& Discovery Centre, on five acres of the old plant site, displays former workings and mining equipment. Notable people Dallas Drake, retired NHL Hockey player, Stanley Cup champion (Detroit Red Wings) Nancy Greene, alpine ski racer, two-time overall World Cup champion (1967, 1968), Olympic Gold medalist George Grey, Cross country skier, Olympian Kerrin Lee-Gartner, downhill ski racer, Olympic Gold Medalist Seth Martin, former hockey player (St.Louis Blues, Trail Smoke Eaters) John Stark, stage actor Donald Stevens, retired downhill skier John Turner, 17th Canadian Prime Minister, grew up in Rossland after moving to Canada from England as an infant with his family Joe Zanussi, retired NHL hockey player (St. Louis Blues, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Winnipeg Jets) Media Rossland was home to CHLI-FM, Rossland Radio Co-op, an internet-based community radio station which was granted, a low-power FM license with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) at 101.1 FM but went off the air in 2013. Rossland is served by two newspapers. One is The Rossland Telegraph, an online-only paper, founded in August 2008. In July 2010 the "Rossland News" was opened and is both online and currently distributes 1,200 papers throughout the town. Education School District 20 Kootenay-Columbia operates public schools in Rossland. The Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique operates one Francophone school: école des Sept-sommets primary school. Seven Summits Centre for Learning opened in Fall 2013, a high school option for education grades 8–12 in Rossland. As innovative educators, Seven Summits Centre for Learning blends the best of the online digital world with the traditional to make an exceptional, blended, learner-centered high school alternative, which is academically robust, technically advanced, and empowers youth. Highly qualified BC-certified teachers who love their subjects share their knowledge face-to-face in small groups. One-on-one time is given to those that need the extra boost. Experts run authentically engaging workshops and talks. At Seven Summits Centre for Learning students pursue adventure, fitness, and personal growth in nature’s playground and learn by doing on exciting field trips. Seven Summits Centre for Learning blends all this with supervised access to a full range of courses delivered in virtual online classrooms provided by Navigate NIDES (School District 71). Imagine mapping a journey about courses that really interest students, and at their own pace. Motivated learners really can have it all. They become the co-author of their own learning, an architect of their own destiny. Seven Summits