Nelson Police Department have released the age of the Selkirk Paving worker pinned under a truck during an industrial accident Friday afternoon near the 900 block of Victoria Street on Gyro Park Road. The injuried worker is a 53-year-old local man. While unloading the paver from the trailer towed by the dump truck, the equipment […]

One member of the board of the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) will try to convince his board on June 8 to reverse a controversial 3–year-old decision about the Jumbo Glacier real estate development.   The RDEK was faced in 2009 with the prospect of having to hold public hearings as part of a […]

Encompassing more than a century and covering the country from sea to sea, Nelson BC author Anne DeGrace’s new novel was described by the Globe and Mail as “a beautiful achievement by a gifted writer.”  DeGrace reads from Flying with Amelia (McArthur & Co) at Castlegar & District Public Library on June 7 at 7 […]

A smash-and-grab theft at local liquor store Wednesday morning has RCMP asking the public to come forward with any information they may have, according to Cpl. Dan Pollock. “Castlegar RCMP received a complaint of a break-and-enter to the Castlerock Liquor Store located at 1101 4 Street,” he said. “Overnight, unknown culprits threw rocks through the […]

Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko added his voice today to the growing calls from his constituents demanding that the Conservative government reverse the cuts to the Community Access Program (CAP) hidden in the federal omnibus Budget Bill C-38 that will affect rural and low-income Canadians.   “CAP used to have more service...

The cover of the May 21 issue of Time magazine caught my attention – it could be the picture of a gorgeous woman breastfeeding her three-year-old that drew my eye, but what really grabbed me was the title Are you Mom enough? I think this question speaks volumes about the amount of pressure today’s society […]

Les Johnson of GFTV was on hand when the Grand Forks Fire Department arrived on the scene of the Interfor Mill fire yesterday. The small fire was doused within an hour of the crew’s arrival.   Watch the video for a first hand view!

A Grand Forks man who was struck with a glass liquor bottle during a bush party on Sunday, May 13 has been released from Kelowna General Hospital. The man was allegedly struck with the bottle during an altercation at a local party spot known as ‘moto’. Grand Forks RCMP were called out to the party […]

Employees from the Kootenay Valley Rail line joined fellow Teamsters from across Canada in a national rail strike Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. The workers, represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, walked off the job after the two sides were unable to reach an agreement despite talks that continued until the deadline. Canadian Pacific has […]

Egyptians are voting in the country's first free presidential election. The voting will take place on May 23 and 24, with a runoff on June 16 and 17 if necessary. Fifty million people are eligible to vote. While large queues have formed at some polling stations, the turnout seems to be lower than for the parliamentary...