A young person's brain is not fully matured until the age of 25. The prefrontal cortex manages executive functions such as impulse control and weighing consequences but may not do a great job of it for teenagers. If you are faced with a teen driver who is consistently making bad choices, what do you do? This is a serious...

One person was killed in a single-vehicle MVI in the Gulch (Trail)  this morning, according to KBRFR Cpt. Glen Gallamore, who said the call came in at 9:15 a.m. Seven firefighters responded, arriving on scene at 9:25 a.m. "Trail Station 374 responded to a report of  single vehicle rollover on Hwy 3b below Annabel," Gallamore...

What comes After Eden? Visual and performance artist Stephanie Kellett and sound artist Robert Livingood explore this question in a multi-media exhibition at the Kootenay Gallery of Art in Castlegar. Kellett and Livingood are life partners as well as artistic partners, based in Nelson, the pair has travelled on several occasions...

Castlegar and District Community Services Society is encouraging Castlegar area residents to bundle up and raise cold hard cash for the Coldest Night of the Year Walk-a-Thon on Feb. 22. This is a fun, family-friendly winter fundraising walk for Castlegar’s vulnerable, hurting, hungry and homeless youth and others.  In over ...

Third-year students in the Selkirk College Nursing Program are helping lead the charge to bring awareness and raise funds for hungry, homeless and hurting people in West Kootenay communities. Since 2011, Coldest Night of the Year walks have been held across Canada where millions of dollars have been raised for local charities...

The journey for learners at Selkirk College is not one taken alone. Through the kindness of donors, students in all programs benefit from needs-based bursaries that help ease financial pressure and bolster final outcomes. One month into her studies in the Recreation, Fish & Wildlife Program, Cheyanna Shypitka hit a crisis...

Please join us in Celebrating the Memory and amazing, positive energy of Leya.    Saturday, Feb. 15 from 1—3 p.m. Kinnaird Hall—2320 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar. Allergies-no flowers.  ...

The City of Castlegar will see a major development near the West Kootenay Regional Airport early in 2020. FedEx has purchased land near the West Kootenay Regional Airport and plans to construct a warehouse building that will serve as a distribution centre and office space. The company chose Castlegar for a variety of reasons,...

This week in the House of Commons we are debating the new NAFTA agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico, known by the acronym CUSMA. The original NAFTA was negotiated by Conservatives and signed by Liberals in 1994 with promises of more jobs and secure access to the largest market in the world. Supporters of ...

Dear Editor, As I write this, patients are travelling long distances for consultations with specialists. Many of these journeys, for simple face to face meetings are made even though the required workup has been completed and the results forwarded. BUT - What if you could visit a GP, have the referral and information forwarded...