Vacation homeowners in Elkford have been asked to search for white bear fur that may have caught on their decks or trees, to help scientists discover the genetic secrets of three white bear cubs seen in the town this fall, the Calgary Herald reports. Residents are also being urged to clear their garbage and fruit […]

Police have released the name of a Trail man who died after his car strayed into an oncoming lane on Highway 22 Thursday, colliding with an oncoming pickup truck. The 44-yr-old male, Mark Perry, was in a 1997 red Honda when he crossed into an oncoming lane on Highway 22 between Fairview and China Creek around 5 p.m.  and […]

By Lois Beckett in ProPublica.By the end of this year, the State Department will decide whether to give a Canadian company permission to construct a 1,700-mile, $7 billion pipeline that would transport crude oil from Canada to refineries in Texas.  The project has sparked major environmental concerns, particularly in Nebraska,...

Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) is hosting information sessions about the Columbia River Treaty (CRT) in Trail and Castlegar. The sessions are hosted in partnership with local governments and the CRT Local Governments’ Committee. “The information sessions  will help people who live in the Canadian portion of the Columbia Basin better understand what the CRT is, […]

This Saturday has been declared Global Revolution Day in an effort to unite the 99 per cent and the residents of Nelson are rising to the occasion to show their solidarity. The term ’99 per cent’ has been used to refer to the majority of the world’s population who have access to less of the […]

 A third new candidate has thrown his hat into the ring in the upcoming city council elections, slated for Nov. 19 (with advanced polling on Nov. 8 and 9 at the Community Forum from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.). Incumbents Deb McIntosh, Kevin Chernoff, Russ Hearne and Gord Turner have already filed nominations papers, while […]

 Less than 22 hours remain before the nomination deadline for civic elections closes, and an All Candidates Forum is scheduled and ready to go. Traditionally hosted by the Chamber of Commerce, and All Candidates Forum is an opportunity for residents to meet and question prospective city councillors and to hear them respond ...

 What’s being described as a “horrifying” motorcycle accident slowed traffic on Columbia Avenue this morning. Castlegar RCMP Const. Chris LaValley said a motorcyclist was heading south on the city’s main thoroughfare near Chopsticks Restaurant (8th Street) at about 10:10 a.m., when a pick-up truck pulled off 8th Street and ...

The Boundary region’s emergency cold weather shelter is preparing for its second season of operations and will open on schedule to welcome people Nov. 1.  Operated by the Boundary Emergency and Transition Housing Society (BETHS), the shelter is calling for help from new volunteers and donors as it gets organized for the coming winter season. […]

By: Rob McLister Consumers hate mortgage prepayment penalties, largely because they don’t understand them. Now, there is about to be a high-profile challenge of how mortgage penalties are calculated. CIBC Mortgages Inc., a subsidiary of CIBC bank, has just been named the subject of a pending class action lawsuit. The intended suit claims that CIBC […]