led the initiative to establish the city’s active transportation plan and successfully obtained a number of grants.

Maturo holds a master’s degree in urban and regional planning, as well as a bachelor of science degree in economics. He has managed both office staff and contractors, and has over 17 years of experience working in small-to-medium sized municipalities.

Last year he briefly served as interim director of development services and engineering in Nelson, but resigned before his contract ended.

“Mr. Maturo brings a wealth of practical, organizational and managerial knowledge to the position,” Moore said.

“Rossland has major infrastructure chal-

lenges ahead and Mr. Maturo’s previous experience, knowledge of our community, our infrastructure situation and the issues raised by the auditor general for local government make him an excellent choice for interim CAO. City council is delighted to welcome him into this new role.”

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Duties may include review of the tender package, bids, contract management, overall engineering, reporting and change orders.

The Task Force will consist of the Owner’s Representative, a member of Council, staff and up to 4 (four) citizens with engineering qualifications and/or experience in managing major construction projects. Citizens will be appointed by Council.

The Terms of Reference for the Washington Street Advisory Task Force are available at City Hall and on the City website: www.rossland.ca Please submit your interest in writing or email by January 8, 2016 to: City of Rossland PO Box 1179 1899 Columbia Avenue Rossland, BC V0G 1Y0 Phone: 362-7396 Fax: 362-5451 Email: cityhall@rossland.ca

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Students raise money for wetland projects Earlier this year, in March, Rossland Summit School (RSS) teacher, Bridget O’Malley, and her Grade 4 and 5 class put on a fundraiser performance of the classic Dr. Seuss tale, The Lorax.

The performance was to raise money for the North Jubilee Wetland Reclamation Project and altogether the students raised $878.

With the theme of the book being about stewardship and caring for the environment, O’Malley wanted the community project to reflect this message.

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Her Honour Judith Guichon visits Rossland Her Honour, the Honourable Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, paid a visit to the mountain town of Rossland on Tuesday and she loved every minute of it.

“It started with breakfast, with an amazing

group of people, with ideas that are earthshaking, literally. It’s an unusual community,” she said at the closing point of her time in Rossland.

Throughout her time in Rossland, her most prominent visits were to the various schools. Her first stop was made at École des Sept-sommets.

Here she spread the word of conservation and how important the living aspects of our earth are.

The children were fully prepared for Her Honour’s visit and had prepared two songs in French, which they proudly sung before her.

After the children sang, there was a question period and nearly every hand in the gymnasium shot up.

“Do you ever regret becoming Lieutenant Governor?” asked one student.

“Not for a minute,” Guichon replied, “I’ve

been in a submarine and spoken with astronauts, does it get much better than that?”

Her Honour then traveled to Seven Summits Centre for Learning where they provided her with several small gifts of chocolate, provided a tour and update on what it is they do at this alternative learning facility.

Ilo Shubert retires after 28 years “I heard somewhere that every time you smile it improves your sense of well-being, and I thought, they make me smile a hundred times a day.”

These are the words of Ilo Shubert, several days before she hands out certificates of graduation to her 40 plus preschoolers for the final time.

Shubert has run Ilo’s Preschool for over 28 years now and believes it’s time to pack it in, but not before she’s certain that after it’s been sold, the school will continue to operate as it has for so long.

Shubert is asking the

city for a letter of assurance that whoever buys her business can continue to run the preschool in the same room and pay rent at a reasonable cost.

Located in the Lodge Room, downstairs in the Miners’ Hall, her children have all the space they could need for anything a growing, learning kid needs.

From humble beginnings when the school was supposed to host one group twice a week, Ilo’s has grown to have 75 kids at times. Over the years, Shubert has cut back but still tends to cover several groups, four days a week, mornings and evenings.

The Miners’ Hall is owned by the city and Shubert contracts with them to run the preschool.

“I have 40 families

that want preschool in September and they’re all so panicked not knowing what they’re going to do.”

“It’s actually bittersweet this week. I’m feeling it’s time for someone younger with a little more energy to take over but I’m going to miss them so much. I have kids of kids now. Those who came before are now bringing their little ones and that’s so cool.”

During last week’s council meeting, several concerned citizens, parents, and friends of Shubert came out to voice their support.

Ilo Shubert retired last Thursday after many funfilled years, educating and inspiring the youth of Rossland.

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The Lieutenant Governor, Judith Guichon, made a stop in Rossland on Tuesday as part of her Kootenay tour. What she saw and the people she spoke with, simply blew her away. After leaving each school she stopped to shake each students hand and thank them for their time.

Photo by Chris Stedile Everything went so smoothly that there was a little extra time available for Guichon to see the city’s courthouse and various landmarks and views.

“Whenever I meet other people and talk about the province I can talk about Rossland,” she said, “and say ‘did you know this was happen-

ing in Rossland?’”

The final stop for BC’s Lieutenant Governor was made at the Rossland Summit School where the children put on a performance on a grand scale.

In keeping with the theme of preserving our land and its animals, students sung songs from the classic Dr. Seuss tale, The Lorax.

Ilo with her preschool children enjoying a picnic at the park after a field trip to the local post office.

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first three years for the Rossland Beer Co. In their first six months, they won a prestigious award through the BC beer awards for their Paydirt Pale ale. And this year, Ryan Arnaud and Petri Raito are very proud to accept the Gold Medal for their stout at the recent 2015 Canadian Brewing awards. It’s encouraging that their beer is recognized in such a prestigious event — they are clearly doing something right.

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three years ago, they are so excited about the future and are proud to share this with the people of Rossland.

“It’s so great to look to the future and be able to grow together. We look forward to being a big part of the community down the road. We might need a little time to do all the things we want to do and be a part of, but it’s happening and we can’t wait. From being a good employer to adding to the draw of the town,” says Raito.

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July Oh Canada! Rossland style Canada Day in Rossland was a little different this year with the day’s festivities taking place outside Rossland Museum instead of at Pioneer Park, but tradition was upheld with the annual hike up Mt. Roberts.

Hikers met at the museum at 8 a.m. For those who made it, the reward was watching the Canadian flag being hoisted high, after which, according to Mayor Kathy Moore, “the whole group sort of spontaneously burst into song,” with the singing of “O Canada.”

Back at the Rossland Museum, family friendly activities kicked off at noon with music and a barbeque, and face painting, crafts, and carnival games for the kids.

Sonja Janischewski says her two daughters Ava and Mackenzie Echle (ages three and four) “really enjoyed being out and looking at all the equipment the city brought in,” equipment like loaders and graders.

August Controversial position filled T he Ko ote nay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue’s (KBRFR) new firefighter training position has been filled.

Glen Gallamore of Company 4 was hired internally to take on the new position and will begin his new role on Sept. 14.

The training position came about after the Office of the Fire Commissioner came out with a firefighters competency and training playbook in September 2014.

According to the playbook, in order for a fire department to be a full services operations department, every firefighter must meet the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) 1001 Firefighter 2 Competencies.

Not all of KBRFR’s firefighters currently do.

Mayor Kathy Moore and fellow Rosslanders making the decent down Mt. Roberts.

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The Gold Fever Follies sang a bilingual rendition of the national anthem and performed a teaser from their summer show and then Molly Jamin, age 13, led the official singing of “O Canada.”

Mayor Moore presented the Canada Day cake, cutting slices for everyone, and the day finished with music from the Foggy Goggle Boys.

Museum director Joelle Hodgins and museum assistant Sandra Balentine worked over the winter to organize the event at its new location. Balentine estimates at least 300 people attended.

Rossland slows down to 30 kilometers As of Tuesday, July 21 the speed limit on Rossland’s municipal roads is 30 km per hour.

The change in speed limit was originally anticipated for midAugust, but the decals arrived early.

“We were going to do it as soon as we got the signs, but the decals for the signs—we’re just changing

So in June, the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary East End Services Committee voted for the KBRFR to be a full service operations fire department, and to create the firefighter training position.

A paid on-call firefighter was hired to take on Gallamore’s shift now that he’ll be training full time.

The new position stirred some controversy when the East End Services Committee voted to create it.

Rossland city councillor Lloyd McLellan was the only member of the committee opposed to the new position, and Mayor Kathy Moore went on record to say she thought there must have been a better way.

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the 4 to the 3 to make it 30 instead of 40—…they came in quickly, so public works was out there putting them on all the signs yesterday,” Mayor Kathy Moore said Wednesday afternoon.

Speed limits in school zones have also been lowered to 15 km per hour in pickup areas and 20 km per hour elsewhere.

Two specific areas of Rossland— the west end of McLeod and the Nickelplate neighbourhood—have also had their speed limits lowered to 20 km per hour, because the streets are so narrow.

Corporal Darryl Orr of the Trail and Greater District Detachment says they’ll be enforcing the new speed limit, as well as watching for unbuckled seat belts, and distracted drivers. There may be some leniency for those who haven’t realized the speed limit’s been dropped, but that call will be at the discretion of the officer, and will be based on the speed of the vehicle.

she told Rossland News.

“I realize this isn’t ideal, and maybe not feasible, but I don’t believe other alternatives were properly explored.”

Chief Martin is aware of the opposition, and says he respects the East End Services Committee, all of its members and Mayor Moore, but feels the new position was the best option.

Four bears killed in Rossland Rosslanders took to Bhubble to voice their concerns after Mayor Kathy Moore posted on her Facebook page that four bears were killed in lower Rossland on Wednesday.

Sgt. Tobe Sprado from the conservation office in Castlegar confirmed that the bears — two adult males and two adults females — were “destroyed” on Wednesday.

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“So there will be an influx of bears coming into communities, and we expect people to be a little bit more tolerant than they have in the past,” he said.

Sprado says that so far, fires haven’t been driving the bears into town, but his office anticipates that if the wildfires get worse, they could also become a factor.

Asked what people can do to keep bears from coming into their yards, Sprado said, “They’ve gotta eliminate the attractants. So specifically, even if the fruit is not ripe, bears are still attracted to that fruit. They’re gonna have to pick that fruit.”

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September Eritrean refugees arrive in Rossland The West Kootenay Friends of Refugees (WKFoR) welcomed their second sponsored family on Wednesday, Aug. 26.

Twenty-nine-year-old Ruta Zakarias Yohannes is a refugee from Eritrea, Africa.

She arrived from a refugee camp in Cairo with her two sons, Eyobed Gideon Melake, who turned five the day they arrived, and Yonathan Gideon Melake, age four.

Ruta fled Eritrea after her husband didn’t come home one day. She hasn’t seen him since.

Ruta escaped Eritrea and made it to Cairo where she and her boys lived for a year and a half, and where she applied to immigrate to Canada as a refugee.

Two other women from the camp have also immigrated to the Kootenays. Both Helen and Salam live in Nelson, and know Ruta from the camp.

Helen and Salam surprised Ruta and her children at the airport on Wednesday, along with members of the WKFoR. Ruta speaks some English, but her primary language is Tigrinya and knowing other Eritreans in the area will give her the opportunity to keep speaking it.

The WKFoR will help Ruta learn more English and train for a job.

Eyobed will be starting school in

October Divers scour reservoir An RCMP dive team was searching the Rossland reservoir Monday in hopes of finding evidence in connection to the homicide of Rossland resident Thomas Feeney.

Spokesman Cpl. Dave Tyreman said the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team was called in as a result of information obtained in the ongoing investigation.

Police have yet to share how the 75-year-old died in his home on June 5, 2014. Investigators believe the death occurred during a robbery, and they hope the renewed search will turn up evidence that may have been discarded after the homicide.

The case, led by the Southeast District Major Crime Unit, is considered a “random incident” or a “crime of opportunity” against the man who was killed at his home on Feeney Road, named after his

September, but Yonathan will need other opportunities to start learning English, like the Strong Start program. The program requires parents to attend with their children, so Ruta would also have the opportunity to learn more English, and would get to meet other parents with children the same age.

The Canadian government will give Ruta a small stipend for the first six months she’s in Canada, and the WKFoR will help pay for anything not covered by the stipend and for any expenses during the following six months, at which point they hope she’ll have a job that will allow her to support herself.

Rosslander runs for the Greens Rossland resident Samantha Troy became the Green party candidate for South Okanagan-West Kootenay on Sunday, Sept.

13. Since then, she’s been kept busy filling out paperwork, attending debates and meeting constituents.

Troy was inspired to run when she learned that there was no Green party candidate for the riding. She liked the Green party’s platform and decided someone should run for the party.

“With the world as it is we need to start making some really concrete … choices,” she said. “I sure like the way Elizabeth May has presented herself over her time in parliament, and not too much research to go look

family.

“We don’t believe it was a targeted act, where they planned out to kill Mr. Feeney,” explained Tyreman. “It’s possible they were breaking in because there were some antiques or some items of interest that Mr. Feeney had collected.”

In this case, it appears that somebody either broke into the residence or was in the residence and was confronted by him and at that point Mr. Feeney lost his life,” said Tyreman.

The investigation is very much active, Tyreman confirmed, and police are asking the public to reevaluate their memory because any detail could lead to solving this crime.

NDP’s Richard Cannings for the win The red wave that swept across the country last night didn’t flow into the newly formed South Okanagan-West Kootenay (SOWK) riding.

This area remained orange for a fourth straight federal election while the Liberals took hold of

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Ruta and her sons arrived at Castlegar Airport on Wednesday, Aug. 26. Left to right: Yonathan Gideon Melake, Eyobed Gideon Melake, and Ruta Zakarias Yohannes.

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up the Green party platform and go, ‘Wow, that really makes sense, and it’s actually pretty doable.’ And for all those reasons we should have a candidate in this riding, and I can be that candidate.”

For Troy, the most important issue this election is changing the election system.

Asked what she thought the elections issues were for Rosslanders, Troy said, “I think I need to talk to a lot more Rosslanders, and just ask their direct opinions as to what their

most of Canada.

NDP Richard Cannings was declared the winner after garnering 19,230 votes from 250 of the 276 polling stations.

By 9:45 p.m. Cannings had arrived to the celebration at his Penticton headquarters.

By the time BC voting stations closed at 7 p.m. the Liberals already had a near majority government.

Following the east to west sweep, Justin Trudeau was named the next Prime Minister fifteen minutes later with 172 seats and counting.

“We’re thrilled to see that Canada’s back on the right track,” Liberal candidate Connie Denesiuk told Dan Walton of the Penticton Western News.

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She also thinks that Rosslanders are generally pretty concerned about the environment.

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The colour party led the Remembrance Day parade to the cenotaph where they stood at attention behind markers commemorating Rosslanders who gave their lives to keep Canada free.

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Rossland, Trail fail to reach rec agreement Efforts to reach a recreation agreement between the cities of Rossland and Trail have come to a standstill.

Representatives from both communities announced on Thursday that after four months of trying to hammer out a deal they’ve reached an impasse.

It came down to finances and Rossland simply couldn’t afford to meet Trail’s request.

In a press release, the City of Rossland cited that its budget is “under pressure from a number of fronts.”

It highlighted the sewage plant upgrades, aging facilities and major infrastructure repairs including next year’s Washington Street renewal project.

“While we understand there is a tangible and important value to regional cooperation, our first priority must be to the residents of Rossland and making sure our spending decisions are prudent,” said the release.

The City of Trail issued its own press release explaining its negotiating committee faced a tough decision.

“It became very evident that Trail council would have to significantly compromise the original principles the city advanced when talks began in order to secure an agreement with Rossland.”

Trail Mayor Mike Martin said the gap between the two communities was just too much to overcome.

“Rossland cited financial capacity as a limiting factor and there remained a significant gap between what Rossland indicated they could afford to pay and where Trail council was ultimately comfortable.

“As negotiations continued, council became increasingly concerned with the potentially negative impacts a settlement could have on the funding agreement the city has in place with Warfield and Beaver Valley. The city had to be mindful of this given what has been accomplished in these two agreements.”

Trail reached a 66-month deal with Warfield (worth $631,500 over the life of the agreement) in May and a one-year deal with Beaver Valley (worth $125,000) in August.

According to the City of Rossland press release, Trail offered Rossland a two-year deal for $90,000 per year while Rossland countered with an offer of $50,000 per year with a cost of living percentage increase for three years.

Rossland Mayor Kathy Moore said the cost proved too prohibitive.

“In the end we just couldn’t afford what Trail

was requesting. Rossland already spends 15 per cent of our annual budget on our own recreational facilities and programs. We have other basic critical needs that must be addressed.”

Despite not reaching an agreement, Moore said both sides negotiated in a friendly and open manner.

The Rossland press release said its council decided that the original offer to Trail could be used to fund a reimbursement program to residents for access to Trail’s facilities. Details of the program will be announced in the near future.

Fallen Rosslanders remembered Hundreds of Rosslanders stood in the snow and cold on Wednesday morning to pay their respects to those who sacrificed so much to secure Canada’s freedom.

Following the Remembrance Day parade from the Legion to the Rossland Library, Rosslanders gathered at the cenotaph for ceremonies that included the singing of “O Canada,” a moment of silence and the Act of Remembrance.

Ceremonies also included a roll call. Greg Granstrom read aloud the names of Rosslanders who served in the First and Second War, as well as the names of three Rosslanders who served in the Second Boer War, while Scouts laid poppies in front of crosses bearing their names.

Ceremonies at the cenotaph were preceded by a Remembrance Day service at the Legion, given by Reverend Ken Siemens.

Siemens reflected on why Rosslanders might have originally chosen to hold a religious service at the Legion on Remembrance Day, and connected the reason with Father Pat, whose monument stands along the parade route.

“He served the community at a time when a lot of people were quite irreligious, skeptical, not a great deal of faith, and yet they appreciated his ministry and they recognized that there was something in what he was doing,” said Siemens. “I was suggesting that it was probably something of that attitude that moved people to want to have the Legion church service, whether they shared the faith being expressed by whoever was leading it, but in some way I think that they almost hoped that it was true. Back then or now, we certainly do not have unanimity of faith in the room, but we have people who want to be here.”

Both the service and the ceremonies at the cenotaph concluded with the singing of “God Save the Queen.”

Then Rosslanders returned to the legion for hot stew and rum, musical entertainment, and lively conversation.

Dough Halladay, president of the Legion and parade master, was happy to see so many people turnout for the day’s activities.

“Glad to see a good crowd out and that people are remembered,” said Doug Halladay.

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UPCOMING ROSSLAND CITY COUCIL MEETING Monday, Jan. 11, 2016 at 6 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 25, 2016 at 6 p.m.

MUSEUM SATURDAY CRAFTERNOONS Stop in anytime Saturdays between 1-3 p.m. for Crafternoons in the Discovery Zone! Crafts and activities for kids of all ages. Free with adult admission. Parents can feel free to look around the museum while we craft with the kids. The Museum is open all winter Wednesdays-Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Coffee, tea, and hot chocolate available to keep you warm! Contact: 250-362-7722 or info@rosslandmuseum.ca.

TOUR DE SOUP Come out and discover a new trail at Black Jack and ski for free. At each of the club’s cabins soup will be provided by the local restaurants. The adventure is between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m.

ART DROP IN NIGHT Mondays, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. @ YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. There will be no instruction, just a space to be creative with other youth artists. Come hang out and get creative!

WEST KOOTENAY OSTOMY SUPPORT GROUP Meets Monday, Jan. 18, 2016 at 2 p.m., Kiro Wellness Center, Trail.

Topic: Prolapsed stoma.

For info, call 250-3689827 or 250-365-6276.

ROSSLAND BEAVER SCOUTS Mondays, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Girls and boys ages 5 to 7 years. Please contact Deanna Leask at 250-362-7118 to join.

SLURPS AND BURPS FEEDING GROUP Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Family Obstetrics Clinic, Fourth Floor Maternity, KBRH Trail. Share your experiences with your peers in an informative place for breastfeeding and bottle support. Whether you are an expectant mom, brand new mom, or a more seasoned mom, we welcome you!

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To post an event, provide information with contact details to editor@ rosslandnews.com or give us a call at 877-365-6397.

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LOCAL WRITERS DISCUSSION Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. @ the Rossland Seniors Hall. To share ideas, expertise and knowledge, critiques, and open opportunities for experienced and want-tobe writers. For more information contact Les Anderson by email at lesanderson66@ gmail.com or phone 250-362-5532.

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MAKERLAB FOR YOUTH 12-18 Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. @ YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. Newly renovated and expanded for this year, the Makerlab is a meeting ground for youth who share a keen interest in all aspects of technology. Bring your technology project, whether it is robotics, motion graphics, creating and printing 3D models, or something completely different. You don’t need experience, just an enthusiasm for technology! By donation.

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December Friends of the Rossland Range need to raise $15,000 The Friends of the Rossland Range will need to raise at least $15,000 from the community to finish their Rossland Rec Site project.

Kim Deane, FORR’s chair, shared the organization’s future financial goals at its annual general meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 25 at the United Church Hall.

FORR has applied to the Lower Columbia Community Development Team Society’s Community Directed Funds (CDF) program for $50,000 to help complete the Rossland Range Rec Site project — which includes demolishing 15 of the old shelters, putting up new signage, adding 30 parking spaces, upgrading trail access, restoring the Old Glory Forest Fire Lookout Station, and rebuilding or renovating nine shelters — but even if FORR receives funding from the CDF, they will still need to raise the additional $15,000.

FORR already has $85,000 in confirmed funding from the Canada 150 Fund, $42,500 from Columbia Basin Trust, and $17,500 from Rec Sites & Trails, but none of that funding can be spent on the new cabins. This funding is intended to go toward everything else, including the restoration of the Old Glory lookout.

There is an additional $19,300 from Rec Sites & Trails for the cabins, and Kootenay Mountaineering Club donated $10,700 for the Lepsoe Basin cabin. Otherwise FORR has already raised $20,000 in donations.

Three of the old shelters have already been replaced with new cabins — Mosquito, Viewpoint and the Lepsoe Basin cabin — and Red Dog is currently under reno-

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Not-So-Secret, Surprise and Igloo could be done by the end of next summer, depending on how things go. A fourth cabin could also potentially be complete if they can decide which cabin to keep.

Barking Spider was supposed to be kept as a cabin, but now falls along a logging route, so the choice is between Eagle’s Nest, Sunspot and Crowe’s Nest.

FORR members also voted to increase the maximum size of the board of directors at the meeting, increasing the maximum to 11.

Terms for the directors are two years and Troy Colautti, Bob Bechaud, Jen Colehill and Rejean Paquin still have another year to their terms. Colin Adamson, Max Bankes, Les Carter, Kim Deane, Gerry Heacock and Stewart Spooner were elected for two terms at the AGM, leaving one spot open.

Walking in a winter wonder Rossland The streets were white with snow by the time Rossland’s Rekindle the Spirit of Christmas came to an end late Saturday afternoon.

Snow began falling earlier in the day, adding to the festive atmosphere on Columbia Ave. and Washington St. where local organizations and businesses brought out the Christmas spirit, raising money for worthy causes and decking Rossland in fine holiday decorations.

“We’re very pleased with how it went,” said Kristi Calder, marketing manager for Tourism Rossland.“It was a great turn out and all the vendors downtown said that they raised the funds they’d been hoping to.… It was a great success.”

The Rossland Thrift Store held

Santa Clause led the children through the streets of town to the library during the Rekindle the Spirit of Christmas parade.

Photo by Chelsea Novak a toy sale, which attracted a large and bustling crowd, while next door at New Edition Café and Books, Phil Loosley entertained little ones with story time.

The Red Mountain Racers raised money by selling Christmas trees outside Mountain Nugget Chocolate Company and the Golden City Lions Club raised money selling sausages, hot dogs and hot drinks outside Harry LeFevre Square.

The Golden Bear Child Care Centre was also supposed to be out raising money during Rekindle,

but sold out of their homemade wreaths before the event.

Rekindle also marked the opening of two new art galleries in Rossland; Stephanie Gauvin opened a new gallery on Washington St. and Jenny Bailie and Louise Drescher opened theirs in the Velvet building.

Drescher also gave her traditional Rekindle reading for adults, this year reading from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

This year’s parade was filled with excited youngsters who followed Santa to the library, where

they eagerly lined up to sit on his lap. In total, 56 kids had their photo taken with Santa.

The Golden City Fiddlers and Les Carter played some tunes at the Rossland Art Gallery, and in the later part of the afternoon, carolers could be heard making their way down Columbia, going from store to store.

The day ended in the square with more carols, a few words from Mayor Kathy Moore and Santa lighting the Christmas tree.

Peter Player from Rossland was the winner of the gift basked draw.