Locals stand vigil at Cenotaph to honour fallen soldiers
Grand Forks' Bud Alcock and Dave Bachmier stand vigil at Grand Forks' cenotaph to remember soldiers Patrice Vincent and Cpl. Nathan Cirillo who both died on Canadian soil earlier this week. Across Canada, veterans are gathering at Cenotaphs at 10 a.m. this morning to pay tribute to the two men who lost their lives. Alcock...
Nelson Fire Department called to Rosemont to remove bear from tree
Residents in Rosemont, including one home owner that received a rude awakening a few feet from the door to his house, got a surprise Thursday morning when a medium-sized black bear decided to check out the neighbourhood. Nelson Police dispatch received a call around 7 a.m. from a resident that a bear was prowling around […]
Meeting on fate of Blueberry Creek school draws hundreds
More than 225 people crowded into the Blueberry Creek Community School (BCCS) gymnasium Monday night for a school-district-initiated meeting to discuss the fate of the property on which the school is housed. Rebecca McDonnell, BCCS community liaison, said SD 20 has made it clear they want to dispose of the property, and...
RCMP look for man wanted on warrant for Midway robbery
Boundary Regional RCMP are seeking public assistance in locating a man who is wanted on an outstanding warrant for several charges and is believed to be staying in Surrey. On or about July 4, 2014, Ravinder Singh Mettla apparently walked away from a recovery house in Surrey and a Warrant was subsequently issued for his arrest...
Local opera talent goes underground at Waneta Expansion Project
Marie Civitarese was born and raised in Trail, to Dean and Anita (photo above). Marie studied voice from the early age of seven years old. She honed her amazing craft with voice lessons from the age of 7 to 19 with accomplished voice teacher, Audrey Bissett, in Trail. Marie is now in her senior year at the State University ...
Mad Piper Entertainment — connecting business to entertainers
When Johnny McCuaig got into the music business, say about 22 years ago with The Johnny McCuaig Band, he figured he was either on top of the world, or would be booking his penthouse suite very soon. However, years into the game the Nelson native realized there is a lot that goes into a career in music, and if there was someone...
OP/ED: Guns can kill us, but losing our national identity is a choice. No gun can do that.
A guy with a gun. That seems to be how it always starts. World War 1, JFK, Martin Luther King Jr., Lennon. Just a guy with a gun. God knows, it’s what’s torn our little valley apart this week, and is tearing our country apart today. That’s no comment on Peter DeGroot, it’s just how it is. We all need to wait for the investigation...
Local MP locked down but unharmed after Parliament Hill shooting
In a disturbing interview from Parliament Hill today, local MP Alex Atamanenko confirmed he is, indeed, in the East Block of Parliament Hill today, but is unharmed and safe. “We’re in the building with armed police protection, so I don’t think that’s a concern,” he said. This, after a gunman shot and killed a soldier guarding...
New website helps navigate the child and youth mental health care landscape in Kootenay-Boundary
The new KB Searchlight website for the Kootenay Boundary (KB) region is the first local web resource to link all child and youth mental health care services in one place. Opening with a welcoming illustrated map of the region, site visitors can click to find the most appropriate local services, resources and apps for a range...
From Israel to ISIS: Harper’s ‘Orwellian’ foreign policy
It’s getting difficult to remember a time when the Canadian Parliament actually tried to make principled decisions regarding foreign policy and our place in the community of nations. But we should try. Perhaps a first step in returning to such a time was the decision of the NDP and Liberal Party to oppose Stephen Harper’s […]