Thieves have absconding with thousands of dollars of property from a local business, according to RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff.   "Sometime during the evening of Feb. 21 and the early morning hours of Feb. 24, a business located in the 100 block of Hughes Road was broken into," she said. "Investigation has revealed that the ...

Dear Editor, Water is of utmost significance to all of us.  We are vulnerable if we don't have access to clean affordable water.  So, water is worth thinking and talking about.  Following are some points I wish to share for consideration: Control the water, and you control the people.  Water is needed for survival.  And, water...

Greenwood has placed third again the municipal water category at the 24th annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting. The best tap water in the world came from Clearbrook, British Columbia. It’s their third time winning in that category. Santa Ann, California won second and Greenwood came in third. All but one of the...

Salmo RCMP Cpl. R. Bellman is issuing an advisory to winter enthusiasts after the death of a 27-year-old local man. “On Feb. 23 at 1 p.m., the Salmo RCMP and Search and Rescue were dispatched to the top of the Kootenay pass as four skiers were skiing in the Lightening Strike Ski area and two […]

During the last federal election, Stephen Harper promised that the government would introduce an income-splitting proposal, after balancing the federal budget. Income splitting has the worthy objective of making it easier for two-parent families to choose to have one parent work, or work part time, in order to spend time...

Friday Feb. 21st was the last home ice game the Bruins were to play this hockey season. It was a game against the Castlegar Rebels and the Bruins won the game 5 to 3. Period one started of promptly with a penalty against Rebels’ Derek Georgopoulos receiving two minutes in the box for hooking. The first […]

Global News recently showcased a story of a bobcat treed by two coyotes. This certainly is not an unusual event to those who have hunted the bobcat with hounds but the story did capture the awe and respect that this elusive nocturnal predator demands. The bobcat is a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species...

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died in an avalanche near Salmo on Feb. 23. He was Cale Jack, aged 27, from Nelson. Mr. Jack was one of a group of four persons who went backcountry skiing in an area known as Twin Lakes near the summit of Kootenay Pass, about 37 kilometres east of Salmo. During...

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died following a snowboarding incident near Pemberton on February 23 as Jonathan Unger, aged 29, of Whistler. Unger was part of a group that was skiing, snowboarding, and snowmobiling off the Millar Bench Forestry Service Road, about five kilometres from Pemberton....

Since 2005, Eileen Delehanty Pearkes has researched and explored the natural and human history of the rivers of the upper Columbia River Basin.  She speaks frequently at conferences and symposia throughout the Basin on the history of the Columbia River Treaty and its effects on Basin residents.  She has recently completed a...