Dear Editor: My husband and I are visiting Castlegar for the Easter weekend. We went for a 2-km walk up West Broadwater Road. This is a picture of the garbage we picked up along side of the road in that short distance! Unfortunately we were unable to pick up fridges, stoves, mattresses and yard clippings […]

Imagine this – you're 28 years old, married just a year-and-a-half, with a terrific job and loving family and friends – you've got it all. You're driving from Castlegar to Barrier to visit family, turn to negotiate an S-curve ... and see a car driving straight toward you in your lane. You're thrown from your vehicle, land on...

A 68-year-old Castlegar man has been charged with possession of child pornography and making available child pornography, according to RCMP Cpl Debbie Postnikoff, who added the Castlegar Crime Reduction Unit and Castlegar RCMP Detachment executed a search warrant at the man's home on April 16. "The man was arrested and later...

Nelson Police are reporting officers have found the bike used in the April 11, armed robbery of Kootenay Currency Exchange. Detective/Constable Nate Holt said in a press release the bicycle is now in the possession of Nelson Police and will be returned to the owner in the coming days. D/Cst. Holt said NPD would like to thank...

By Valerie Rossi There will certainly be a feeling of nostalgia April 26 when roller derby will again take over the Golden City. The second double header of West Kootenay Roller Derby league’s Season 5 returns to the Rossland Arena, where it all began when the defunct Rossland Gnarlie’s Angels met their nemeses, Salmo’s Babes...

It is interesting that any time trade is debated in the House of Commons New Democrats are always accused by the Conservatives of being “anti-trade”.  However, as our Trade critic, Don Davies stated in the Jan. 29th debate on the proposed Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement, we believe thatCanadians recognize the importance...

In Grand Forks, Laranna Androsoff is known as the Aboriginal Family Support Worker at Boundary Family and Individual Services Society (BFISS) and as Trinity’s mom. But earlier this month she got wider recognition for the latter. Androsoff was invited to speak at the 2014 Global Summit on Childhood in Vancouver. There she sat...

It was upsetting to read the current description of the Gilpin Grasslands as a recreation area by the Grand Forks Quad Bike Club. Gilpin is an extremely important wildlife ecosystem, a point validated by three provincial governments and two land conservancies, all who have left an important footprint on Gilpin. The grassland...

The Regional District of Central Kootenay, reflecting the wishes of residents in the community want to find out what types of changes residents would like to see in parks and recreation. The RDCK is hoping to get the necessary feedback to improve the Nelson and District Parks & Recreation Master Plan by hosting the Master […]

The provincial government was in scramble mode following recently-announced changes to the Reviewable Projects Regulations that got rid of environmental assessments for ski resorts and natural gas plants, after a massive First Nations rejection of the move last week. Made with no public consultation or debate in the legislature through an order in council, the […]