Nakusp RCMP were kept busy over the final week of summer with thefts, break-and-enters and impaireds, according to Cpl. Ryan Fehler, who said the office fielded 38 calls for service during the seven-day period. “Break and enters and thefts are continuing in the area and police are urging residents to be vigilant in locking ...

Update: A fire in Trail Sunday night/Monday morning that destroyed three houses and three vehicles is being treated as suspicious, RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton confirmed today. He also confirmed that the house where the fire started, at 1557 Pine Ave., was unoccuped at the time. "The center house where the fire started had been vacant...

Rick Taylor, The Nelson Daily Residents of Coalmont, a small mining town northwest of Princeton, recently noticed there was something very wrong with the Tulameen River. The water had turned black as coal. Keith Meldrum, spokesman for the Coalmont Energy Corp later confirmed that a tailings pond spill occurred on (Saturday) August 24. Coalmont Energy […]

Fire-bomber planes are in the air over Castlegar again, this time responding to a roughly-four-hectare blaze about 10 km north of Slocan and about 16 km south of New Denver (but on west side of the lake), in Valhalla Park near Beatrice Creek. Karlie Shaughnessy of the Southeast Fire Centre says nothing (structures, power...

This week more than half a million B.C. children are back in the classroom to continue their education journeys. While our youngest students are experiencing their very first day of school and Grade 12s are looking forward to the next phase in their lives, the first week back is a special time when everyone shares in the...

A visit to the Lemon Creek spill site by B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak on Aug. 30 has not been met with universal approval from local residents. Polak spent several hours touring the area with RDCK chair John Kettle, who said meetings they held were in camera (not open to the public) because of ongoing litigation...

Two forest fires in the region are keeping Southeast Fire Centre crews busy, according to information officer Karlie Shaughnessy. Both fires were discovered yesterday, appear to be ligthning-caused and are not threatening any homes, structures, communities or power lines. The larger one is just east of Castlegar on the ridge...

The City of Trail has awarded a $33,500 website upgrade contract to eSolutionsGroup, a web design company based out of Waterloo, Ontario. Fourteen proposals were submitted to the city in response to a RFP that was released on June 26 and eSolutionsGroup met all the criteria including consultation, design, development and...

To Our SD8 (Kootenay Lake) Community Overshadowing the excitement of starting a new school year, is the possibility of Strike Action by our colleagues who are members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Our CUPE staff members are highly valued individuals who provide important services that support our learners every day. Bus Drivers, […]

Selkirk College’s Standing Committee on Professional Excellence (SCOPE) congratulates the recipients of the 2013 awards. The purpose of the SCOPE Awards is to recognize and promote both long-term and innovative professional excellence. Faculty and staff are nominated for the awards by students and peers, and this year,...