Selkirk College celebrated cultures from around the world last month at its 18th Annual Intercultural Fair. In conjunction with Canada's International Education Week (November 18 to 22), the lively event at The Pit on the Castlegar Campus brought together students in a sharing of cultures on November 21. Selkirk College has...

Oh, who doesn’t love a good political scandal? Even though I don’t watch the news anymore, I am enjoying the sideshow that is the Robert Ford debacle in Toronto, and the international attention it’s been getting. And the current federal Conservative senator scandal is pretty juicy, too, I have to admit. I love seeing men […]

November weather was anything but typical, according to meteorologist Ron Lakeman at Southeast Fire Weather Centre. “Not typical of November was the blocking ridge of high pressure which allowed for a lack of precipitation and, at times, fairly clear skies from the 20th through the 28th,” Lakeman said in his monthly weather report. “The clear […]

The Trans-Canada Highway near Champlin, Saskatchewan was re-opened Sunday afternoon following a five semi-trailer pile up. The icy Trans-Canada Highway has been re-opened after RCMP officers shut down the westbound lanes near Moose Jaw due to several jack-knifed semi trucks. ​ The highway was reportedly closed for several...

The war of word continues to be exchanged between the two sides in the labour dispute at FortisBC. The locked out International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 213 said in press release FortisBC has saved $7 Million from not paying wages and should not be granted an increase to raise rates by the BC Utilities Commission. ...

Food is one of the most basic necessities of life, yet it is something that more and more Canadians and Nelson area residents are finding harder to afford. A recent study by Food Banks Canada entitled HungerCount 2013 revealed that since the “Great Recession” hit in 2008, nearly 200,000 more Canadians are using food banks […]

Garlic may be bad for your breath, but it’s good for your baby, according to a new study from the University of British Columbia. The study, recently published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, is the first to identify two compounds derived from garlic – diallyl sulfide and ajoene – that significantly reduce the...

Salmon declines could have long-term effects on grizzly bear health, conclude authors of a study published Nov. 27 in the scientific journal PLOS ONE. The researchers examined stress and reproductive hormones of salmon-eating grizzly bears from coastal British Columbia. Their results, obtained from analysis of tiny tufts of hair, revealed higher levels of the stress […]

Starting Friday, the public can have its say on highway safety and speed limits in British Columbia, as the public consultation component of the Rural Highway Safety and Speed Review gets underway. Todd Stone, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, said from Nov. 29, 2013 to Jan. 24, 2014, the Government of B.C. is ...

Castlegar RCMP are warning of yet another scam making the local rounds - the twist being that these scammers show up as dialing from local numbers on call display units. Police Const. Josh Baron said police have received numerous complaints about calls wherein the person who answers the phone is advised they have won 26,000...