YRB issues public warning to travel with care as winter storm strikes
Marc Dale Operations Manager at Yellowhead Road & Bridge Ltd. for Southeast Kootenay is advising the public to drive with care on the highways in the region as Mother Nature strikes with another winter storm this weekend. "We are forecasted to receive steady snowfall throughout our region for the next four days," Dale...
Wildlife groups irked by possible wolf-cull plan around Revelstoke
The Valhalla Wilderness Society wants to know if the government is planning a wolf cull in the Revelstoke area based on the recommendations of a report the environmental group says is fatally flawed. The Society wrote to the ministers of Environment and Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations in December. VWS said it...
A solo skier with a sprained knee; Rossland SAR to the rescue
The Rossland Range Recreation Site's day-use shelters are mostly used by hikers, bikers, skiers and snowshoers to warm up in while they toast their cheese sandwiches on a stove. But on January 31, the new Sunspot Cabin also provided warmth and shelter for an injured skier while she waited for help to arrive....
The speediest Rossland bobsleds: Updated
We have received more accurate information about the bobsled crash that injured a spectator and two sled team members. Earlier reports from witnesses had indicated that the spectator was obeying the rules, but in fact, she was in a prohibited area and had previously been asked to leave it. Here is the release sent out ...
UPDATED: Missing Nelson woman found safe
The Nelson Police Department is thanking the press and public for their help after a missing Nelson woman was found thanks to local tips, according to Police Chief Paul Burkart. "Further to yesterday’s release, Nelson Police Department is happy to report that the missing person, Mrs. Judith Jeffrey has been located by Nelson...
End of an era — Nelson Cyswog'n' Fun has run its last race
For the past three decades during the August BC Day weekend, Nelsonites have witnessed people jumping into Kootenay Lake by the hundreds, biking on the North Shore's Highway 3A before running across and back the Nelson's BOB (Big Orange Bridge). However after 34 years of the Nelson Cyswog'n'Fun, the race committee has decided...
RCMP arrest man trying to cut down power pole; suspect's house later destroyed by fire
A noise complaint Saturday night in the community of Edgewood was just the start of a few hectic days for Nakusp RCMP. RCMP were called to the to a residence (January 28th) in the community of Edgewood, — approximately 55 kilometers south of Nakusp and 220 km northwest of Nelson — after receiving a complaint that a neighbour...
Selkirk College Career & Education Fair Makes Employment Connection
Local employers are teaming up with Selkirk College for the Career and Education Fair. The aim is to connect with people eager to find employment, students wanting to chart a course for future education and employment counsellors seeking up-to-date career information. This free annual event benefits all participants, says...
Salmo man killed in car accident Sunday near Village
RCMP report a 72-year-old Salmo man died in a car accident east of the Village Sunday. Sergeant Chad Badry of the West Kootenay Traffic and Integrated Road Safety said in a media release Monday the driver was alone when the vehicle drove off Highway 3 approximately four kilometers east of Salmo. "The name of the deceased male...
A Resister’s Guide
“Government was intended to suppress injustice, but its effect has been to embody and perpetuate it.” – William Godwin Like Henry David Thoreau, I heartily agree with the motto – “That government is best which governs least”. When one considers the long list of problems that our governments have tried unsuccessfully to resolve,...
