The five public post-secondary institutions providing education and training to British Columbia’s Southern Interior are joining forces to collaborate on new training opportunities and services.Leaders from the College of the Rockies, Selkirk College, Okanagan College, University of British Columbia Okanagan and Thompson...

Photo courtesy DDC: Netta Zeberoff looks over the mounds that still have remnants of last year’s harvest. There is one thing in common with all species on Mother Earth – and that is food. People need good land to grow food in abundance – and thankfully there are those willing to share their piece of earth that would otherwise...

The five public post-secondary institutions providing education and training to B.C. Southern Interior are joining forces to collaborate on new training opportunities and services. Leaders from the College of the Rockies, Selkirk College, Okanagan College, University of B.C. Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University recently ...

Authorities still trying to determine why a local man died while skiing at Red Mountain Friday. Castlegar's Gordon Earnest Reeve, 65, was up on the hill skiing with friends in the Paradise area. While coming down through the trees in the “Inagadadavida” trees alongside Southern Belle, he became separated from his group. His...

How clever and creative must a group of children be, to figure out a way to get their principal dancing Swan Lake in a tutu while contributing to the Haiti relief fund at the same time? One need look no further than the altruistic young minds at Twin Rivers Elementary to see this sort of thinking at work ... they've devised...

University of Victoria students at Selkirk College are influencing change with regards to health care practices in our local communities. Towards the end of last semester, the fourth year Nursing students held a Mini Conference at the college showcasing twenty “Influencing Change” projects. The students worked with community...

Photo courtesy Harold Chernoff. Two people were taken to hospital  and traffic had to be diverted off Columbia Avenue this afternoon after a collision saw a stretch of highway totally blocked. Witnesses report seeing a young man in a white vehicle attempting to turn left onto Columbia Avenue in front of The Brick when he was...

The deadline for submitting your input for consideration as School District 20 attempts to "Plan for the Future" is now Feb. 28. Original SD 20 proposals, set out in the document Planning for the Future, have come under fire  recently as residents object to potential school closures across the district (including Castlegar ...

The Trail RCMP detachment has confirmed that the body of an Alberta man killed in Monday's avalanche has been recovered from the Mnt. Mackie area in the West Kootenay region near Rossland. "The recovery was first hampered by poor weather, preventing a proper risk assessment of the surrounding area," said RCMP Cpl. Dave...

Ed. Note: The following is Lawrence Chernoff's annual mayor's report to council, delivered at council's regular meeting Dec. 21: Our current city council has completed its first year of its term of office, and I would like to acknowledge and thank all members of council for their cooperation. Our community has been well-served...