A record 575 people in British Columbia received the gift of life in 2025, thanks to the incredible generosity of 232 organ donors, including 146 deceased donors and their families and 86 living donors. This is the highest number of organ transplants ever performed in the province in a single year. (Full annual summary available […]

KBRFR responded to a fire alarm early Tuesday morning at the Community Inclusion Centre located at 1458 Bay Ave., according to Fire Chief Dan Derby. “At 12:56 a.m. on Jan. 27, KBRFR Station 374 (Trail) and Station 372 (Warfield) responded with 9 members to a fire alarm activation at 1458 Bay Ave.,” Derby said in […]

The Trail & District Arts Council is proud to present two remarkable shows celebrating Black History Month, featuring outstanding music from across genres of the past century and honouring Black voices, stories, creativity and legacies. On Monday, February 2 at 7:30 pm, the international, award-winning, one-woman biographical musical “Josephine, a burlesque cabaret dream play”, comes […]

Got your quota yet? It was a jab that I heard often at the roadside and some days I really wanted to respond to it. “Yes, thank you. This ticket means I get a new toaster!” Somehow I don’t think the driver would have seen any humour in it. Seriously though, I was only been […]

German scientists are warning that global warming is accelerating, that the planet could heat by as much as 3 C over pre-industrial levels by 2050 — just 24 years from now — and that we could exceed 5 C of warming by the century’s end. This should be top headline news. It should alarm us […]

The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia (CFSEU-BC)    and RCMP Federal Policing Pacific Region (FPPR) is notifying the public that John Potvin has been extradited to Canada and is now in custody in this jurisdiction. On Sept. 20, 2025, the public was notified that John Potvin, who was wanted  on a Canada-wide […]

Kootenay Savings Credit Union (KSCU) announced Jan. 21 that it has selected VeriPark as its new digital banking partner, marking a major investment in its digital future and in the communities it serves across the Kootenays. The partnership will introduce a modern digital banking platform that enhances online and mobile   functionality, strengthens service delivery, and […]

Nearly three months have passed since the students and instructors at Kootenay School of the Arts (KSA) in Nelson were informed that Selkirk College would be discontinuing its programs in ceramics, textiles and metal. A mass response to this announcement quickly ensued and promptly filled the walls and inboxes with testimonials and letters in support […]

Beneath the communities, farms, and ecosystems of the Columbia Basin lies a hidden lifeline: groundwater. A new scientific assessment commissioned by Living Lakes Canada finds that the majority of the region’s high-risk aquifers are unmonitored. This data gap limits the information available for long-term water security planning.   The assessment, summarized in Living Lakes’s latest Watershed […]

On Jan. 22, shortly before 1 p.m., Castlegar RCMP responded to a residential fire in the 1200-block of 1st Avenue in Castlegar, according to detachment commander Sgt. Monty Taylor. He said an unknown man allegedly set fire to a red fuel can on the front porch of the residence and threw a Molotov cocktail through […]