On Saturday we celebrated the grand opening of our brand-new Lower Columbia Community Health Center in downtown Trail! Photo is with the Lower Columbia Community Health Center Board who was the driving force in making this happen! The Lower Columbia Community Health Centre will provide high-quality primary health care for people living in and around […]

The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) issued a precautionary Boil Water Notice for users on the West Robson Water System. The system is located on Broadwater Road in the community of West Robson on the western border of Robson-Raspberry, within RDCK Electoral Area J. West Robson is downstream of the Keenlyside Dam on the Columbia River. The precautionary Boil Water Notice has […]

 The West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital District (WKBRHD) plays a vital role in shaping the future of health care across the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) and Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB), championing the needs of rural residents and ensuring access to quality medical services for all. The WKBRHD Board is comprised of […]

The BC RCMP has been made aware of escalating threats of violence directed towards businesses or suspected businesses associated with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) lawful Warrant to Search the property of Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, BC. RCMP said today that  reports of these threats began on Monday, September 22, 2025, on the […]

In celebration of BC Rivers Day, Friends of Kootenay Lake Stewardship Society (FoKLSS), in partnership with Living Lakes Canada (LLC), invites the Nelson community to join a streamside cleanup along Cottonwood Creek on Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, from 1 – 3 p.m. Meeting at the Cottonwood Falls Park parking lot, volunteers of all ages are encouraged to participate in this hands-on effort to […]

The BC RCMP’s presence at the Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, BC is ongoing, at the request of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) while their operation is underway, according  to a press release issued Wednesday. In the early morning hours on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, shortly before 4 a.m., emergency crews were dispatched to […]

Because the fossil fuel industry and its supporters have done everything they can to stall needed solutions to the climate crisis, some people say we must now engineer our way out of the mess we created. Many are promoting schemes that block sunlight from reaching Earth, reflect more of it back into space or absorb […]

We recognize the urgent need to build more homes for people struggling to find a reasonably priced place that meet their needs. More new rentals are being built than ever before, helping growing families, individuals, seniors, and people living with disabilities find homes they can afford. Monday September 15th in City of Trail we broke ground on […]

The puck drops on the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League season with nine games on the schedule. On Saturday, Sept. 20, the defending champion Grand Forks Border Bruins open their title defence at home against the Castlegar Rebels. Behind the Rebels’ bench is Alex Evin, set for his first full season as head coach. The […]

Parts of an Empire Russians of the former Soviet imperial power, in the period 1945-90, with their formal annexations [e.g. Armenia, Ukraine], client states [Mongolia, Cuba], and occupied satellite nations [Poland, Romania]  regarded Canada as belonging to America’s empire, not different in status from Soviet imperial dependencies. Canada was a solidly-American client, a dependency, a […]