Tyler McKay concluded the Zone One West Kootenay Junior Golf circuit the way he started - with a victory.

The Birchank golfer fired a 1-under-par 107 to edge Brenan Moroney and capture the Zone One West Kootenay Junior Golf title Sunday at the Balfour Golf Club.

It’s been 50 years since Canada's former Minister of National Health and Welfare, Judy LaMarsh told the House of Commons that “smoking is a contributory cause of lung cancer.”

This statement marked the start of a decades-long anti-smoking campaign that continues across the country to this day.

“We’ve come a long way,” said Canadian Cancer Society health promotion team leader Patti King, noting that Canada made this declaration seven months ahead of the United States Surgeon General.

A proposal by a North Shore couple to change zoning bylaw in order to grow medical marijuana is now in the hands of the Regional District of Central Kootenay Board.

Area F Director Ron Mickel chaired the public hearing Monday evening at the RDCK board meeting room on Lakeside Drive that heard from North Shore couple and neighbours of Upper Parkview road location opposed to the change.

The property is located minutes from Nelson above Johnstone Road which is a few 100 meters from the Big Orange Bridge.

It’s official.

Crawford Bay’s Kokanee Springs Golf Resort has been voted Most Scenic in Canada by Reader's Digest Canada for Hole number five.

Located on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake, 40 kilometers north of Nelson, Kokanee Springs, a Norman Woods original course, is characterized by it's long driving fairways, immense rolling greens, immaculate course upkeep, and ability to interest and challenge golfers at all levels . . . and, of course, spectacular views of Purcell Mountain range.