Do you own a small business corporation in Canada? Do you and your family receive wages from the corporation and have medical expenses? If the answer to both of these questions is yes, you may be eligible to pay less overall tax. What is a Private Health Services Plan (PHSP)? A PHSP is generally simple […]

Editor’s note: Story has been updated with current information.  A woman was flown to Kelowna on Sunday after sustaining life-threatening injuries in a boating accident on Christina Lake. The Grand Forks RCMP were called to the scene at 4:16 p.m. after two tubers collided with a second boat. The tubers were sisters-in-laws, aged 24 and […]

Work to reduce water levels at Marshall Lake (Providence Dam) is proceeding as planned and is expected to be finished by the end of the month. City of Greenwood Mayor Nipper Kettle met with ministry officials in late August and explained they are currently reducing water levels. The next step is to breach the dam […]

A 71-year-old Silverton man is facing charges after allegedly driving impaired, resisting arrest, and assaulting the arresting officer, according to Slocan Lake RCMP Cpl. Ryan Fehler. ‘On Aug. 26, just after 9 p.m., a Slocan Lake RCMP member pulled over a vehicle observed driving irregularly on Hwy 6 between New Denver and Silverton,” Fehler said. […]

Nakusp RCMP were kept busy over the final week of summer with thefts, break-and-enters and impaireds, according to Cpl. Ryan Fehler, who said the office fielded 38 calls for service during the seven-day period. “Break and enters and thefts are continuing in the area and police are urging residents to be vigilant in locking ...

Nelson police confirm a man is recovering in Kelowna Hospital from self-inflicted chest wounds. The incident happened Friday (August 30) when local emergency officials responded to a call of a man suffering from puncture wounds to the chest area of the body. When NPD staff arrived, two other emergency agencies were already attending to the […]

Update: A fire in Trail Sunday night/Monday morning that destroyed three houses and three vehicles is being treated as suspicious, RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton confirmed today. He also confirmed that the house where the fire started, at 1557 Pine Ave., was unoccuped at the time. "The center house where the fire started had been vacant...

Fire-bomber planes are in the air over Castlegar again, this time responding to a roughly-four-hectare blaze about 10 km north of Slocan and about 16 km south of New Denver (but on west side of the lake), in Valhalla Park near Beatrice Creek. Karlie Shaughnessy of the Southeast Fire Centre says nothing (structures, power...

A visit to the Lemon Creek spill site by B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak on Aug. 30 has not been met with universal approval from local residents. Polak spent several hours touring the area with RDCK chair John Kettle, who said meetings they held were in camera (not open to the public) because of ongoing litigation...

A local citizen's group may be shouting at the rain in trying to change Castlegar's 72-hour animal euthanasia policy despite their excellent intentions, according to city councillor Deb McIntosh. “It's what's written in the bylaw, but it's not what we do,” she said, referring to Section 22 of Bylaw 572 (Animal Control and...