The incumbent president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, has been re-elected for a fourth term as the country's president with a 54.66% share of the vote in the presidential election held Sunday. Chávez gave these remarks from the presidential palace: "Truthfully, this has been the perfect battle, a democratic battle. Venezuela...

The Owl Mountain fire just south of the Carson border crossing near Christina Lake doubled in size last week as a result of winds and continues to grow. The fire, started by lightening on Sept. 10, is moving both north and south as it finds fuel in deep rocky crags and chutes along the mountain. […]

The BC Coroner Service has released the name of a four-year-old boy killed in an ATV accident west of Nelson Sunday. He was Isaac Robert Zukowski, of Castlegar. The Zukowski family has been notified. The Coroners Service extends its condolences to the family and friends of this young boy. Previous story: Few details are being […]

The public is reminded that, despite cooler temperatures in recent days, drought-like conditions persist in many of the Southeast Fire Centre’s fire zones. An open-burning prohibition has been in effect in the Southeast Fire Centre since July 13, and will remain in effect until the public is otherwise notified. Category 3 open fires are banned […]

Dear editor, I have previously written about the state of our roads and highways, especially after my family was involved in a serious motor vehicle accident in January last year.  Luckily, they walked away with minor injuries but the effects psychologically have lasted much longer. That accident could have resulted in the death of my […]

A Slocan Valley man has more on his plate than just surviving a car crash. The man has now been arrested for Break Enter and Theft and Possession of Stolen Property after the vehicle that crashed into a power pole early Thursday morning was allegedly stolen . “Police investigation confirmed that the vehicle in question […]

A series of medical marijuana stories as provided to the Sentinel by a Medical Marijuana license holder. Medhead is writing anonymously because of the potential stigma their condition and medication would have on their life in a small community. This is an introduction to Medhead and where this series is going to go over the […]

Since I am a lover of the written word (at least the writing part of it), it may not come as a surprise to you to hear that I am also a bit of a bookworm. Not a bookworm in the usual sense, though. I can go months without finding a novel that interests me […]

RCMP Cpl. Phil Mager (ironically, pronounced ‘Major’) just came to the Koots in July, and drug users will want to know about him – he’s a drug recognition expert. Mager is the non-commissioned officer in charge (NCOIC) of the West Kootenay Integrated Road Safety Unit, and part of his mandate is to ensure drug-impaired drivers […]

  Parents may be wondering why there was a police presence outside Warfield’s Webster Elementary School this morning – Trail RCMP Cpl. Dave Johnson said the issue was a trio of bears. “We actually got a call at 6:45 a.m. from a concerned citizen, saying there was a cougar in a tree near the school,” […]