City, fire, and police officials are reminding area motorists to drive carefully in residential areas, especially with school starting back up in a week. Statistics from ICBC indicate that in B.C., on average, five child pedestrians aged five to 18 are killed and 290 injured in 270 car crashes every year. Castlegar Director...

An ongoing historical sexual assault investigation generated by the Victoria Police Dept, has prompted the Nakusp RCMP to canvas its community for the possibility and existence of other victims in the Nakusp/East Kootenay area. In August of 2016, the Victoria Police arrested then 70-year-old Harry Charles Sadd of Victoria, ...

Back, and promising to be bigger than ever, is Kootenay Pride 2017 happening Labour Day Weekend in Nelson with a host of parties, parades and more. “I feel the reason for Pride being so successful in Nelson, this is our 22 year, has been the community and not just the LGBTQ+ community but the community as a whole,” said...

  A quick response by Nelson Fire Rescue avoided what could have been a disastrous outcome after a grass fire started on the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) lands near Kal Tire Monday evening. Nelson Fire Rescue said in a media release firefighters responded to the call at 7:22 p.m. Monday. Both on duty members were joined by...

The Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy, in collaboration with the Interior and Northern Health Authorities has amended the area covered by the Smoky Skies Bulletin that was last updated on Sunday August 27 due to changing smoke conditions. Areas now covered by this Bulletin include: the Boundary, Arrow Lakes-Slocan Lake, Kootenay Lake, Elk […]

RCMP said in a media release, "distracted driving" looks to the be cause of a two-vehicle accident late Monday morning on Highway 3A west of Nelson near the Beasley Bluffs. The accident caused a major disruption to traffic flows on Highway 3A around the noonhour. "On August 28, 2017 at 1158 hours there was a […]

Interior Health would like to advise the public in the New Denver, Slocan Lake region that the Slocan Community Health Centre will remain open Labour Day weekend. Interior Health had announced August 23, of the pending closure from Friday, Sept. 1 at 6 p.m. until Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 8 a.m. due to unfilled physician shifts. ...

What could have been a terrible tragedy Sunday was averted thanks to air bags and seatbelts, according to Ootischenia Fire Chief George Hamm. He said they received a call to attend an MVA at 12:48 p.m. at the corner of Hwy 3 and Columbia Road. “The six of us were practicing at the hall at the time, so we were able to respond...

Eileen Delehanty Pearkes has been researching and writing about the history and politics of water in the upper Columbia Basin since 2005.  Her book on the Columbia River Treaty, A River Captured, was released in 2016. Recently, her travelling exhibit on the Columbia River Treaty, curated for Touchstones Nelson, won a national...

The West Kootenay EcoSociety is hosting the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Conference in Castlegar at the Community Complex on (Thursday to Saturday) September 7-9. Inspiring and knowledgeable municipal leaders from Canadian cities that have committed to transition to 100% renewable energy in their community energy ...