Snow starting to accumulate on Kootenay Mountains
It's looking a little white on top of Kootenay mountains Thursday morning after another storm passed over the West Kootenay/Boundary region. The Kootenay Pass between Salmo and Creston received a dusting of the white stuff as did the Blueberry Paulson stretch between Trail/Castlegar and Christina Lake. As for the ski hills,...
Calvin Vollrath, internationally acclaimed fiddler, to perform in Castlegar
World-class fiddler Calvin Vollrath will be playing at the Old Castle Theatre in Castlegar on October 24 at 7 PM. If you watched the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, you’ve heard his music. He was commissioned to write, arrange and play five fiddle tunes to share the richness and variety of Canadian...
OP/ED: Bruno, this byelection now hinges on you
You have so far declined to comment – but the fact remains, if what the candidate you support, Cherryl MacLeod said was true, you have been a complicit participant in violating the Community Charter and the Local Government Act since you were sworn into council on Dec. 1, 2014. Almost two years. So either she is corrupt in ...
Selkirk College Alumnus Graduates Top of the Class at University of Victoria
Peter Kremler credits the strong foundation he secured during his time at Selkirk College as a springboard to graduating at the top of his Faculty of Engineering class at the University of Victoria. Kremler took first-year courses at Selkirk College before transferring to UVic where he graduated with a degree in Electrical ...
Time to rally support for the Nelson Hospice Day Program
There’s another golden opportunity on the horizon for the public to support a good cause as the Nelson & District Hospice Society and the Kalein Centre join together to compete for the Aviva Community Health Funding Grant. The Health Grant is part of the Aviva Community Funding competition. The NDHS and Kalein Centre are...
Five people taken to hospital following Playmor Junction accident
Five people were transported to Trail Regional Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries Monday evening following a two-car accident at the junction of Highway 3A & 6 said RCMP Sergeant Monty Taylor in a media release Tuesday. Taylor said the accident happened at approximately 6:30 p.m. at the Playmor Junction intersection....
UPDATED: Steelworkers, Kootenay Savings Credit Union headed for labour disruption
It appears Kootenay Savings Credit Union is headed for a major labour disruption. United Steelworkers Union 1-404 and 9705 members served 72-hour strike notice on Kootenay Saving Credit Union Monday night in Trail the union said in a media release Tuesday. Kootenay Savings Credit Union countered by serving the Steelworkers ...
Selkirk College Saints Offence Explodes After Mini Slump
It took eight periods of regular season British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) play, but the Selkirk College Saints offense finally woke up and welcomed the 2016-2017 campaign. On a roadtrip to the Lower Mainland over the weekend, the four-time defending league champions took on the Simon Fraser University...
Interior Health urges public to fight influenza with a flu shot
Every year in Canada, about 12,200 people are hospitalized and 3,500 people die from influenza or its complications. The public can help themself and those around stay healthy, prevent illness and potentially save lives in one easy step – by getting your annual flu shot. Nelson Flu Vaccine Schedule Castlegar Flu Vaccine...
TSB said no Cockpit Voice Recorder on plane that crashed in Lake Country
The Transportation Safety Board said it will take the time needed to complete a thorough investigation of the fatal plane crash near Lake Country that killed four people Thursday. The twin-engine Cessna Citation disappeared from radar at 9:40 p.m. PT on Thursday, only 11 kilometres north of Kelowna Airport after takeoff from...
