Spirit of Red

The Spirit of Red’s Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 5th at 5 p.m. in the meeting room of the Rossland Library. The meeting includes a recap of our past year’s activities and the election of 5 Directors for the coming year.  All members and anyone interested are welcome to attend.

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As you may have heard Canada AM will be broadcasting live from Rossland on the morning of Friday January 25.  And we do mean MORNING.  Because as you know if it’s 7 a.m. in Toronto it’s only 4 a.m. in Rossland. So…to make sure the town looks lively Rossland Tourism and Canada AM are offering [...]

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If you have photos of yourself or friends with Olaus, please send them along and we’ll add them to our “Olaus and Me” gallery on the “Photos” page.  Thanks.

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For those of you that missed it, we have a few photos of the erection of the statue of Olaus Jeldness at the corner of Columbia Avenue and Washington Street. A shout out of appreciation of all the hard work of Roly Worsfold, Raymond Gaudart, Liz Nesbitt, all the participating Spirit of Red membership, all [...]

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Making a big event like the Rossland Winter Carnival fun for everyone requires lots of people willing to do just a little bit to help.  If you can spare even a couple of hours it will make a big difference to the folks who have put in weeks of work.  Simply visit the Winter Carnival [...]

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Once again this year the Spirit of Red invites everyone to dress up as Olaus and join us in the 116th Rossland Winter Carnival Parade.  This year the Carnival committee makes it even easier for you by having on hand a supply of mustaches for free.  Join us in a walking tribute to the father [...]

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As part of the 116th Rossland Winter Carnival the Spirit of Red will officially dedicate the statue of Olaus Jeldness and hand it over to the City of Rossland. The ceremony will take place on Friday, January 25 at 7:00 p.m. right after the Winter Carnival parade.  We invite the whole community to come and [...]

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The long awaited statue of Olaus Jeldness has been installed at the corner of Columbia Avenue and Washington Street in downtown Rossland. Everyone agrees that he looks very dignified and yet has the spirit that has brought so many of us to live in the Mountain Kingdom. The Spirit of Red is grateful for all [...]

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It’s time to, once again, make the ultimate sacrifice to the snow gods! We are gathering for a Snow Dance at 9 PM on Saturday, December 1st, 2012 at the Miner’s Hall in Rossland. December 1st also happens to be “Rekindle the Spirit of Christmas” day in Rossland! We are proud to be featuring the [...]

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Please follow to the full post for link to interview! CBC Interview with Roly Worsfold about Olaus Jeldness

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