Photo: Back row: Gabriel Hanvold, Niallan Collier, Riley Major. Front row: Kelsey Andrusak, Tenysha Ross Van Mierlo, Cyan Ross Van Mierlo On Feb. 8-10, the Ross Van Mierlo sisters of Castlegar attended the provincial AA Swimming Championships in Surrey. Both girls swam a number of best times, with Tenysha (13 years old) grabbing bronze in […]

West Kootenay Roller Derby’s all-star team has managed to climb to the top of the heap in Canadian Roller Derby, and they’ve done it in a remarkably quick fashion. The Kootenay Kannibelles are gearing up for some high-calibre derby at a national level tournament set to take place at West Edmonton Mall’s Ice Palace March […]

Greenwood may have lost their place as the top tap water in the world, but the great tasting water still took home two medals at the 23rd annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting Competition this past weekend. The Greenwood water got a bronze in the Best Municipal Water in the World category, where the same […]

Partygoers got out of hand and three people are facing criminal charges after a special event at a local bar, according to RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff. “The Castlegar RCMP were kept busy in the downtown area during the evening of Feb. 15 into the early hours of the morning on Feb.16, specifically dealing with 15 files involving...

If you look at the photo accompanying this article, you'll see a big, bad cop in a flak vest ... knitting. Yes, that's right, it's Castlegar RCMP Const. Rob Gardner knitting with a group of grade-schoolers at Twin Rivers Elementary School. And don't make fun of the vest, word on the street is, those knitting needles can be ...

Two skiers who spent Sunday night in the backcountry near Ymir Peak have been found RCMP Sargent Darryl Little of the Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment said in a press release Monday. “This morning, February 25, as the search was underway the two skiers managed to ski out safely,” Little said in a release. “The two […]

by Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily What we don’t do today will have a significant impact on tomorrow. That’s the message of a three-year climate change study conducted by West Kootenay scientists. “We weren’t sure what to expect when we started, and the results were even shocking to us,” said Nelson forest ecologist Greg Utzig, […]

Warnings for caution in the Kootenay Boundary back country for snow enthusiasts are high this weekend. With a lot of variation in the snowpack around the region, the Canadian Avalanche Centre advises that wind and new snow have increased the avalanche danger considerably.   At the time of writing, 10-30 cm of snow overlies ...

Independent MLAs say the current government is putting a stranglehold on the post-election government by deliberately cutting short funding supply for operations. In a statement released this week, the four independents say that no government in the past has taken this approach in advance of an election. "We are calling on ...

Video by Les Johnson, GFTV UPDATE: Fire on Mill Creek Road third at the same property Grand Forks RCMP are “deeply concerned” over a rash of deliberately set fires being set in a residential area off North Fork Road, said Grand Forks RCMP staff sergeant Jim Harrison. Late last afternoon, Thursday, Feb. 21, Grand Forks […]