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During this year's Golden City Days, the Spirit of Red Social Club Society will be embarking on an ambitious project: raising $20 000 for a bronze statue of Olaus Jeldness, the father of skiing at Red and--by extension--in Western Canada.The statue would be placed at the main intersection on Rossland’s Columbia Avenue and would be based on an iconic photograph of Jeldness with his skis [see...
Like a lost puppy, returned home after years lost in the woods, last summer saw the Rossland Fat Tire Festival bring a long time tradition back to the Golden City. This year, that innocent cross country-loving puppy has returned again, this time as a dirt-gap-jumping, mega-suspension, polo playing, pump track-riding beast: the long-lost Rubberhead is back.
Over the past 30 years many baseball teams have made the trip to Grand Forks to participate in the Grand Forks International (GFI). From all over North America and beyond thousands of ball players have discovered this community and the Boundary area because of the...
The new arena roof is pretty stellar. You’ve probably seen it from the outside by now, all metal sheathed, sleek, smooth and buttoned up tight. It’s gorgeous. The inside is great, too, and it was the ceiling I found myself studying last night (Tuesday, Aug. 17) as our local Rossland roller derby team, “Gnarlies’ Angels”, and...
The Black Jack Ski Club is pleased to announce that Dave Wood has become the head coach of the club’s Skier Development Program.
Seven months ago, Wood was coaching the Canadian National Team at the Vancouver Olympics, triumphantly capping a twelve year career as the National Ski Team head coach. During that time, Wood developed North America...
As we roll into midsummer, the Telegraph checked in with the Kootenay Columbia Trails Society this week as their efforts to keep folks rolling on two wheels continue to expand and refine the top notch trails system in our region.
Perhaps the single biggest project happening this summer has been taking place in the recently designated Black Jack Recreation Area stretching from the Black...