Landing on dirt and grass is no longer necessary for helicopters when they land at the Grand Forks hospital. The Boundary Hospital officially opened it’s Heliport on Monday, to a small crowd of local stakeholders and onlookers. “Paramedics are already happy they don’t have to push through the dirt,” said Ingrid Hampf, Acute...

Here is a recap of Greenwood news for the past week.  GW to start heritage project  At their Oct. 28 meeting, Greenwood city councillors approved a joint project with the Greenwood Board of Trade and the Greenwood Heritage Society to place signs on heritage buildings in the downtown area for tourists. The signs will provide...

The stage is being set for a showdown between Canada and the US over the post 2014 Columbia River Treaty, as the two countries recently stated radically different visions for the upcoming renewal of the cross-border agreement. The province wants to keep things much as they are with some improvements and more cash flowing from...

Smartphone avalanche search applications that are marketed as avalanche rescue systems are not recommended, says the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC).  Three European-made apps are presenting themselves as economical alternatives to avalanche transceivers, the electronic device used by backcountry users to find buried companions...

Kettle River Q&A - Will the proposed Water Sustainability Act bring B.C.’s water management into the 21st Century? Last Friday the provincial government released a legislative proposal for the new Water Sustainability Act (WSA), which is a major upgrade to the century-old Water Act. The new legislation would add regulation...

With the countdown to the Selkirk College Gala 2013 on, students in the Music & Technology Program are fine tuning their skills for a wonderful night of entertainment. The theme of this year’s annual Gala is “Five Pillars of Success” which lay the foundation of the college. One of those pillars is focus on the learner and...

 Over the past year we have heard a great deal about various voter-suppression phone calls or “robocalls,” as they have become known, that were made during the last federal election. Six applicants from six federal ridings sought an annulment under the Canada Elections Act of the 2011 election results in those ridings, based...

Cozy toes and lower heating bills. Tour the FortisBC virtual Energy House and take the energy saving quiz to learn about your home’s carbon footprint and how you can reduce your energy use. You can also enter to win 1 of 5 $500 family prize packs.* Visit fortisbc.com/footprintsto enter and for full contest details....

Skateboarders in Nelson have been waiting a long, long time to perform magic in their own skate park. Which is why, now that the major work at the Rosemont location is completed, a security fence couldn’t stop 50 to 100 boarders from testing the new Nelson Skatepark during the weekend. “It’s amazing,” Amy Mattes told The...

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Northern leopard frogs aren’t the only endangered species at the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area (CVWMA). Adequate funding is also becoming scarce, thanks to a move by the BC government, placing the management of the 7,000 hectare wetlands, educational programs and interpretative...