Getting the 'Drop' on success
A young entrepreneur has proved that a “nimble” approach to production and delivery can bring success to a manufacturing company, even with its factory tucked away in the Kootenays. Now in its fifth year of manufacturing sprockets, couplings, bushings, drums and hubs in South Slocan at the Playmor junction, Drop Designs is ...
Young Voices Need Local Support
Demand for the Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network’s (CBEEN) Wild Voices for Kids program is growing and is looking for local support before this spring’s busy field trip season. Since CBEEN began offering the program in 2009, it has made it possible for over 40,000 students from across the Columbia Basin to receive...
Be Part of the Canadian Avalanche Centre’s Observer Network!
The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is releasing their new Observer Network today, which will allow backcountry users to submit and share observations from the field. The Observer Network is an upgrade to CAC Mobile, the CAC’s smartphone app. Through the Observer Network, photos and comments can be uploaded and shared with other backcountry users and […]
Selkirk College Launches New Employer Brand
Selkirk College has joined six other post-secondary schools across the province in an initiative that aims to recruit the best and brightest employees. The Regional Colleges of BC has launched a new website to let future employees know that if you’re interested in working in a rewarding career alongside great people in a...
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award info-night on February 20, 2014
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award encourages anyone between the ages 14 and 24 to participate in an international award. It gives you the opportunity to get more involved in your community, to make new friends, to get physically fit and to discover an activity that excites and inspires you as well as participate in an adventurous...
Midway RCMP bust grow-op in Beaverdell
Midway RCMP discovered a grow-up in Beaverdell in early January after stopping a driver for a broken light. The driver gave the police the wrong name in order to hide his identity but the RCMP discovered he has been in Canada illegally for 10 years. When they went to arrest him on Jan. 10, they found a grow-op in a Beaverdell...
CL Winterfest fills weekend with snowy fun
The Christina Lake Winterfest has been a pillar at the Lake for so long that organizer Brenda Auge can't put a date on when it first started, but she does know that community members look forward to it each year and this year was no different. "A lot of people have told me stories from Winterfest from when they were young,"...
BHS has full house at annual luncheon
The Boundary Historical Society (BHS) held their annual luncheon Saturday in the basement of the Boundary Museum. Around 45 diners crowded into the room to enjoy soup and sandwiches at the social gathering. Typically, a speaker is invited to the BHS' luncheon, but this year the guests just enjoyed each other's company. We...
Atamanenko takes horse slaughter issue to House of Commons
BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko will soon have his turn to debate one of his private members bill in the House of Commons. “I have just notified the House of Commons that I will be moving forward with my newly introduced Bill C-571 which will impose certain limits on the horse slaughter industry,” said Atamanenko....
Selkirk College Hairdressing Students Up to the Challenge
Selkirk College Hairdressing Program students are engaged in a friendly competition and you’re invited to get involved in a way that will leave you with a fresh look. At the start of January, cosmetology services at Selkirk’s Silver King Campus opened for business. Students in the Hairdressing and Esthetics Programs started...
