The St. Louis Cardinals completed their magical comeback season by beating the Texas Rangers 6-2 in a deciding Game Seven to clinch the World Series on Friday. After left-fielder Allen Craig caught David Murphy’s fly for the final out, the Cards rushed into the infield to celebrate a season in which they overcame a 10 […]

Over the last 18 months the Slocan Lake RCMP detachment has been harvesting of another sort in the Slocan Valley — with a warning of more to come. The detachment has executed 16 drug warrants in the valley, securing drug charges in nearly all of their cases, said Const. Shaun Foley of the Slocan Lake […]

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of the person who died as the result of a plane crash in Richmond on Oct. 27. The deceased is Luc Fortin, aged 44, of North Vancouver. He is believed to have been the pilot of the Northern Thunderbird Air aircraft that crashed while attempting to return […]

Compliance and Enforcement staff removed almost 240 tons(529,000 lbs.) of illegally-dumped garbage from Crown land near Oscar Creek earlier this month with help from local volunteers and businesses. Clean-up involved using a special, long-reach backhoe that could reach 19 metres (65 feet) downhill to remove the waste – everything from old cars, appliances, furniture, yard […]

Why spend more on electricity if there are convenient ways to save such as switching to energy efficient ENERGY STAR® CFLs and LEDs? And, when FortisBC electric customers purchase these before November 30, they will qualify for rebates. “With the winter heating season upon us, many of our customers want to manage their energy costs […]

At approx 4:15 p.m. Richmond RCMP received a report of a plane crash near BCIT.  A small passenger plane crashed on the northbound lanes of Russ Baker & struck a car containing two people.  The plane burst into flames upon impact however Richmond Fire Rescue & YVR’s Emergency Response was on scene within moments to […]

A sluggish start cost the Dam Inn its first defeat of the season as defending champion Castlegar Vikings edged Mates 33-28 in West Kootenay Men’s Flag Football League action Sunday at Mount Sentinel Field. The loss drops the Mates to 4-1, two points in front of Nelson’s Our Glass Ogs. Castlegar, starting the season off […]

 Ghosts, goblins and ghouls may roam the streets in the days to come … but it’s the cops you should be scared of, if you’re indulging in any over-the-top revelry.“The Castlegar RCMP will have an enhanced presence to deal with any Hallowe’en generated issues,” said RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff. “Officers will be dedicated to deal...

 The internet and social media like Facebook are changing the face of municipal elections – fully nine of the 10 city council candidates boast Facebook pages devoted to their campaigns.   Incumbent Kevin Chernoff said he’s never seen an election like this one.  “It is fascinating to see how social media is shaping Municipal Elections […]

There’s nothing like tweeting your own horn. A social media policy that includes “tweeting” emergency information on Twitter will be employed by the regional district on a six month trial basis as the local government body tries to improve its lagging online presence. The policy — intended for Regional District of Central Kootenay staff and […]