Residents across the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) can now access energy retrofit funding through HomeSave Central Kootenays, a new program designed to help improve home comfort, reduce energy costs, and lower associated emissions for Kootenay residences. HomeSave Central Kootenays is an innovative home energy retrofit support program that provides personalized guidance to help residents understand their home’s energy performance, plan upgrades, […]

This exhibition will showcase the creativity, talent, and artistic growth of young artists from across SD20 in a vibrant display of student and instructor works produced over the past year, bringing together a diverse collection of artworks spanning multiple mediums. Visitors will get a unique opportunity to experience the perspectives and ideas of emerging young […]

BC Hydro is starting engagement on Wednesday, April 22 at 5:30 to 6:30 pm for the Seven Mile Water Use Plan Order Review and Application for Fisheries Act Authorization amendment. This work is being initiated by BC Hydro as part of our commitment to Water Use Planning. To register for this online information session, email southern-interior.info@bchydro.com or […]

All RDCK offices (Creston, Nakusp, & Nelson) Friday, April 3 – CLOSED Saturday, April 4 – CLOSED Sunday, April 5 – CLOSED Monday, April 6 – CLOSED All RDCK landfills, transfer stations, and gated recycling depots * Friday, April 3 – CLOSED Saturday, April 4 – OPEN Sunday, April 5 – CLOSED Monday April 6 – OPEN *Ymir Transfer Station will be open […]

DISCUSSION & DECISIONS Request for Proposal 2026-03 Command Unit/Emergency Response Unit – Recommendation for Award (Report No. 26-29) Council approved a report to award Request for Proposal 2026-03 to AM Ford in the amount of $60,358 plus applicable taxes for a new Command Unit/Emergency Response Unit. Council also approved borrowing up to $110,000 through the […]

A few mild afternoons don’t mean winter is over, especially in colder and higher-elevation parts of the Kootenays. Snow flurries are in the forecast around the region. Road Safety at Work reminds drivers that winter tires are still legally required on many highways in the Kootenay regionthrough April 30. This includes Highways 3, 38, 93, 95, […]

It has become a habit to check the gas price every time I leave the neighbourhood. I would not have imagined that I would be seeing prices over $2.00 per litre a few months ago. Since I don’t yet own an electric vehicle, I choose ecodriving techniques to save money and realize that my choice […]

In Canada, progress on social and ecological justice often faces roadblocks. When women got the right to vote here in 1918, organizations sprang up to argue voting was incompatible with women’s “traditional roles.” When universal health care was introduced in the 1960s, doctors in Saskatchewan went on strike, accusing the government of exercising too much […]

When large tracts of forest are clear-cut, we lose more than the trees and their shelter and all the other plant and animal species they nurture and protect; we also lose water. Our demands for water are increasing. Growing populations, water-hungry industries (including fracking and nuclear power production) and the growth of data centres all […]

BC NDP MLAs Brittny Anderson and Steve Morissette say that provincial funding distributed to volunteer and composite fire departments across the province, including in the Kootenays, will support fire department capacity and operations, making people in the community safer and better protected against fire and local emergencies. “Fire crews respond to emergencies in every corner of […]