The Dam City Rollers are moving into their final roller derby game of the season this weekend when they take on the Penticton Pistoleras Roller Derby team. The action takes place at Selkirk College Gymnasium Saturday - doors open at 6 p.m. with the first whistle blown at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $10 for...

Play time in Castlegar may be getting a $100,000 boost, if the Brilliant Cultural Centre wins a province-wide competition. The Brilliant Cultural Centre is located just outside Castlegar.  The large centre is one of the hearts of the community, hosting large and diverse events for the region, while also hosting the Children’s...

Seven credit unions from the Boundary, Kootenay, and Columbia Valley have collaborated in their efforts to provide financial relief for Grand Forks and its surrounding communities. In early May, the severe overland flooding of two rivers that meet in the downtown core of Grand Forks, placed the entire region into a prolonged...

A man was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries Monday, after a dramatic helicopter rescue. Fire Chief Sam Lattanzio says the call came in at 10:22 a.m. of a fallen rock climber near the Brilliant substation, just above the Brilliant generating station, in the Megawatt climbing area. “We met up with...

After the 2015 federal election, most Canadians were happy about the prospects for positive electoral reform.  Both the Liberals and the NDP had campaigned on promises that first, there would be no more elections under the old first-past-the-post system, and second, that they would repeal the unfair aspects of the Conservative’s so-called “Fair Elections Act.” […]

Given the extraordinary circumstances and wide-spread flooding damages to individuals, families and small businesses as a result of the recent flooding in the Boundary region, the Province of BC will cover tipping fees related to disposal of flood damaged materials. ·       Those affected by flooding will not have to pay when...

It appears the new sitting government is not much better than the previous decision-makers after hundreds of people gathered at the Slocan Community Health Centre in New Denver at Friday (May 25) in response to a post on the community Facebook page the day before. Posts from Slocan Lake Chamber of Commerce Health Committee members […]

Ed. Note: The following is a press release issued by MarWest, the contractor hired for the project. On May 24 at approximately 1:55 p.m. Fortis Gas was contacted about the break of a Gas Service pipe and resultant gas leak on Columbia Avenue in Castlegar, BC. The response to the Service Line break required a coordinated effort...

To the Editor: We face an important decision on the June 23 referendum to approve two bylaws (2597 and 2598) that would raise the cap on RDCK recreation-related taxes to finance $22 million of a proposed $32.3 million enhancement of the rec centre and aquatic centre. This is an enormous 25-year tax burden for a relatively...

A Trail man has been transported to hospital with unknown injuries following an explosion in the Gulch today, according to Trail RCMP top cop Sgt. Darren Oelke. He said the call came in at 12:45 p.m. “The windows blew out, there’s debris everywhere – it was a good explosion,” Oelke said, adding the cause of the blast is still...