Funding is available to help organizations work with post-secondary students to undertake community-based research in the West Kootenay and Boundary regions. The annual TeckServ Internship, now in its sixth year, provides support for a Selkirk College student to engage in local community service through an applied research ...

The Beaver Valley Nitehawks live to play again. Dylan Heppler had two points and Tallon Kramer stopped 26 shots to spark the Murdoch Division Champs to a 2-1 victory over the Kimberley Dynamiters in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Kootenay Conference playoff action Saturday night in Fruitvale. Kimberley leads the...

The Selkirk College Saints captured their fourth straight British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) championship  with a 2-1 victory over the Trinity Western University Spartans before a packed house Saturday night at the Castlegar & District Recreation Complex. More than 800 hockey fans packed the Castlegar...

Sawyer Hunt's goal with 32 seconds left in the game sparked the Kimberley Dynamiters to a 4-3 victory over the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Kootenay Conference Playoff action Friday in Fruitvale. The goal gives the defending KIJHL Champs a 3-0 stranglehold on the best-of-seven Conference...

The British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League’s (BCIHL) championship best-of-three final opened Friday night at the Castlegar & District Recreation Complex with a 5-1 Selkirk College Saints victory over the Trinity Western University Spartans. Game two of the series goes Saturday at 7 p.m. tonight in Castlegar at the...

Kootenay residents got an object lesson in the potential hazards of social media this week after a Facebook post damaged a Trail man’s reputation – possibly irreparably - spreading at least as far as Alberta, according to RCMP Cpl. Darryl Orr. Orr said two girls perceived a local man’s behaviour as suspicious, believing he ...

Get ready to turn out the lights . . . turn out the lights. Earth Hour is upon us — Saturday between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. People throughout the world, including Canadians, British Columbians and West Kootenay/Boundary folk are encouraged to join in the powering down Saturday, March 19 during Earth Hour 2016. “An hour without ...

The Regional District of Central Kootenay adopted its 2016-2020 Financial Plan today at its March board meeting Thursday in Nelson. Chief Administrative Officer Stuart Horn said the new Plan will have a minor impact on taxpayers. “The Directors were very cognizant of the tax impacts to residents throughout the budget process,” said Horn in a […]

There was a movie that came out in 1993 called Six Degrees of Separation. (It later spawned a game called Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon). The basic premise was, you’re never more than six relationships away from any other human being. Let’s use the Kevin Bacon example. The game required that you go through your […]

Ed. Note: Urban chickens are not allowed within Castlegar city limits. But enough people in the surrounding areas are looking for direction on creating small personal flocks that we thought this was interesting and relevant information, courtesy of Amy Enns, owner of Fluster Cluck Farm (and also the photographer who took the...