The Village of Salmo has found a made-in-Salmo solution to the need to convert a dozen Village concrete garbage containers to bear-resistant bins at a fraction of the cost of purchasing new bear-resistant bins. The conversion was completed last week. All 24 Village containers are now bear-resistant.   The request for proposals...

Regional Fire Rescue crews responded to a call-out Sunday night at roughly 8:45 p.m. to lower Casino Road, straight across from Glenmerry. Deputy regional fire chief Dan Derby said a single vehicle with one occupant had gone over the banks, and crews arrived to assist BC Ambulance Service in extricating the driver. One woman...

The doors opened to a new era of post-secondary learning 50 years ago when Selkirk College welcomed students seeking a brighter future from across the West Kootenay and Boundary region. When the residents of six school districts — Trail, Nelson, Castlegar, Slocan, Grand Forks and Arrow Lakes — voted in a referendum on February...

The City of Kimberley and the United Steelworkers Local I-405 ratified a four-year collective agreement. The tentative settlement was previously agreed to on August 29th and replaces the previous contract that expired on February 29th, 2016. “We are very pleased to have this new contract in place," said Mayor Don McCormick,...

A Nelson mother is demanding answers after she says her daughter was put on a waiting list to attend the city’s only high school… while 50 foreign students are taking up seats in the same school. Camara Cassin says she was told her daughter would have to wait a week to see if she can attend L.V. Rogers High School in Nelson....

The calendar on the wall says September. Which means the Nelson Road Kings Queen’s City Cruise is ready to kick off one of the biggest weekends of the year for the Heritage City. Next to Shambhala, the Nelson Road Kings Queen’s City Cruise car show is quite possibly the most economically impactful weekends for the city of...

Kootenay hunters preparing for the opening of deer hunting season in September are being asked to help fight the spread of a disease that’s killing the animals in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is calling on hunters to contribute the heads of their kills to a program...

A comprehensive report titled Asset management Plan for Salmo Road Infrastructure was delivered to the Village of Salmo by Selkirk Paving Limited Tuesday as part of a pilot project to help small communities assess current road conditions and maintain road assets sustainably. “We are incredibly grateful to have been selected...

This Labour Day, members of the Hospital Employees’ Union are joining Canadians across the country in celebrating the contributions working people make towards building a healthier, fairer, more equitable society. But as we enjoy the holiday with family and friends, let’s remember the hard-won accomplishments our seniors have...

Nelson Fire Rescue firefighters spend most of the day mopping up after a containing a fire in a Baker Street building early Sunday morning. The call came in at 7:53 a.m. that smoke was showing from a downtown business at 444 Baker Street. Both on duty members responded immediately with all available off-duty members responding...