A backpack containing 18 pounds of drug ecstasy valued at $135,000 was found abandoned along the border just west of Danville on Monday. The United States Border Patrol seized the “designer” drug and $14,000 in American currency near the port of entry on the American side. The ecstasy was packaged in powder form. Agents discovered […]

 January 18 was an important day for the Internet. Corporate websites, from Google to Twitpic, along with civil society groups and individuals, have all joined together in a common cause: to protest two American bills that could have grave effects for global online free expression. As Global Voices' Executive Director ...

Slippery roads are the blame for at least two accidents Tuesday afternoon on Highway 3A west of Nelson. At approximately 4:20 p.m., a late model Honda collided with a Ford F150 near the Bonnington/South Slocan border. Both single-occupant vehicles ended up in the ditch with the women driving the Honda taken by ambulance for precautionary […]

This week US citizens observed National Human Trafficking Awareness Day through acts of education, legislation, and enforcement; whilst, around the world, other people highlighted or tackled this global problem in their own countries.According to an annual report on human trafficking released by the US State Department in...

Dear Prime Minister: We are deeply concerned that your government has already determined the outcome of the controversial Enbridge pipelines proposal even before the panel responsible for assessing its impacts has commenced its hearings. This, in our opinion, has the real potential to completely undermine the independence and...

Premier Christy Clark's Facebook page didn't come anywhere close in December to meeting the high expectations that the premier's office set out for the page itself, according to IntegrityBC. Premier Clark's page is being promoted with Facebook ads that promise: “I want to hear from you on how we can keep British Columbia...

We are fortunate in our lifetimes to have seen technology’s amazing ability to “amplify human potential,” as Microsoft founder Bill Gates said so aptly.In the last century, we saw how the automobile, the airplane, the telephone, and electricity transformed our society.  In the 21st century, the wireless revolution is transforming...

For the third year in a row Selkirk College and the Kootenays will benefit from the Province of British Columbia’s Employment Skills Access Initiative (ESA), with nearly $675,000 in funding. This year the funding will be put toward the delivery of Administrative Skills Training (AST) and Early Childhood Care Education Assistant (ECCE) programs. This year […]

Police are asking for witnesses to come forward if they saw Friday night’s car accident on Hwy 3A near Thrums, according to RCMP Cpl. John Ferguson. “(On Jan. 13) at (about) 5:18 p.m., the Castlegar RCMP and West Kootenay Traffic Services responded to a two-car, head-on collision on Highway 3A, Thrums area,” he said. “A […]

By Bill Metcalfe, The Nelson Daily  Nelson is a hotbed of cooperatives—the Nelson and District Credit Union, the Kootenay Coop, the Kootenay Bakery, Kootenay Co-op Radio, Kootenay Carshare, and the list goes on. This is their year to shine, because 2012 is the International Year of Cooperatives, with celebrations and events locally and across the […]