By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily As angry, frustrated and exhausted Johnsons Landing residents come to terms with the news that some neighbours will never go home again, their futures still look uncertain. An evacuation order remains in effect until an appointed committee from the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK)  can review and accept […]

One of the major reasons cougar sightings have increased recently is the dramatic decline in the province’s deer population, their traditional prey. Contrary to the pathetic posturing of fish and wildlife staff and organized hunters the ungulate populations in our province are in serious trouble. Although there are a number of reasons the most prominent […]

Ed. Note: The following is a press release issued by the City of Trail: The City of Trail announced last week it will be moving forward with the boundary extension referral process which may result in the city extending its boundaries into Electoral Area A. The process would include the City of Trail negotiating a […]

The following is a press release issued by the Environment Ministry: British Columbia has made its final written submission to the Northern Gateway Pipeline Joint Review Panel. In the submission, the province states that it cannot support the project as presented to the panel because Northern Gateway has been unable to address...

There’s a new area code for British Columbia’s and the prefix begins Saturday (June 1) The three digiit code — 236 — is being introduced in response to the increasing demand for phone numbers in B.C., which will result in some communities running out of numbers within the existing area codes in the near future […]

I'm writing this as a column because I can't possibly pretend to be unbiased about the charming, generous fellow who was last night awarded Citizen of the Year by the Knights of Columbus (KoC). Trowelex owner Nick Chernoff, 75, came to Castlegar when he was just 28, and has been here ever since, building community, volunteering...

A Trail resident got a better reason to put some juice in her daily run this morning, when she spied a cougar right beside the Gyro Park walkway where she and her dogs were jogging. “I was out for a run this morning around Sunningdale along the Gyro walkway, when my dogs just started going […]

The enormously successful Rossland Energy Diet pilot project has spawned the Kootenay Energy Diet as Fortis BC now pounds regional pavement to drum up municipal support and homeowner interest in a slough of rebates and other incentives to improve the energy efficiency of residential and business buildings. Patricia Dehnel, ...

Basia Ruta, British Columbia’s Auditor General for Local Government (AGLG), announced the first performance audits involving a number of local governments. The first three planned performance audit topics, which will be reported on by March 31, 2014, relate to cost containment. The fourth and fifth topics relate to the management of key risks to local […]

So what can you get these days for twenty-odd bucks these days — a dozen beers, perhaps? Maybe a handful of Big Whopper Combo Meals or even possibly a large pizza might fit the bill. Forget the heartburn or the morning-after headache and head on down to the Capitol Theatre to take in perhaps the […]