New snow is calling to those who enjoy winter sports, but the Canadian Avalanche Center suggests enthusiasts be observant. Light amounts of new snow fell in the region on Wednesday night and the forecasted wind and snow will add to the size and reactivity of this developing slab, according to Joe Lammers, one of the center's...

Two new shuttle services to Red Mountain Resort have been negotiated for this ski season, one all the way to and from Spokane, and one a short five minute ride between Rossland and Red.Deanne Steven of Tourism Rossland (TR) announced the new services to Rossland’s council at Monday evening's regular meeting. She was particularly...

An accident this morning on Eldorado Street at Bay Avenue took the life of a 71-year-old Trail woman, Diane Latondress, according to RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton. “At approximately 10:30 a.m., Trail RCMP, along with Fire and Ambulance, responded to a motor vehicle collision on Eldorado St. at Bay Avenue,” he said. “A minivan was proceeding […]

Japanese multinational company Fujitsu launched a website for a dog pedometer which allows customers to monitor their dog's health online. The device measures data while attached to the dog's collar. Customers are also able to add more data to the website manually, then it displays the complete set of data graphically. Fujitsu...

IntegrityBC has released Christy's Christmas Castle, an animated video to drive home an important aspect of the organization's campaign on electoral finance reform. Since 2005, the B.C. Liberal party has raked in more than $40 million from big business and is now the only major B.C. political party that still opposes a ban ...

Two experienced hikers are lucky to be alive after being attack by a female grizzly bear near Kimberley Sunday. The man and woman are in a Calgary hospital after the attack. Media reports saidy conservation officers speculate the couple, out for a walk, stumbled on the mother grizzly and cubs near a deer kill next to a creek....

“…the basic cause of the energy crisis is not scarcity, it is moral ignorance and weakness of character. We don’t know how to use energy or what to use it for. And we cannot restrain ourselves. Our time is characterized as much by the abuse and waste of human energy as it is by the […]

Update as of 4:17 p.m. Monday: Police say the two victims of an armed assault in a Silverton residence Sunday morning are both local males (names and ages have not yet been released). RCMP Staff Sgt. Dan Seibel said it appears that one of the two victims was known to one of the four alleged […]

The music video for "Gangnam Style", a song by South Korean artist Psy, has become the most viewed YouTube video of all time. The video, which now has over 816 million views since being uploaded in July, became the most watched after overtaking the music video for "Baby", a song by Canadian singer Justin Bieber, which was...

A seven-member jury spent most of Saturday at the Nelson Courthouse determining what recommendations to hand down at the B.C. Coroner’s inquest into the death of swift water search and rescue volunteer Sheilah Lorraine Wheeler Sweatman. Below is the detailed list of those recommendations from the B.C. Coroner’s inquest at the Nelson Courthouse November 19-24 […]