Trail or Castlegar residents dealing with chronic pain or illness may find their lives eased, as Self-Management BC (a not-for-profit organization affiliated with the University of Victoria) is offering free workshops in both cities to help both pain sufferers and their friends/families/caregivers. “Would you like to better...

There’s fresh excitement brewing and a movement afoot in our city’s downtown core, as businesses and non-profits alike connect with the city in the hope of furthering their growth and sustainability goals. This, after a small steering committee met with city council’s Cultural and Civic Pride Committee on March 11 to gauge ...

The man who knows a lot about the economy in BC is coming to Selkirk College Friday (March 27). Helmut Pastrick, Chief Economist for Central Credit Union 1, the central financial facility and trade association for the BC and Ontario credit union systems is speaking at the college thanks to Columbia Basin Rural Development...

Nelson resident Mary Walters was 45-years-old when she was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer. Back in 1994, she went to Kootenay Lake Hospital for her mammogram, biopsy and surgery to remove the cancer. With the help of radiation in Vancouver, she survived. But that’s not the way it is today. As of May 1, women […]

Dear Editor: This letter will help seniors and their families demand a better quality of care in residential care facilities. It will empower them with the knowledge to fight against abuse and neglect. The government is not upholding their rights to protection outlined in Bill 17, the “Residents Bill of Rights”. The following information will […]

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a two men who died in an avalanche near McBride on Saturday (March 21) as Curtis Fries (pronouncer: freess), aged 36, of Sherwood Park, Alberta, and Thomas Hamilton, aged 29, of Ponoka, Alberta. Fries and Mr. Hamilton were two of a party of four who had travelled to the ...

A Kaslo RCMP officer hit the big time on Twitter-verse with a photo of him playing shinny in red serge on a mountaintop ice rink. "I'm actually very surprised . . . my thought was to take a photo of myself in serge with my personal camera for a personal screen saver, maybe a Christmas card," Corporal Shaun Begg of the Kaslo...

Standing at 6"5 with a neon red Interior Health vest, Robin Van Stolk is hard to miss.  As a health outreach nurse, Van Stolk meets his patients where they are at. One day he might be walking the back alleys of Grand Forks, the next driving up a dirt road outside of Meadow Creek. Van Stolk works for the Nelson chapter of STOP...

As celebrate United Nations International Day of Forests Saturday (March 21) Canada can feel proud that its forest products industry has become a world leader in environmental credentials.  For an industry that was admittedly once an environmental offender, the past few decades have been a remarkable journey. To start, the ...

Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort is getting a new owner. Chief Jason Louie made the announcement in a press release Thursday that the Lower Kootenay Indian Band is purchasing the popular tourist destination on Kootenay Lake in April 2015. The purchase price made available in the media release. Chief Louie said this is an important...