An early end to winter 2014 depends on whom you believe. In Ontario, Wiarton Willie left the cozy den Sunday morning to see his shadow, which according to folk tradition signals another six weeks of winter for Canadians — this after an already punishing winter for Eastern Canada. However, further to the east in Nova Scotia,...

Fire crews are now (as of 10 p.m.) mopping up a blaze that destroyed a home and took roughly 30 firefighters from four departments to combat. Crescent Valley fire chief Glenn Leidloff says the cause of the fire is still under investigation, and it's believed the house had only one occupant, whose current condition is unknown...

Teck Trail is informing the public of the spill of up to 25 cubic metres of a high pH solution into a Regional District Sewage Treatment Plant. "Teck Trail Operations is reporting that on Tuesday, January 28, up to 25 cubic meters of a high pH solution was discharged to a domestic sewer line that goes to the Regional District...

The Grand Forks Border Bruins’ Jan. 22 game at home ice against the Osoyoos Coyotes was a well played perfectly match game. It was so well played, that the results were a coin toss.  But as things go, eventually someone grasps the upper edge and this time it was the Coyotes. They won the toss with a […]

The Castlegar Bantam House Vikings (ages 13 and 14) are proving there is more than one way to show winning spirit – first, by sharing their love of the sport with our neighbours south of the border and second, by beating out the rival Trail Warriors to take home the championship from the 2014 South […]

I'd like to paint a picture for you, explaining why, in my opinion, this region enjoys sub-par health services: Imagine, if you would, that you're the BC Minister of Health. You oversee five health authorities, with 16 health services delivery areas under them, all of them clamouring for a finite pool of funding and resources....

Local realtor Brian Euerby has driven the road many times and thought nothing of the rock face above Highway 3 west of Keremeos. But shortly after lunch Monday Euerby, returning home from a west coast visit to see the grand child in Vancouver, had an uneasy feeling after witnessing a few rocks on the highway. […]

This is the first of a four-part series that will describe what broadband is, what the potential is for rural communities as well as how and why Castlegar is exploring options around the development of high speed fibre optics broadband.   Part One: The Columbia Basin Trust, the Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation (CBBC) and...

Trail has chosen to opt out of a process initiated by the City of Castlegar to create a region-wide strategic plan for health care in the region. Castlegar contracted, at the cost of about $20,000, the services of consultant Jim Gustafson (formerly the CAO of the RDCK and, before that, Castlegar) to gather information from ...

The question before Wednesday’s Kootenay International Junior Hockey League clash between West Kootenay rivals Nelson and Castlegar was which Leaf team would show up. Well, Leaf fans were happy to see the Green and White squad of old take to the ice at the NDCC Arena. The problem for Nelson was, so did the defending […]