Tainted cocaine being sold in area
Submitted by Kyra Hoggan on Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 2:41pm

Trail RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton is warning area drug users to be hyper-vigilant about their drug supply, after two area people suffered heart attacks.

"On April 18, Trail and Greater...
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17-year-old pleads guilty in Internet luring case
Submitted by Castlegar Source on Friday, April 13, 2012 - 4:37am

A 17-year-old Trail-area male pled guilty to 10 of 47 charges resulting from a months-long investigation involving local children being lured via the Internet, according to Trail RCMP Sgt. Rob...

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Trail woman killed by recycling truck
Submitted by Castlegar Source on Friday, April 13, 2012 - 4:19am

A Trial resident, 83-year-old Elisa Sidoni, was struck and killed by a recycling collection truck on Woodland Avenue in Trail last Thursday.

"On  April 5, at shortly...
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Recent News

Four arrested after police shutdown major grow-op in Winlaw
by Nelson Daily staff on Friday, May 18, 2012 - 7:09pm

The British Columbia Federal Border Integrity Program and the Central Kootenay Regional Detachment shut down a major marihuana grow-op earlier this month in Winlaw, arresting four people in the process.

On Friday, May 11, police searched a 10-acre property off of Bojey Road in Winlaw and uncovered a large scale indoor and outdoor marihuana grow operation with more than 3,000 plants in...
Castlegar one of seven communities to host Columbia River Treaty review public consultations
by Contributor on Friday, May 18, 2012 - 11:34am

The province of B.C. has committed to consult with First Nations and residents of the Columbia River Basin to ensure regional interests help shape the future of the Columbia River Treaty, including one in Castlegar June 6.

The provincial Columbia River Treaty 2014 Review will conduct economic, environmental, social, financial, legal and hydrological analyses in order to make a decision...

Sports Headlines

Oilers decide to part ways with former KIJHL coach Tom Renney
by Nelson Daily Sports on Thursday May 17 2012

The Edmonton Oilers are parting ways with former Kootenay International Junior Hockey League coach Tom Renney after two seasons as skipper of the NHL franchise.

The team made the announcement via Twitter on Thursday, saying Renney's contract will not be renewed.

Renney joined the team for the 2010-11 season and finished with an NHL-worst 25-45-12 record.

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Kaslo's Kathryn Haegedorn, Trail's Erin McLeod and Mckayla Yuris off to BC Hockey Female Under 18 evaluation camp
by Nelson Daily Sports on Wednesday May 16 2012

A quartet of Kootenay players have earned a trip to Salmon Arm this weekend to compete at the BC Hockey Female Under 18 evaluation camp.

Trail's Erin McLeod and Mckayla Yuris, Daley Oddy of Cranbrook and Kaslo's Kathryn Haegedorn join 47 others hopeful looking to catch the eye of evaluators at the third of four stops on the U18 trail....
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Regional News

Motorcyclist sent to hospital after crash on 'Million Dollar Alley'

by Kyra Hoggan on 18 May 2012
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Motorcyclist sent to hospital after crash on 'Million Dollar Alley'

Yet another motor vehicle accident on Columbia Avenue in front of the Brick has sent a motorcyclist to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries this morning.

"An elderly man was driving a minivan southbound along Columbia in the lefthand lane," said Castlegar RCMP Const. Kyle Plotnikoff, noting the crash happened at roughly 8:50 a.m. "He was turning left onto Wade Road when a northbound motorcycle struck the rear passenger tire and bumper (of the minivan)."

Plotnikoff was careful to underline that police have not yet determined who was at fault in the collision.

"The motorcyclist, a male in his 40s, was taken to Trail hospital with what may be a broken arm, and with neck and back pain."

Modernizing technology for women's health

by Mona Mattei on 17 May 2012
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Lisa Pasin (third from right) receives the cheque from the Grand Forks Credit Union staff (left to right) Angela Soukoreff, Tracey Lloyd, Tina Flanagan, Angela Fraser, Melodie Davidoff, Debbie Lauzon and CEO Kelly Thomas.; Photo, Mona Mattei

If you could ensure women in the Kootenay Boundary access to mammography with less radiation, better results and the capacity for non-surgical biopsies would you even question the potential?

It’s a clear win situation for the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Foundation in their quest to purchase digital mammogram equipment. Grand Forks businesses and service organizations agree. That’s why they have contributed $28,500 to make this option a reality for women across the region.

Provincial & National

No excuse for further Liberal HST stalling

by Harvey Oberfeld on 16 May 2012
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No excuse for further Liberal HST stalling
The BC Liberals and their friends in the corporate and media communities, have tried to sell the public on their supposed “business” abilities…unlike those “socialists” on the other side.

And yet, after the voters ordered them to get rid of the HST, they are incapable of  returning for a full NINETEEN MONTHS to a provincial sales tax regime that was in effect in this province for probably more than 50 years.

COMMENT: TRIUMF Lab helps make case for electoral finance reform

by Dermod Travis on 15 May 2012
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COMMENT: TRIUMF Lab helps make case for electoral finance reform

Who would ever have thought that a single political donor could have disclosed so much about the sorry state of affairs surrounding money and politics in B.C.

In what they now call a “learning experience,” TRIUMF – Canada's nuclear physics laboratory located at the University of British Columbia – finally acknowledged last week that it wasn't the most prudent of moves to make $3,370 in political donations to the B.C. Liberal party over the past three years.

International

Bush, aides convicted of Iraq war crimes in absentia by Malaysia

by Wikinews on 16 May 2012
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Bush, aides convicted of Iraq war crimes in absentia by Malaysia

The Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal in Malaysia has found former President of the United States George W. Bush and seven prominent former colleagues guilty of war crimes.