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On Monday afternoon, David Wilks, MP for Kootenay-Columbia, joined Rossland’s mayor and city council members in Harry Lefevre Square to announce funding for a new water main. The funding comes from a joint venture between the federal and provincial governments called the Small

Communities Fund. Each government will contribute up to $1,090,850 to the $3,272,551 water main project, with the City of Rossland covering the final third of the cost. Rossland’s current water main is over 100 years old, and while water produced by the current treatment plant meets requirements, cracks in the old steel mains could lead to contamination. The old main is also

prone to leaks, which costs the City more in operation and maintenance costs, and has left some residents without water or fire protection for long periods. The new water main will be built to meet Rossland’s current and projected water demands. Mayor Kathy Moore was thrilled with the announcement, and believes this is the biggest grant Rossland has

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ever received. It’s also a key grant in maintaining the city’s infrastructure. “Rossland has put in applications for grants totalling over $10 million on $21 million worth of really essential infrastructure projects, but we were not successful in getting grants at all,” says Moore. “So we’ve had to delay, postpone and abandon some of these projects. So this particular grant is key for us.”

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The Greater Trail Stingrays are facing a drop in membership, thanks in large part to Rossland swimmers being driven away by Trail’s Recreation Program (TRP) fee. In previous years, the Stingray Club has found a way to cover the extra cost for Rossland swimmers, but this year parents will have to pay. “Historically we’ve been covering that, and eating the cost, or getting some of it back from the Rossland city council,” explains Sean Miller, president of the club, “and we determined as an executive that we couldn’t do that anymore.” In a catch-22, the drop in membership has resulted in less funding for the organization, since its main source of revenue is registration fees. The revenue pays for expenses like coaches’ salaries, regional equipment, and lane rentals in Trail, Rossland, and Warfield. The extra fee is $347 for each Rossland swimmer, and in the past that amount has been reimbursed to the club by the City of Rossland, but the club missed

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applying for that reimbursement the past couple of years. “We didn’t [apply for reimbursement] for a couple of years for various internal reasons, and then we applied for it retroactively,” says Miller. “Rossland had cut down the amount of money they had set aside for it, and so through lots of talking and helpful discussions we’ve had most of what we owed for TRP covered, but the club has had to eat some of it.” For the summer, the club only charged Rossland swimmers an additional $100, covering the other $247 with its own revenue. But starting in September, parents will have to pay the whole fee, which Miller believes will lead to a further drop in membership. “We probably will have almost zero swimmers,” he says. The club is in talks with Trail and Rossland to solve the problem, but Miller says if the talks are unsuccessful, they are considering other options. “If we need to, we’ll either shut the club down for the fall, or we’ll and try to rent lanes in Castlegar,” says Miller.

Residents who have been living under an evacuation alert due to the Sitkum/Duhamel and Mt. Aylwin wildfires can breathe a little easier: the alerts have been lifted. The Sitkum fire is now 50 per cent contained. The Regional District of Central Kootenay made the announcement based on a recommendation from the BC Wildfire Service. The Sitkum alert, which affected about 350 homes in the Six Mile area near Nelson, was lifted thanks to rain and reduced fire activity today. “Control lines above properties in the area have been established and reinforced, and these actions along with favourable weather and forecasts have sig-

nificantly reduced the risk to public safety,” the BC Wildfire Service said. An access restriction around the fire issued Thursday will remain in place until further notice, says Noelle Kekula of the wildfire centre. Another evacuation alert affecting 35 people south of Silverton due to a fire at the base of Mount Aylwin was lifted on Tuesday. Cooler temperatures and rain have helped cool the blaze and crews will be working towards mop up in the next few days, according to fire information officer Jordan Turner. A 20-person unit crew from Revelstoke is working directly on the fire putting out hot spots. “We believe the risk [to residents] is substantially reduced,” Turner said Tuesday morning,

adding the alert was issued on Saturday as the fire was burning “quite hot and dry, and burning at night and was fairly intense”. Another was near China Creek, three kilometers west of Castlegar, and was estimated at .8 hectares. Fire crews worked toward containment, and as of Wednesday morning the fire was out, with crews patrolling the site to make sure it didn’t start up again. A third fire, this one estimated at .3 hectares, started near Nemo Creek, two kilometers off the west shore of Slocan Lake. Crews fought the fire over the weekend and as of Wednesday morning the fire was out. And finally, there were four small fires across Low Arrow Lake from Deer Park. All four were out as of Wednesday morning, with one still being patrolled.

AM Ford in Trail raised a total of $2,120 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation with its June Kick It sales event, where they donated $10 to the foundation for every test drive given and $50 for every vehicle sold during the sale period. AM Ford’s Dealer Principal Dan Ashman presented the final donation to Debbie LeRose, President of the Kootenay RoBusters dragon boat team and fellow team member Jan Micklethwaite, who accepted the cheque on behalf of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Photo submitted

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Internet access for rural residents in areas such as Ross Spur, Fruitvale, Genelle, Rossland and Salmo will be improved thanks to a $3.34 million funding announcement by the federal government on Wednesday. The funding has been handed to the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) to provide high speed Internet to 11,000 households in the Kootenay region by 2017. “Depending on the work required some areas may see something sooner,” Delphi Hoodicoff, the CBT’s director of communication, told the Trail Times on Thursday. The goal is to provide download speeds of up to 10 megabits per second (Mbps) to households in rural areas across BC. In its press release, the CBT said its subsidiary, Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation, will be working with a dozen Internet service providers including China Creek Internet Services Ltd., Columbia Wireless Inc., and Peak Broadband Solutions. For a full list of the service providers involved in the project visit cbt.org. With James Moore, the federal Minister of Industry, in attendance, Kootenay Columbia MP David Wilks made the announcement alongside local government representatives and Internet Service Providers (ISP) partners in Cranbrook. “Today we live in an increasingly borderless world connected by the Internet,” said Wilks. “New technology has created tremendous opportunity for Canadians to communicate with each

other and for businesses to compete globally. “The Internet makes things cheaper and the world smaller.” Currently, 94 per cent of Canadians have access to high-speed Internet, but the challenge becomes servicing the remaining six per cent in rural areas of the country, Wilks added. “Canada is a digital nation and as businesses increasingly move online to do business, speeds of 1.5 mbps simply aren’t good enough anymore,” Wilks said. “Modern websites are often designed for faster speeds and business increasingly need to transfer larger files and use cloud computing.” The federal government considers the floor of high-speed Internet to be five mbps. Moore noted that the funding is coming out of a $305 million commitment from the 2014 federal budget that aims to get high-speed Internet to 280,000 households by 2017. That program has been a big success, Moore said. “We’ve overshot our goal by 75,000 households and we’ve done so at 40 per cent under budget and the footprint of these 11,000 that we’re announcing today—we’re doubling the Internet speeds that we’ve had for the national goal,” Moore said. The funding came out of a $5 billion revenue stream stemming from a wireless spectrum sale in 2014, he added. Moore noted the importance of high speed Internet to nation building, and compared it to the construction of the railroad to bring British Columbia into Confederation.

“Among the things that we look at as we go forward for the next 150 years in Canada, when it comes to it keeping this country united, is not only infrastructure—the start of this country of course, bringing British Columbia into Confederation was a railway, then it was to build the highways, then was to build the ports and airports. The next step of infrastructure, in terms of that contribution to nation building and keeping us united, really is digital infrastructure. It really is what’s next,” Moore said. “…This is what nation-building looks like and it happens bit by bit across the country, drawing people together, connecting us all together for all the opportunities of the future.” Kathryn Teneese, chair of the Ktunaxa Nation Council, opened the ceremony by highlighting the importance of digital technology and tying into a theme of reconciliation. “I just wanted to say that the issue that we’re here to talk about today is something that began with the Ktunaxa Nation way back in 2002. We began with the concept of using the internet as a tool to help rejuvenate the critically endangered Ktunaxa language through online training and the possibility of audio and visual transmission into our communities,” she said. “Some 13 years later, we continue to have many challenges and still unserved communities, largely in part due the high cost of infrastructure, development and remote mountainous areas and the small return on investment to deliver services.” With files from the Trail Times and Cranbrook Daily Townsman

Faster internet and tougher invasive species protection Columbia Basin Trust receives new funding for high-speed Internet and three new invasive-mussel fighting crews. Chelsea Novak Rossland News

Columbia Basin Trust announced this week it is receiving funds under two new government programs, one federal and one provincial. The first, announced on Thursday, is the Connecting Canadians program, which will provide $3.34 million to bring high-speed internet to 11,000 households in the Kootenay region, including rural Rossland. The federally funded project will deliver Internet speeds of up to ten megabits

per second, and should be complete by the end of 2017. The press release included a statement from KootenayColumbia MP David Wilks. “This is great news for the Kootenays and shows that the Government of Canada understands the importance of high-speed Internet access for our communities and people,” it read. “Today’s announcement demonstrates the Government’s commitment to delivering for rural Canadians.” The second, announced on Friday, is the Invasive

Mussel Defence Program, a partnership led by the BC Ministry of Environment. Columbia Basin Trust will be able to provide three additional inspection and decontamination crews thanks to $360,000 in new funding. The new crews, located in Cranbrook, Valemont, and Nelson, will inspect boats to make sure they are free of zebra and quagga mussels. Both are invasive species that “pose a significant threat to Canada’s freshwater ecosystems,” and though neither species has ever been

found in BC, the provincial government wants it to stay that way. “Invasive mussels pose a threat to more than just ecosystems, but to drinking water facilities, hydro stations, agricultural irrigation and more,” reads a statement from Bill Bennett, MLA for East Kootenay. “This funding boost from Columbia Basin Trust, Columbia Power Corporation and FortisBC allows the Province to further strengthen efforts to stop zebra and quagga mussels from entering B.C.”

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Bylaw Enforcement During the committee-of-the-whole meeting, council made a number of recommendations to have staff bring back information about what can be done to enforce local bylaws. Special concern was expressed by members of the public regarding the enforcement of the Animal Control Bylaw. They requested stronger penalties for people who don’t clean up after their dogs, and let them run loose. Fundraiser in Nickle Plate Park Rich Samuelson made a last minute appearance at the council meeting to request the use of Nickle Plate Park for a concert on August 29 to raise money for the skate park. Samuelson needed an answer right away, and though initially council had concerns about noise complaints, it was determined that the concert won’t violate the Good Neighbour Bylaw as long as everything is shut down by 10 p.m. Samuelson said the concert will finish at 9 p.m. and the park will be vacated by 10 p.m. Council approved the event. Wetland Delegation Eva Cameron and Melissa Lefage presented their pro-

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Youth Action Network coordinator contract Mike Kent, the coordinator for the Youth Action Network, applied for a raise as his contract with the city was up for renewal. Council was somewhat confused by this request since there is a fixed amount of money to pay Kent. The raise would essentially allow him to work fewer hours, but council acknowledged that Kent already usually works more hours than he’s paid for. Nonetheless council approved the raise, with only Councillor McLellan opposed because of the extent of the raise.

Bike Racks A request from ThoughtExchange for a bike rack near their building led to a council discussion about the value of bike racks in the community. Mike Maturo, the city’s interim chief administrative officer, pointed out that more infrastructure is needed to encourage cycling. “If you look at what we’ve invested in parking for cars over the years, and what we’ve invested in bicycle parking, it’s probably on a scale of 10,000 to one,” he said. Council resolved to develop a plan for bike racks in the next budget

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The Rossland Museum kicked off its summer events this week with the first of eight kids’ camps and an environmental education and concert series. Monday was the first day of the weeklong Earth Explorers kids camp. Campers learn about earth science through exercises and crafts, like building eco domes for caterpillars, water wheels, solar ovens, and a volcano. “We’ve got six kids in this camp,” says Sandra Balentine, assistant at the museum, “which is just about the perfect number because we’ve just got myself leading it, so we wanted to keep the groups quite small so the kids get a lot of individual attention. “ There are three other camp themes for the summer. Each day at the Imagination and Innovation camp will be based around different children’s books like Harry Potter and Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and video games like Minecraft. Pioneer Camp will teach kids more about the history of Rossland, give them the chance to pan for gold, and see the Gold Fever Follies. For the budding scientist, there’s S.T.E.M. Camp, where they can learn about introductory robotics, and build motorized objects and catapults. Each camp is a

week long and will run twice during the summer. So far, campers are enjoying themselves. “I think that it was awesome, and I think that all the crafts were awesome,” said seven-year-old camper Delilah Watts. Lily Kompass, age 9, says her favourite part was “making the eco domes. The baby caterpillars are cute!” The museum also offers a summer event for the whole family. Where the Wild Things Are is an evening of educational fun and music that kicked off on Tuesday. Each week will feature a guest speaker who will teach six to twelve year olds about science and nature. The first speaker was Richard Fazakarley who gave a talk on beavers, and showed the kids how to make paper bag beaver puppets. Once the kids were done with their crafts, they were free to chase gofers and hula hoop while their parents prepared dinner on the barbeque and Tim Bourchier played a selection of popular songs on the acoustic guitar. The event was meant to be set around the fire pit, but due to fire bans, that wasn’t possible. Future guest speakers will include someone from the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology and children’s writer Darcee O’Hearn. Ron Holliday and Sparky Steeves are set to provide musical entertainment.

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The floor of the Flying Steamshovel shook as the revved up crowd rocked out to Bend Sinister on Wednesday night. The band is currently doing a small BC and Alberta tour as they make their way to Sylvan Lake for Summer Sensation Beach Music Festival where they’ll perform with bands like Our Lady Peace, Matthew Good, and Stars. The Vancouver band released their fifth studio album, Animals, in March 2014, and their currently working on writing a new album that they hope to release in 2016. Lead singer Dan Moxon started the band in high school in 2000, and has kept it going over the past 15 years, though it only became a serious touring band in 2005 when he graduated from university. Over the years the band has seen several members come and go. Joseph Martin, on guitar, has been with the band for eight years, while bass player Matt Rhode has been with Bend Sinister for four years. Dicky Neptune, the drummer, and KristiLee Audette, who plays trumpet, synthesizer and tambourine, are new to the band this year. “It’s just been sort of a pet project, like my main sort of musical thing that I [have done] all those years,” says Moxon, “and [I] just keep surrounding it with really good musicians.” This is their sixth visit to Rossland, where they enjoy playing the Blizzard Music Festival during Winter Carnival, and it’s their first stop on the way to Sylvan Lake. The band left Vancouver Wednesday morning stopping at lakes and a river along the way to cool off. Good thing they took the chance when they had it, because

things heated up at the Flying Steamshovel where fans enthusiastically celebrated their return, dancing, singing, and clapping along. Another Vancouver band helped warm up the crowd during the opening act. Hawking is currently touring in anticipation of the band’s new self-titled EP, which will launch on Tuesday, July 14. They played a strong set, including their song Safe and Sound, which premiered on Pure Volume and was number one on the site for four weeks. They also played Doria a song about rolling their van while they were on tour in 2013. The band has since recovered, but it’s still something that affects them. “Our bass player Paul actually wasn’t able to continue with us, due to a brain injury,” explains lead singer and guitarist Tom Vanderkam. “Chris [Young] has been doing a really amazing job filling his shoes.” But with their new EP on the way, and a new touring bus, the band is excited to be on the road, and excited to be opening for Bend Sinister. Also sharing the stage was local band Dizzy Spell. They too are anticipating an album release. Their CD, Mix Tape, will be out in about a month, and features recordings from different iterations of the band, bass player Tim Bourchier being the most recent member. They’re headed to the Okanagan for a tour in August and September, and are always available for house parties. They got the dance floor shaking before handing things over to Bend Sinister who shut down the Steamshovel, caving to the crowd’s demand for an encore.

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Holly Pender-Love (left), the Peony Show’s chair, presents Noreen Poznikoff (right) from Rossland with a ribbon for best artistic floral design. Photo by Larry Doell.

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More varieties than most could name were on display at the first ever juried peony show in B.C. The event took place June 26 to 28, and among the weekend’s winners was Rosslander Noreen Poznikoff, who took home a ribbon for best artistic floral design, making it into the prestigious Court of Honour. As the show’s chair Holly Pender-Love explains, red ribbons are handed out for each division in the competition, but “only the very best get into the Court of Honour.” When asked how she felt about her win, Poznikoff said, “That was amazing because I knew nothing about how they judged them.” She says she learned a lot about peonies during the

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Amidst birdsong and the rumbling of cars, Kerry Lee teaches her first Rossland outdoor yoga class of the season at L’Ecole des Sept Sommets on Wednesday. Lee has been teaching yoga in the West Kootenays for over eight years, and has offered Yoga in the Park for six of those years. Lee started the free classes in part because she liked the idea of practicing outdoors. “It’s one thing to practice in an indoor environment when it’s really quiet, calm, serene, and you

... get to drop into that really sweet place,” she says, “but ultimately yoga is this practice where we learn how to be calm and grounded even amongst distractions.” Lee also wanted the classes to be as accessible as possible. She’s a student of Mary-Jo Fetterly, who was paralyzed in a skiing accident in 2004, and who taught Lee that “if you can breathe, you can do yoga.” With Yoga in the Park, Lee seeks to draw out anyone who might be interested, even if they’ve never done yoga before and might be intimidated. She also didn’t want cost to be an obstacle. “In order for people to come to

a drop in class, I need to be paying the rent, so I need to charge,” says Lee. “The nice thing about this way is it becomes accessible for people who maybe their funds aren’t allowing them to participate.” Participants are invited to donate what they can, with part of the proceeds going to the SPCA. Lee estimates that the donations to the SPCA total $400-$600 a year. Yoga in the Park takes place every Monday in Warfield at Webster Elementary School from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., and every Wednesday in Rossland at L’Ecole des Sept Sommets from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Classes run until August 26.

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NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING: Monday, August 17, 6 p.m.

ROSSLAND MUSEUM REGULAR HOURS The Museum is open for the summer season. May-June, Wed to Sun: 10 am to 6 pm July-August: 7 days a week: 10 am to 6 pm Check out the website for more information and all upcoming events and activities at www.rosslandmuseum.ca. ROSSLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY REGULAR HOURS Summer hours: Tuesday: Noon - 8 p.m. Wednesday: noon - 5 p.m. Thursday: 10:00am - 8 p.m. Friday: 10:00am - 5 p.m. Saturday: noon - 5 p.m. ROSSLAND MOUNTAIN MARKET Thursday, July 16, 2-6 p.m., downtown Rossland @ Columbia and Queen. Join us for our 2nd Annual Berry Festival.

MUSIC IN THE PARK Thursday, July 23, 7-8 p.m. @ Gazebo at Gyro Park. Trail Arts Council Music in the Park presents Don Birch & Lawrence Shumey: Come for an evening of nostalgic tasteful music from a dynamic duo. Don’t forget your lawn chair and your toonie. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE WEEKLY CAMPFIRE AND CONCERT Tuesdays, 5-7 p.m. @ the Rossland Museum and Discovery Centre. This weekly event will feature a guest speaker who will engage 6-12 year olds with

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SLURPS AND BURPS FEEDING GROUP Tuesdays until Nov 3, 11:30 am to 1 pm. Family Obstetrics Clinic, 4th 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! THE CHURCH OF DIRT Mondays, 5:30 p.m. @ the Centennial Trail-head parking lot. Come out and get dirty, meet great folks young and old, and add to our fantastic trail system. Reminders, updates, and location changes will be posted on Bhubble before each build night. No experience needed.

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• Farmers with all kinds of berries! • Food producers with berry specials! • Homemade Berry Pie Contest. • Berry trivia, fun facts, kids activities, giveaways and more! Special Entertainment for the Day: • Live music all afternoon: Tim Bouchier 2-4 p.m. Jake Ian 4-6 p.m. “Alberta’s Country Road Troubdour....” Fire Juggling with Joey Lundrigan 5 p.m.

COMMUNITY JAM AT THE OLD FIREHALL Every Thursday until Oct 8, 6-9 pm @ the Old Fire Hall Ron Halliday hosts an acoustic, play together, music night in this historic and beautiful room.

Join this fun, co-ed recreational program of non-contact drop-in hockey. Full equipment is required and some experience necessary. PICKLEBALL Indoor Pickleball at RSS Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. ROSSLAND MONKEY CLUB Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30-8 p.m. @ RSS Auditorium. Parkour and freerunning. Ages 8 and up. $5 drop-in. TEEN NIGHT Tuesdays 6-8 p.m. @ the Rossland Public Library. Let Sage and Sally know what you want to do at Teen Night. Come out and have fun! ROSSLAND BEAVER SCOUTS Mondays 3 to 4 p.m. Girls and boys ages 5 to 7 years. Please contact Deanna Leask at 250-362-7118 to join.

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

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 @ 250-362-5532.

ADULT CO-ED REC HOCKEY Tuesdays 9:45 to 11 p.m. Sundays 9:15 to 10:30 p.m.

ROSSLAND SENIORS Monday 1:30 p.m. Seniors Art Club meets. Contact Edith at 250-362-4477.

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The third annual Golf for the Cure golf tournament will be held at Redstone Resort on Thursday, July 23. Proceeds raised through the tournament are donated to the BC Cancer Foundation, supporting people affected by cancer in the Kootenay area. In the past two years, the tournament has raised over $3000. Registration is open to individuals, teams of two, and teams of four, and no handicap is required. The cost is $44 for Redstone members and $69 for non-members. It includes golf, dinner at the clubhouse and a donation to the BC Cancer Foundation. To register for this fun scramble tournament, drop by the Redstone Pro Shop or call 250-362-9141.

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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. 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.

Golden City Days Sept. 11-13 Join us for our annual weekend family festival, celebrating our community’s rich gold-mining history! Enjoy citizens of Rossland in turn-of-the century costume, the parade along Columbia Ave, family events and children’s games, outhouse races, Red Feather Saloon, pancake breakfast, outdoor stage entertainment and food vendors along Sour Dough Alley, the variety show at the Miner’s Hall, and the Rossland Fall Fair! We look forward to seeing you and your family at Golden City Days! Follow us on Facebook for more information.

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Michelle Laurie (far right) teaches her Graphic Facilitation Workshop at the Prestige Mountain Resort on Monday. Participants learn to use visuals as a communication tool. This is the sixth year Laurie has hosted the workshop, and it’s attracted people from as far as New York and South America to Rossland. Photo by Chelsea Novak

Tyler Lelacheur (second from left), technical representative for the Pacific Northwest of Rocky Mountain Bicycles, was in town on Saturday demoing the company’s 2015 bikes. US soldiers Lt. Doug Day (left) and Sgt. Matt Schneider (right), who were visiting from Indianapolis, IL took two bikes for a spin on Rossland’s trails. Photo by Chelsea Novak

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The regional health community has come together to deal first hand with a projected doctor shortage. Dr. Cheryl Hume is the director of the new Kootenay Boundary Rural Family Practice Residency Program that has just welcomed its first crew of rural family practice residents. “The whole intent of the program is to train fully competent and confident physicians who will enter into rural family practice and provide essential primary care in rural areas,” she said. Statistics suggest that Trail, Fruitvale and Rossland will have to recruit about seven general practitioners over the next year, she said, while Nelson will look to secure another nine. Hume adds that all together the region will need 25 new professionals. To set up a certified two-year University of British Columbia program is a major accomplishment for the long-time Trail doctor, who just left clinical practice after 28 years of dedication to her patients. “It’s very interesting and it’s a real privilege to be a rural doctor,” she said. “It’s a demanding job and it takes someone who has adventurous and courageous spirit. “Rural doctors have to cope with a lot of stuff that urban doctors don’t have to cope with because they’re often on their own,” she added. “Many of them have advanced skill training in lots of different things and they are very adept or they have to learn to become confident and competent in dealing with stuff that’s quite broad ranging in terms of the skill sets that are demanded.” The regional approach to the

program has the doctors working in Trail, Nelson and remote areas in between. Dr. Hume considers rural doctors to be full-service care providers, citing the work covered from emergency, obstetrical, general primary outpatient and knowing how to function in clinic and then in hospital settings. Above all, she said, it’s their duty to be a constant advocate for their patients. “To do that year in, year out, day in, day out over many years is a big job,” she admits. “When those kinds of people retire or leave practice, it leaves a big hole. Family doctors are the foundation for the health care system.” The program will attract these professionals to the region but ultimately the community has to win them over. That’s where Terry Van Horn, economic development officer for Lower Columbia Initiatives Corporation, fits in. Under the Lower Columbia Community Development Team Society, the health and hospital committee has been committed to finding a way of really welcoming medical professionals in a way that will make a lasting impression. In collaboration with some like-minded people, they’ve come up with a welcome bag that provides information on recreation, employment opportunity (for other members of their family) and other key points about the region. The grab bag also contains treats and coupons to various businesses across the region to get these individuals out making connections. “We have to find ways to stand out, to be different from other communities,” said Van Horn.

“It’s not enough to say that we have beautiful recreation because the entire province does. “We have to create an experience that they’re going to remember.” The ultimate goal is to roll the welcome concept forward into other sectors so that a company trying to solicit skilled professionals to the region, has somewhere to start. The health and hospital committee was also instrumental in securing grant money toward supporting two years of accommodation to simplify housing needs for the rural family practice residents. The first welcome bags were doled out last week when the four rural family practice residents were joined by three medical students from the Integrated Clinical Clerkship (ICC) program. In its fifth year running, ICC invites third-year medical student to rural medical offices and hospitals for hands-on training. Unlike a traditional block rotation where a student would work in one area of the hospital for a time then move on to another, the integrated clerkship allows a student to work with patients through the entire care cycle—from diagnosis to treatment and follow-up. Dr. Hume suggests enticing medical professionals with programs like this is only half of the equation. The community needs to convince them to stay after their stint. “What happens often is that we have to be careful that we really welcome and include these people in the community and that we make their experience happy for them so they’re encouraged to stay and that they establish and set up,” she said.

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Two for one rock ‘n’ roll: CHELSEA NOVAK Rossland News

Under a parachute-covered tent in a Rossland backyard, the James Burrows Band, and Rachael Cardiello and the Warm Electric Winter gave a joint concert on Monday night. Yet, to the untrained eye, it would have seemed that there was only one band playing. That’s because Burrows and Cardiello are bandmates, as well as husband and wife, and they perform together with the rest of the band as two distinct acts. One led by Burrows, one led by Cardiello, each performing their own songs. Burrows is currently touring his new album Paradise Cinema. He recorded it in Brooklyn, NY a couple of years ago, and it finally released this spring. “It’s mostly based on a lot of stories of my family growing up, and friends I’ve had grow-

ing up,” he said, “but also I think the particulars of ... our generation. People who are struggling to find work or are looking for different ways to make a living because things are a bit different now than they were twenty or thirty years ago.” Cardiello is also touring, playing from her album One for the Wind. Sometimes Burrows and Cardiello play a joint show, and sometimes only one-act plays. On Monday, Burrows and Cardiello split sets, playing five of his songs, and five of hers, then taking a break before starting again. So far the tour is going well, despite everyone being crammed into a tiny Subaru Legacy. “It is super jam packed,” said Cardiello. “Like all of us have bags on our laps, and we have to sit very still, and we’re all trying not to get leg cramps.”

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