Editor's note: Graham chose to submit this creative work instead of his usual Kettle River Q&A after sharing it at a conference and receiving positive support. Enjoy.    [For Ben - may you grow up tall]   There once was a small place, a wet place nearby A river ran by it, and through it sometimes The cottonwoods swayed ...

On Feb. 5th the Canadian government signed an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the United States to govern The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).  FATCA is an American tax law requiring all Canadian financial institutions to provide the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with account information on customers...

Province implements snowmobile ban in West Kootenays Backcountry recreationalists are reminded to follow the rules while snowmobiling to help protect mountain caribou habitat and support British Columbia’s Mountain Caribou Recovery Implementation Plan. Natural resource officers and conservation officers are patrolling B.C.’s...

Aspiring writers have an opportunity to learn how to create stories, poems, and personal essays others will want to read with a creative writing course being offered by Selkirk College. West Kootenay novelist, poet and performance artist Almeda Glenn Miller has been teaching writing for more than 15 years. Teaming up with Selkirk’s Studies in […]

Al Sandner has a secret. He uses mushrooms and mealworms when he fishes and this weekend his bait paid off when he caught a fish that weighed 0.65 kg (1 lb and 7 oz). It’s not even close to the biggest rainbow trout ever pulled out of Wilgress Lake, but it almost got him a top three position at the third annual Ice Fishing ...

Open letter from Sinixt Nation re: Mt. Sentinel Update: Lim Limt to all the supporters and allies that came and visited us at Mt. Sentinel. Lim Limt again for the donations of food, coffee, firewood and money. And above all, Lim Limt to all the stories and laughs shared around the fire. The Sinixt Nation has placed a combo ...

Salmo and Ymir firefighters are going home exhausted today after containing a blaze that burned Scrap Kings Auto Wreckers' office to the ground - but was not allowed to spread to adjacent vehicle storage areas. Salmo fire chief David Hearn said the department got a call around 10:20 a.m., and arrived to find the fire fully ...

A young entrepreneur has proved that a “nimble” approach to production and delivery can bring success to a manufacturing company, even with its factory tucked away in the Kootenays. Now in its fifth year of manufacturing sprockets, couplings, bushings, drums and hubs in South Slocan at the Playmor junction, Drop Designs is ...

What's the one thing in the world that will get city cops and fire fighters trash talking each other? You guessed it – hockey! As a fun final push in Castlegar's bid to be named Kraft Hockeyville 2014, a “Smoke and Guns” road hockey match-up between local RCMP and volunteer fire fighters is slated for Saturday at the Complex...

Dear editor: In regard to your latest rant : Where are all the grownups looking after our health care? I believe the City if Castlegar did the right thing. We entered into this regional information gathering because someone had to get the ball rolling. We knew, of course, that there would be opposition, but that is no reason...