Rossland, British Columbia

Rossland is a historic gold-mining town turned ski community in the West Kootenay, perched at about 1,000 metres in the crater of an ancient volcano beside Red Mountain Resort, 10 km north of the US border and a short drive uphill from Trail, inside the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary and on the traditional territory of the Sinixt people. The City runs City Hall in the Rossland Yards building at 1920 Third Avenue, property taxes and monthly utility bills, its own watershed-fed water system, the sewer collection system, roads and heavy-snow plowing, bylaw enforcement with dog and business licences, building and development permits through Cloudpermit, the Rossland Arena, BC's oldest outdoor pool, the Miners' Union Hall, parks and fields, FireSmart programs and community grants. The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary runs the regional emergency program and Voyent Alert! notifications, the McKelvey Creek landfill and the curbside garbage, green bin and recycling contract with GFL; Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue provides fire service; the Trail and Greater District RCMP detachment polices the city; BC Transit's West Kootenay system runs the buses; health care is Interior Health's Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail; schools are School District 20 Kootenay-Columbia; the Rossland Public Library has its own board; and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.