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Dec

Border Bruins make two road wins over the weekend; coach says it's right on target

The Grand Forks Border Bruins had two road wins last weekend after competing against the North Okanagan Knights on Friday and the Kelowna Chiefs on Saturday. The Friday game ended with a 5-3 finish and Saturday’s game ended with a score of 6-4. Both games were a collective effort that started long before they even […]

RCMP halt crime spree in Lower Mainland

Around 6 p.m. Jan. 5, the Richmond RCMP responded to a collision on Highway 99. Allegedly, the driver of one of the vehicles involved in the collision ran to a nearby home where he stabbed a resident and stole the resident’s car. The same night, at around 7 p.m., a man was withdrawing money from the automated teller machine...

High School Students Opt for ACE-IT to Fill Skills Gap

Don’t be surprised if the next apprentice electrician who reports to your home or business on a service call is a little “wet behind the ears.” More and more young people are answering the call to fill the skilled trades job openings projected to hit BC over the next few years. To address the need for more and younger people...

Ktunaxa judicial review over Jumbo approval begins in BC Supreme Court

A new chapter in the struggle over the Jumbo Glacier Resort development began to unfold Monday as the Ktunaxa Nation went to court in Vancouver in protest of the development. The Ktunaxa Nation filed a judicial review of the provincial government’s approval of the controversial resort with BC Supreme Court on Nov. 30, 2012, in […]

Alberta man suffers busted arm in avalanche near Sparwood

A backcountry skier suffered a broken arm after being pulled from an avalanche near Sparwood Sunday. Search and Rescue in Sparwood and Elk Valley RCMP received the call around 3:30 p.m. that five backcountry skiers believed to be from Alberta triggered an avalanche near the oal Mountain Teck mine in the Corbin Road area. The...

Kamloops Daily News shuts doors after more than 80 years

Monday in Kamloops, Glacier Media decided to cease publication of the Kamloops Daily News after more than 80 years. “Personally I am very saddened to make this announcement,” said The Daily News publisher Tim Shoults on the company website. “We have struggled for the last several years, worked tirelessly and taken many difficult...

Lots of sun, cool temperatures in December

December did not prove to be much of an early-season Christmas present for businesses depending on lots of white stuff to make ends meet, as total amount of precipitation during the month was only 46 per cent of normal said Ron Lakeman, Weather Forecasterfor the Southeast Fire Centrein his monthly weather review. “(Precipitation) was the […]

Nelson welcomes Eliviyah Dalton as 2014 New Year's Baby

The New Year got off to an amazing start for Falyn and Randy Dalton as the Pass Creek couple welcomed Nelson’s first baby of 2014 at 4 a.m. January 1. “The birth was an amazing experience, one that nobody could have prepared me for,” mother Falyn said a few days after the birth of seven-pound, […]

UPDATE: Missing Boy Scouts on Red Mountain located

Two overdue skiers lost on Red Mountain Thursday have been found. Search and Rescue located the missing skiers in an area west of Red Mountain resort just after 10 a.m. Friday. The missing skiers were flown down the mountain by helicopter to the Red Mountain Resort area where they were checked over by paramedics just after ...

YRB warns Kootenay Pass drivers 10-15 cm snow drop

The New Year has brought in a weather system that is going to drop as much as 10-15 centimeters of snow on the Kootenay Pass said Marc Dale, Yellowhead Road and Bridge Operations Manager for Southeast Kootenay. “We will have our resources on the roads throughout the night yet with this volume of snow forecasted […]