To the Editor: A colorfully dressed man named Raad and his associate were making calls on people’s homes in the 7000 block of 18th Street in Grand Forks last week. When he called on my uncle he said that he was “with the Access people and was there to protect buyers from rising gas prices.” He said he could give him a guaranteed...

Details remain sketchy surrounding an accident that sent a local woman in her 50s to hospital on Thursday. Trail RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton said the accident happened downtown at just after 3 p.m., at the intersection of Victoria Street and Bay Avenue. “A female motorcycle driver was injured after a collision with a car,” he […]

By: Jordan Bateman, British Columbia Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation It seems the further you get away from Vancouver, the more hated the carbon tax becomes. The B.C. government has sent its Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services around the province to hear submissions on what should be included...

Construction has begun on improvements to a stretch of Highway 3 dubbed ‘Million Dollar Alley’ by residents, because of the huge number of vehicular accidents that occur in that area. City councillor and manager of Trowelex (a business fronting this stretch of roadway) Kevin Chernoff said he hopes residents are safe and careful as the […]

As they say in the Kootenays, wait five minutes and the weather will change. Not so since late July when a blocking upper ridge over most of B.C. kept inclement weather away and B.C. the envy of the rest of Canada. “Simple reason for the long summer weather is what we call a blocking upper ridge,” said Chris Cowan, a meteorologist...

The West Kootenays’ All Star roller derby team, the Kootenay Kannibelles, are going to the Canadian national championships in early 2013, having finished second at the westerns tournament in 2012. As part of their fundraising efforts, they have teamed up with local game show company “The Price Is Jeopardy Or No Deal Of Fortune” for […]

A 20-year-old Castlegar man is once again facing charges of possession of child pornography, along with breach of probation, after police checked up on his compliance with release conditions, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. “Wheeler Wood is currently serving a three-year probationary sentence from a conviction of possessing child pornography in 2010,” she said. “When […]

Concussions, of any kind, especially in young athletes, greatly concern Dale Donaldson at Mallard’s Source for Sports. Which is why the local sport store, with locations in both Nelson and Castlegar, is joining fellow stores across Canada to donate proceeds from all skate sharpening on (Saturday) October 20th to stopconcussions.com. “Personally I cringe when I […]

Red Bull put on a show at Baldface Lodge earlier this year as Travis Rice invited the elite boarders from throughout the world to test Kootenay’s Selkirk Mountains at the Red Bull Supernatural. The extreme sport sponsor may want to dial up another event for the Kootenays, only make the event for freeriders. This after […]

Grand Forks RCMP will be questioning a suspect they think may have been involved in the bomb scare at the Grand Forks Credit Union last week. Grand Forks RCMP evacuated 37 staff from the credit union and everyone within a 300-foot circumference of the bank all day on Wednesday, Oct. 3 after a suspicious briefcase […]