Partners in the Waneta Expansion Project – Fortis Inc., Columbia Power Corporation, and Columbia Basin Trust – have released the second quarter socio-economic monitoring report. The socio-economic monitoring program is an important part of this large, community-focused project and ensures the impacts to the area are documented and available to the public. Since the beginning of the project, […]

The cloudy and wet days of spring and early summer in the Kootenays have paid off. The provincial government has spent only $58 million fighting fires this year. In fact, the Southeast Fire Centre firefighters — and firefighters across the province —had so little to do that the province rented out 2,051 firefighters to the […]

In an effort to lessen the delicious options for food-seeking bears, volunteers are getting ready for the first annual food drive at Christina Lake. On Saturday, Oct. 1 volunteers will get together to pick fruit and vegetables at homes whose owners may not be able to harvest everything they have. The harvest will be distributed […]

Patients who took sleep tests in Kelowna between 2007 and 2011 may need to be re-tested or re-diagnosed, says Interior Health Authority (IHA) review released this week. Interior Health contacted 13 patients who underwent polysomnography testing at the Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) Sleep Lab and will be reviewing a further 980 cases given potential concern […]

Eight Nobel Peace Laureates today sent a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper calling on him to ensure that Canada moves towards a clean energy future—and halts the expansion of the tar sands. In their letter, the Laureates—which include Archbishop Desmond Tutu (South Africa), Jody Williams (USA), President Ramos Horta...

When you are talking noise in Nelson, you had better be careful. The City has updated a 28-year-old Noise Control Bylaw (No. 2026), laying out new provisions for what is considered too much noise, and where. Although Nelson had already had a bylaw dealing with noise, said Coun. Deb Kozak, it had to be updated […]

A threat to pull the nation’s police force out of B.C. was delivered Tuesday as the province and the federal government continue to argue over the cost of the RCMP, the Vancouver Province’s Ian Austin reported. However, currently the negotiations have stalled and Solicitor General Shirley Bond told the Union of B.C. Municipalities annual convention […]

Police are saying the ”heroic” efforts of local Good Samaritans are the reason a 62-year-old Castlegar woman is alive today, after a dramatic car crash and river rescue in Robson last Sunday. “On Sept. 25, at (about) 10:30 a.m., Castlegar RCMP responded to a single vehicle roll-over on Broadwater Road at Horcoff Road in Robson,” […]

Ed. Note: Kyler Hilderman is a 10-year-old hockey fanatic and a player in the Castlegar Minor Hockey League whose enthusiasm for the game is so spectacular, it only seemed right that he should be our Source for Rebels updates. He provides all the information, statistics and perspectives, while editor Kyra Hoggan writes up Hilderman’s input […]

By: Rob McLister, editor of Canadian Mortgage Trends One could wax on about how grim the United States (US) economy is, but Mark Carney put it succinctly: “The (U.S.) housing market remains a mess, the consumer is weak, and government actions can be expected to reduce growth…The U.S. economy is close to stall speed…” That […]