Coroners release name of avalanche victim
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died in an avalanche near Salmo on Feb. 23. He was Cale Jack, aged 27, from Nelson. Mr. Jack was one of a group of four persons who went backcountry skiing in an area known as Twin Lakes near the summit of Kootenay Pass, about 37 kilometres east of Salmo. During...
Snowboarder who died near Pemberton identified
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died following a snowboarding incident near Pemberton on February 23 as Jonathan Unger, aged 29, of Whistler. Unger was part of a group that was skiing, snowboarding, and snowmobiling off the Millar Bench Forestry Service Road, about five kilometres from Pemberton....
General Andrew MacNaughton a champion of CRT downstream benefits
Since 2005, Eileen Delehanty Pearkes has researched and explored the natural and human history of the rivers of the upper Columbia River Basin. She speaks frequently at conferences and symposia throughout the Basin on the history of the Columbia River Treaty and its effects on Basin residents. She has recently completed a...
UPDATED: Man killed/woman injured after being caught in avalanche near Kootenay Pass
One man has been killed and one woman rescued from the scene of an avalanche in southeastern British Columbia. Search manager Chris Armstrong says four skiers were trekking through a high, remote section of Kootenay Pass between Salmo and Creston early Sunday afternoon when two were hit by a slide that swept them over a...
Canada's economy could use some of that Olympic attention...
February, dominated by Canada’s performance in the Winter Olympics, was a busy news month. However, the second half of February featured two other news stories on the subject of a performance we ought not overlook: the federal and provincial budgets. Although these budgets will guide our performance as a society, their press...
Special Public Avalanche Warning for Most of BC’s Mountainous Regions
The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is issuing a special public avalanche warning for recreational backcountry users in all of the CAC’s forecast regions, except the North Shore Mountains and the Yukon. This warning is in effect immediately and extends to the end of the day on Wednesday, February 26. The problem is a result of […]
Spray park could be in place by 2015
Lynne Burch made a presentation to Grand Forks’ city council at their committee of the whole meeting Feb. 11 on behalf of the Grand Forks Rotary Club. The presentation was made to garner support for a much anticipated children’s spray park within city limits. Burch and other members of the Rotary Club travelled to various […]
New federal riding almost in place -- Maximenko ready to campaign
Margaret Maximenko is getting close to the date when she can officially start campaigning to be Alex Atamanenko’s replacement after he retires. Atamanenko is the current NDP Member of Parliament for the British Columbia Southern Interior Riding. He announced his retirement in early November of last year and shortly after,...
CL first responders recognized for life saved in 2012
In preparation for the upcoming season, BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) paramedics are asking local golfers to make sure their cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills are up to par. On Aug. 12, 2012, a happy family reunion on the links at Christina Lake could have been dramatically different, had three golfers not initiated...
Elderly Nanaimo couple recovers significant amount of lost money
Its never to late to celebrate Christmas. At least that’s what it felt like for a 90-year-old Nanaimo female and her 83-year-old husband, after reading in a local paper about a purse with a significant amount of cash being found and handed over to the RCMP. After reading the article, the couple called the Nanaimo detachment. A […]
