The following is a press release issued by the provincial government: As B.C. prepares to welcome the world to the 2010 Winter Games, the B.C. Government, Better Business Bureau and Consumer Protection BC are reminding both International visitors and Canadian residents to be careful and do their homework before booking vacation rentals. Online classified advertisements have […]

Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid joined Kootenay-Columbia board of education chair Gordon Smith, parents, caregivers and district staff today at the official opening of the StrongStart BC early learning centre at Robson Community school. “This new StrongStart BC centre in Robson will mean that more children and families can receive support as they build the early […]

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...

The limelight at city council’s first meeting of 2010 was focussed, not on city issues, but on the School District 20 (SD 20) instead. The SD 20 board has been seeking public input on its plans to cope with an anticipated $4-million budget shortfall, due to declining enrolment, in its document Planning for the Future. […]

Youth groups from all across the West Kootenays are sharing their compassion and concern for disaster stricken Haiti by banding together to hold a fundraising event at the Brilliant Cultural Centre on Jan.30 at 7 p.m. Admission is free, but donations will be collected and passed on to the Canadian Red Cross for the Haitian […]

Photo by Carrie Voysey: Nursing student Erika Hayton (left) participated in andco-facilitated a Mom’s Support Group, a volunteer program of Castlegar Community Services, to gain hands on knowledge and support for her Influencing Change project at Selkirk College. Sandi McCreight of Castlegar Community Services (left), along with Diana Lunde, a local Public Health Nurse (missing), were […]

The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is issuing a Special Avalanche Warning for the Northern Rockies, the Cariboos, Eastern Monashees, the Selkirk Mountains and the Purcell Range. This widespread warning applies to many popular backcountry destinations, including those accessed from Tumbler Ridge, Grande Cache, McBride and Valemount, Blue River, Wells and Williams Lake, Clearwater, Revelstoke, Nakusp […]

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...