New Youth Network to increase support to young people in the Basin
Columbia Basin Trust is pleased to announce the formation of a Basin Youth Network. This network will help communities increase local activities and opportunities for youth, enabling youth to learn new skills, such as leadership, and engage more with each other and their communities. “We’ve been offering youth-related...
Concerns raised over potential logging in Glacier Creek watershed
Concerns have been raised regarding the environmental impact of a proposed logging venture in the Glacier Creek watershed. Gabriela Grabowsky, a landowner in the Glacier Creek region, alerted objectors to the new logging blocks in an effort to raise awareness about the situation. The proposed development area in Glacier Creek...
Paving the way: telehealth clinics for post-transplant follow up
Transplant patients living in rural communities can be faced with a number of challenges when travelling long distances to attend an appointment. But for Paula Smith, a new telehealth service for post-kidney transplant patients has eliminated all of these. Paula’s kidney function first started to decline more than 10 years...
Gas prices dropping — but why all the fluctuation?
A year ago, Nelsonites were paying under a buck for a regular liter of gas. But while Nelson drivers wait for that elusive dip below a dollar, owners in the surrounding West Kootenay are cheering prices as much seven cents below the buck mark. So why the discrepancy in price from say, Centex outside Salmo — 92.9 — to Chevron...
Special Public Avalanche Warning for much of BC’s Mountainous Regions
Weekend backcountry warriors take note. Avalanche Canada is issuing a Special Public Avalanche Warning for recreational backcountry users from Friday January 22 to Monday January 25. The warning, including the Kootenay-Boundary, applies to the NW Coast and South Coast Inland, as well as the following central interior mountain...
Meadow Creek wetland project now largest on private land in Canada
A wetlands restoration project started by Terry and Michele Halleran in the North Kootenays is expanding in 2016. Excavations for Year Two of the Meadow Creek based project near the north end of Kootenay Lake finished on Wednesday afternoon, increasing the size of the area to 20 acres; a considerable upgrade from four acres...
Letter: Lot of work ahead for Canadians
To The Editor: Canada drew upon its compassion during the Paris Climate Summit. Knowing that if our carbon emissions continue unchanged, some of the earliest and most tangible consequences are to island nations in the southern hemisphere. They will be overwhelmed by the rising sea level, lives and livelihoods lost, and so ...
Nelson SAR pull another backcountry party from Five-Mile drainage
Five-mile drainage, southeast of Nelson, is proving to be a great location for backcountry skiing. However, Nelson Search and Rescue want to advise skiers to be careful when heading out in the back country after the local society were called to Five-Mile for the third time this season to rescue lost skiers. This is the third...
Changes at Victorian Community Health Centre a step in right direction
It's been a long time coming, but changes are in store for the Victorian Community Health Centre (VCHC) in Kaslo, with plans to increase primary care services to seven days a week. Beginning in April, the changes will give residents the option to see a physician on Saturday and Sunday, statutory holidays however will remain...
Whitewater's Community Day a huge success — 40th anniversary party, Winter Carnival on tap this weekend
More snow than . . . any hill in the province? Yup! And Whitewater Ski Hill is taking advantage of the amazing season by giving back by hosting first ever Community Day last Friday. Skiers from all over the region enjoyed the great snow conditions for only $10 and each of those dollars resulted in a $5540 donation for both ...
