Columbia Power Corporation (Columbia Power) was honoured to bring home two Gold level Canadian Electricity Association (CEA) safety awards from a ceremony held earlier this month in Ottawa. Columbia Power received the CEA President’s Award of Excellence for Employee Safety and the Vice President’s Award for Safety Excellence...

I would like to thank everyone that voted on Nov. 15,  I really appreciate your strong support for change.    I am very excited to be the new Area J Director for the next four years.  I will be working extremely hard for all the residents of our community. I wil be working with all levels of government with Area J's best...

Ed. Note: The following is a press release issued by Pacific Coastal: Pacific Coastal Airlines is pleased to announce the addition of another new route to its network of more than sixty-five destinations in British Columbia effective Monday January 12, 2015. The new Trail-Kelowna flight will operate six days a week - once...

The small community of Meadow Creek was rocked early Thursday morning by explosions from a fire at the local sawmill at Cooper Creek. Dena Beardon, whose husband George worked at the Meadow Creek Cedar mill for more than 30 years before retiring, witnessed flames more than 200 feet in the air and heard explosions coming from...

PUBLIC NOTICE RE CUPE STRIKE (issued by the City of Castlegar): The City wishes to advise Castlegar residents City facilities will remain open and City non-union staff will endeavor to provide prompt service to residents, businesses and visitors during the current labour strike. Your understanding and patience is appreciated....

Despite unseasonably chilly weather early in the week, morale on the city worker picket line hasn’t cooled, according to CUPE 2262 union president Leford Lafayette. “I think moral is pretty high,” said Lafayette, adding members see picketing for job security as fighting for a good cause. “We have people from as far away as ...

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died in a hunting accident near Nakusp on Nov. He is Juergen Thomas Burkhardt, aged 52, of North Vancouver. On the afternoon of Nov. 12, Burkhardt was hunting with a companion on a steep section of mountain about 30 km from Nakusp when […]

Many are familiar with the saying “the credit union difference”. It will be the acts of our 60 employees that will make that difference, since today is the day that Nelson & District Credit Union will break through the $3 million mark in community giving from its 15 year old Community Investment Program. Some might […]

Kaslo RCMP report that an overnight fire completely destroyed the Meadow Creek Forest Products located at 144 Cooper Creek Road, Cooper Creek.   RCMP Corporal Shaun Begg says that the mill is outside of the Fire Protection District, and, that when RCMP arrived around 0240 the mill was fully engulfed and then destroyed by the […]

Small business owners have the opportunity to be recognized as one of BC’s top entrepreneurs for their contribution to their local community and to the global economy as part of the Small Business BC Awards. The Small Business BC Awards celebrate the top small businesses and rising stars across British Columbia. With ten...