The popular Kootenay-wide book club One Book, One Kootenay has kept regional readers busy trying to decide which of the three shortlisted books should get the nod. Each year, booklovers read, discuss, and vote on the book they think book all Kootenay folk should read. The deadline for voting for the 2013 One Book, One […]

The “Cabbage of Choice” I’m not sure if it’s just our growing area, but Ladner has what I would describe as an abundantly healthy population of Small White butterflies. So many so, that most years I don’t even bother growing Brassicas. The butterfly (Pieris rapae), lays a single tiny yellow egg on the underside of a Brassica...

This week Selkirk College has officially agreed to  lease part of the Gymnasium at Tenth Street Campus (Mary Hall), to the Kootenay Climbing Association, to operate a climbing facility. The non-profit venture is projected to open this coming winter. This project is part of Selkirk's strategic direction to expand their impact...

Creston RCMP is asking for assistance from the public regarding a single motorcycle collision (Saturday) July 6 that left the driver and passenger with serious injuries. The accident, occurring at approximately 2 p.m. 40 kilometres north of Creston at the 9000 block of Highway 3A on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake, involved a driver […]

It's hot and dry in the Boundary area and this means that wildfires are an ongoing concern. On July 8, an open fire ban was initiated by the Southeast Fire Centre. This means that pretty much everything except controlled campfires are banned including burning waste and grass fields. Some people may even be surprised to learn...

Organic gardeners share one challenge that has many faces – how to nurse newly emerged seedlings along to the point when they are strong enough to defend themselves. Because seedlings are so tender and tasty, and low to the ground, they are easy pickings for a host of animals, from the very tiny to the enormous. Everything ...

When she stood on stage at the Chicago Pro Bodybuilding Show, Nancy Clark was nervous for the first time in a long time. "I thought I was having a heart attack," she said, laughing at the memory. "I had to remind myself to breathe." Thankfully, she was only on the stage for a few moments during the preliminary show but when...

Selkirk College nursing graduate Kara Sundberg recently won the University of Victoria (UVic) Faculty of Human and Social Development Award of Distinction for the highest grade point average (GPA) of all graduates in the faculty. Kara’s GPA was not only the highest in her nursing program, it was the highest in the faculty, ...

The federal Fisheries Act was designed to protect aquatic species, including preventing the dumping of harmful materials into fish-bearing waters. In 2012 Bill C-38, the Budget Implementation Act, began the gutting of the Fisheries Act by the Harper Conservatives in earnest. Four former federal Fisheries ministers were compelled...

Long-time Rosslander Carol Enns and her family need our support.  On June 29th, Carol and her niece, Amy Enns, were traveling south to Spokane when a truck driving in the opposite direction veered into their lane, hitting their vehicle and causing a horrific crash.  Carol and Amy were taken to hospital in Colville.  Police are […]