Alcohol and drugs related incidents were a few of the call Nelson Police received during the past few days. Nelson members patrolling Baker Street Wednesday at 3 a.m. noticed a person trying to help a grossly intoxicated female. Officers attempted to assist the Good Samaritan get the 36-year-old female home safely. However,...

Ministry of Transportation District Manager Hugh Eberle is issuing a warning to drivers of a "monsoon type" storm heading for the Kootenays. "The old adage “out like a lion” sure appears to be in effect here in the Kootenays as we transition into spring," Eberle said in a media release Wednesday. "After a relatively drier and...

The Young Agrarians will be hosting their first Kootenay-wide gathering for young farmers in Crawford Bay on March 15-16. The event will bring together 40-60 farmers, food producers, and homesteaders... plus all the region’s major food and farming initiatives!  Farmers will share their stories, take part in workshops, demo ...

A Kelowna man has been convicted in Grand Forks’ provincial court of smuggling and the possession of weapons without a license. Robert William Nicholson pled guilty to the charges on Feb. 18. Nicholson was the subject of a weapons seizure last year on Nov. 21 when he tried to cross at the Cascade border crossing by Christina...

The fallout from a chairlift accident Saturday has the small Okanagan Ski Resort, Crystal Mountain, remaining shutdown Sunday as the B.C. Safety Authority conducts tests on the lifts. Saturday,  four people were injured when a chairlift broke and three chairs fell six metres to the ground below. Two men, a teen boy and a woman...

“...there’s no myth that holds our culture more firmly in its grip than that you are the result of your parent’s conditioning, just as you are the result of their bodies. That so permeates our thinking that we forget that our "calling" may have a completely different source. The soul may be responsible to a calling that is ...

The Valhalla Wilderness Society (VWS) says a new piece of legislation coming down the pipeline from the provincial government would weaken protection of provincial parks and open them up to industrial developments. Introduced for first reading in early February, Bill 4 – the Park Amendment Act 2014 aims at outlining clear...

Dear Editor, Water is of utmost significance to all of us.  We are vulnerable if we don't have access to clean affordable water.  So, water is worth thinking and talking about.  Following are some points I wish to share for consideration: Control the water, and you control the people.  Water is needed for survival.  And, water...

Greenwood has placed third again the municipal water category at the 24th annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting. The best tap water in the world came from Clearbrook, British Columbia. It’s their third time winning in that category. Santa Ann, California won second and Greenwood came in third. All but one of the...

During the last federal election, Stephen Harper promised that the government would introduce an income-splitting proposal, after balancing the federal budget. Income splitting has the worthy objective of making it easier for two-parent families to choose to have one parent work, or work part time, in order to spend time...