The recovery of an important First Nation fishery in Kootenay Lake is on. With a population that was near extinction in the mid-1990s in the lower reaches of Kootenay Lake and the Kootenay River system, burbot — a species of cold water, ray-finned fish — is the subject of an egg collecting effort on now […]

Matt Neufeld said fishing on Kootenay Lake is both a pastime and a purpose. “Fishing off the neighbour’s dock for whitefish on the shores of Kootenay Lake was my first exposure to angling,” Neufeld explained. “I was around four years old. As a young adult, I spent much of my time in a tin boat […]

Warm winter weather isn’t exclusive to the West Kootenay. One of the warmest periods on record for part of January has not only touched the region, but it was also the warmest January on record across the world, according to Reuters. The warm winter in the West Kootenay has also crimped Whitewater Ski Resort’s snow […]

One of the core service locations for the city’s street community is closing the doors at its current location after the stream of federal funding has dried up. The coordinated access HUB is closing on March 31 — terminating its lease at 521 Vernon St. — after the Nelson Committee on Homelessness (NCOH) found its […]

Trail & District Arts Council has a busy February ahead at The Bailey Theatre with music shows featuring classical music, jazz and bluegrass, and dance performances from ballet to an exciting children’s show. The classical season ends in style on Friday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 pm, with an intimate performance by award-winning concert duo, pianist […]

Not only do Kootenay communities have street problems but there are also forest problems. The Kootenay region is the site of the first cases of chronic wasting disease in B.C., found in two deer samples recently. Although the disease is considered an infectious and fatal disease affecting species in the cervid family — deer, elk, […]

Basketball Officials in the West Kootenay are once again joining with their provincial colleagues to call fouls on CANCER. West Kootenay Basketball Officials are again raising money and awareness in the 15th Call a Foul on Cancer — Pink Whistles Legacy Fund, which strives to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society — B.C. and […]

Despite chamber of commerce objections and an increase well above inflation the City will be implementing its new hourly meter parking rates in the downtown. Approval was given by City council on Feb. 6 to a bylaw amendment to increase parking rates by 37.5 per cent to help bolster an already $1 million revenue generator. […]

The B.C. Wildlife Branch reports that cases of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) have been confirmed in two deer in the Kootenay region, south of Cranbrook. These are the first known cases of CWD in British Columbia. “We have been watching CWD spread province to province, state to state for at least 20 years, so this […]

The effort to deliver the city’s next climbing centre is inching upwards as the campaign ascends from the design and cost estimate phase, searching for a hold on fundraising for construction. The Kootenay Climbing Association (KCA) has now completed a schematic design of the building and the climbing wall — just wrapping up within the […]