Some inquisitive bears foraging for food around the recycling bins in the parking lot of the Kokanee Park Marina has prompted the Regional District of Central Kootenay to reduce hours of the facility. The RDCK said the bears have been spotted around the recycling bin several times. One bear was recently trapped and relocated. “I’ve […]

The age-old adage of “April Showers, Brings May Flowers” was not the norm in April according to Ron Lakeman of the Southeast Fire Centre in Castlegar. Lakeman said in his monthly weather bulletin “dominant high pressure” made for a drier month of April. “Not typical of April was the more dominant area of high pressure which...

The earthquake in Nepal hit a little too close to home for a former Nelson couple now living in Chilliwack. The son of Dean and Val Monty, Shaun, was visiting the Nepalese City of Pokhara when a 7.6 earthquake struck the region Saturday. Thankfully, Shaun and two friends, Robertson Mackenzie and Ashleigh Brooks managed to get...

In the last dozen years, eight out of nine commissions or citizen assemblies created by governments in Canada have not only advocated getting rid of our first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral system but have recommended adopting MMP, or mixed-member-proportional representation. In the upcoming 2015 federal election, Tom Mulcair...

Milkweed is a monarch’s best defence By David Suzuki The monarch butterfly is a wonderful creature with an amazing story. In late summer, monarchs in southern Canada and the U.S. northeast take flight, travelling over 5,000 kilometres to alpine forests in central Mexico. The overwintering butterflies cling to fir trees there in masses so dense […]

The Junior Dragons’ Den live show is happening this Friday, May 1, at the Charles Bailey Theatre in Trail and students and judges got together on Wednesday for a final run-through before the event. A  Greater Trail Community Futures initiative, Junior Dragons’ Den is modeled after CBC’s popular show in which budding entrepreneurs...

Dear Editor,                        Castlegar and District Community Services Society’s (CDCSS) new and emerging Youth Program and Youth Council Advisory group are very excited to invite you to attend and/or participate in the First Annual Castlegar Youth Arts and Talent Event on May 30.  The month of May celebrates National...

Rumours that the West Kootenay BC SPCA, located in Trail, is closing its doors are unfounded and untrue, according to branch manager Danielle Jackman. “The facility we are currently in needs a lot of upgrades,” she said, adding it is unsuitable for other reasons as well. “We’re next to the water treatment plant – for safety...

Not all Robson/Raspberry residents are delighted to see an almost-two-decades-long boil-water advisory finally lifted and a $3.2-million water treatment facility in place. The back story is that, 18 years ago, the Interior Health Authority found E.Coli in Robson/Raspberry water samples and levied the boil water advisory,...

Supporters to “Keep Jumbo Wild” are lining up to applaud the recent BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) decision that said the builder of the ski hill in the heart of the Jumbo Glacier was not compliant with the condition of its certificate. “We’re happy to see another nail go into the coffin of this dangerous […]