The rainfall warning issued by Environment Canada Monday is scheduled to continue through the BC interior  Wednesday with heavy rain expected. And guess what? There’s also snow in the forcast expected at 1500 metres. The remnants of a significant low pressure system are giving heavy rain to the Peace River region and widespread showers to […]

Nelson Police officers were kept busy dealing with people consuming too much alcohol during the weekend. Monday morning, officers responded to man uttering threats to an ex-girlfriend and the women’s new boyfriend. When police arrived they found the intoxicated man passed out in front of his home contrary to conditions of probation from previous charges. […]

Salmo RCMP received a report of a rather tidy thief Sunday at the Old Salmo Mill on Airport Road. This was the second break-and-enter in recent days. The thief gained entry through one of the main buildings by going through an exterior wall made of plywood. For unknown reasons suspect(s) actually swept up after leaving. […]

Ed Note: The following is a press release issue by RCMP Inspector Nick Romanchuk: A digital fingerprint scanner, directly linked to the fingerprint and criminal record databases in Ottawa, has been installed at the RCMP Detachment in Trail. This device will allow us to become much more operationally efficient in terms of processing both criminal […]

The tri-city area will bid farewell to a local icon Friday in the gymnasium of the Cominco Arena at 11 a.m. BC Ambulance Services Trail Unit Chief David Martin, 57, died of chronic lymphocytic leukemia on May 25, after a decade-long battle with the disease. Martin’s wife, Myrna, said Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital staff displayed […]

There was a time when we talked about the “two solitudes” in Canada, referring to a divide between French and English Canada.  Although differences still exist between our two founding cultures, they are now more often celebrated than not.   Over the past few years, however, I have seen “two new solitudes” emerge.  Let’s call...

Castlegar police are crediting revellers with a safe and responsible grad weekend, according to RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff. "The Castlegar RCMP would like to take this opportunity to commend 2012 graduates for making last weekend a safe and memorable event," she said. "From a policing perspective, police did not respond to any...

Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce executive director Pam McLeod is not unaware of the irony of winning Kootenay Business Magazine's 'Influential Women in Business Award' barely a month before, herself, hosting the Chamber Business Excellence Awards - but she's good with the irony, in this case. McLeod was presented...

Ahhhh, spring is now, finally, here. It’s a time of year when thoughts turn to love …which makes me giggle now, as I look at my husband. He’s possibly the last guy in the world I ever would have pictured myself with, no matter how carried away I was with Spring Fever, and I am […]

The Selkirk College Saints hope two champions can bring championship experience to the West Kootenay college. Selkirk head coach Jeff Dubois is pleased to announce forwards Cody Fidgett (Richmond, B.C.) and John Proctor (Port Moody, B.C.) have committed to attend Selkirk College for the  2012/13 B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League season. Proctor and Fidgett recently completed […]