With the West Kootenay having become fertile soil for many innovative food system initiatives, another project is now underway which hopes to build the capacity within the West Kootenay to form a regional food system organization. Often referred to as ‘food councils,’ ’roundtables,’ ‘networks’ or ‘coalitions,’ hundreds of these types of regional organizations do already […]

By the Kootenay Library Federation It’s a book club anyone can join – and you don’t even have to provide hors d’oeuvres. One Book, One Kootenay (OBOK) is a region-wide book club that celebrates the work of the talented writers living in the Kootenay Boundary. This year, readers from across the Kootenay region will read […]

 Police are no longer withholding the name of a 19-year-old Castlegar teen facing his second set of charges for possession of child pornography.   Wheeler Wood made an appearance in Nelson court today after RCMP checked to see if he was complying with the conditions of release from a previous child-porn conviction, and found an […]

A draft bylaw limiting and governing mass gatherings in the regional district was struck down by the regional district board of directors late last week. The Mass Gatherings Bylaw never saw the light of day, even after a few complaints from some Area D residents put the draft bylaw on the Regional District of Central […]

By Michael JessenA best-selling Australian author and scientist is baffled to see Canada's
election campaign sidestepping climate change and environmental issues.

 Tim Flannery, recently appointed as chief commissioner of the Australian government's climate commission, says the environment is one of the top
issues everywhere...

Spring fever has hit the city and the Nelson Police are left having to deal with the resulting fracas. In a four-day span the police dealt with 64 calls for service, with many domestic disputes, alcohol-related incidences and instances of mischief peppering their calls. Transients of “no fixed address” were the alleged culprits found damaging […]

Two Castlegar men are facing assault charges after an altercation Friday night. Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Dan Pollock said police and ambulance were called to a downtown Castlegar residence at about 7 p.m.  “Upon arrival, police located a 61-year-old male victim in his home suffering from facial injuries,” Pollock said. “The victim suffered a broken nose […]

Like baby birds straining in the nest to get more worms than their siblings, another tax requisition besets beleaguered Nelson taxpayers, the West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital District board announced recently. Property owners in the city will be paying around $24 more — on a house assessed at $300,000 — on their “hospital” tax bill […]

Minister of Finance Kevin Falcon and Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Blair Lekstrom have announced that the telephone town hall scheduled for April 26 will be re-scheduled to ensure British Columbians are able to enjoy the Canucks game seven versus the Chicago Blackhawks. Regionally-based telephone town halls will now begin on April 27 at 6:30 […]

 Dear Editor, We are writing to ask your readers to help us make poverty an issue in this election campaign.  We know the Harper government has the needed funds to reduce poverty, but instead it has chosen to spend billions of our tax dollars for things like the G-8/G-20 Summits, reduced taxes for large corporations, fighter […]