CBT puts new economic development plan into action
Columbia Basin Trust has a vision for economic growth and is putting a new plan into action. The Trust is purchasing a commercial building in the Waneta Industrial Park near Trail and working with a local tech industry entrepreneur to fill the facility with new jobs and new opportunities in what it sees as a model for future...
Third Annual Youth Talent Slam showing in Nelson and Trail
The Charles Bailey Theatre is set to pull back the curtains and welcome to the stage the Youth Arts Festival Third Annual Talent Slam, a display of talent chosen in auditions by youth ranging in age from 15-29, according to Miriam Needoba, director of the Oxygen Arts Centre. She said there will be two shows […]
Selkirk College Saints Stand Up to Bullies
The Selkirk Saints men’s hockey team is joining Pink Shirt Day as part of a province-wide effort to raise awareness about bullying in schools, arenas, workplaces, homes and over the internet. The student athletes are trading their jerseys for t-shirts and will be joining other Selkirk College students on Feb. 22 (Wednesday) in this important […]
Firefighter, Mountie Save Care Giver In Medical Emergency
A Calgary firefighter and an off duty RCMP Officer are being credited for saving a woman’s life this past weekend, in Sooke. Sheldon Burton, and his girlfriend Kimberley Dueck were visiting Sooke for the purposes of dog sitting this past weekend and while out for a walk at approximately noon on Saturday, came across a male ...
January sees third-highest number of illicit drug deaths ever in B.C.
The number of illicit drug deaths in B.C. decreased slightly in January over the figures for November and December, but was still the third-highest number ever for a single month. Provisional data from the BC Coroners Service show that a total of 116 persons died as a result of illicit drug use during the month of January, ...
Open house on rural education coming soon to Trail
Trail area families are being encouraged to attend an open house on Feb. 24 to share their ideas on how to transform rural education in British Columbia....
RDCK directors punt proposed wage increase into next month
Directors of the Regional District of the Central Kootenay have asked staff to look further into the idea of how they can give themselves a wage increase of up to 20 per cent in the next few years. The directors asked staff in January to study the impact of a 20-per-cent wage increase on this […]
YRB urges caution as winter driving continues for highway driving
Yellowhead Road & Bridge Ltd. is asking the public to use caution when driving the highways in the region after a high amount of moisture was received during the past 24 hours. "We have received 4 mm of rain in the valley over night with steady to heavy rainfall forecasted through the day today," said Marc Dale of YRB. ...
Gas leak forces closure of Fruitvale Elementary School
This morning was kicked off with some angst and upset for Fruitvale Elementary School staff, administration, students and parents after a problem with the school's natural gas regulators forced the closure of the school. School District 20 Superintendent Bill Ford said school administration had been in contact with Fortis...
Exhibitions explore Asian Settlement in the Kootenays
The Kootenay Gallery of Art in Castlegar opens its 2017 Exhibition Schedule with two shows that explore migration and settlement through the perspective of East Asian Canadian artists who reference the West Kootenays. Plant Memory and High Muck a Muck both open March 3 at 7 p.m. and run until April 15....
