Georgia is a country that wants to move its economy into the new millennium. Not an easy task for a former Soviet Republic that has been in conflict on and off with Russia since the summer of 2008. Despite their country’s troubles, Georgians are a friendly and very hospitable people. According to Selkirk College Business […]

The Winnipeg family of 29-year-old Sheilah Sweatman is coming to grips with her recent death, an article in The Vancouver Province reports. Sweatman, who moved to Ymir two years ago, drowned Wednesday afternoon during a recovery attempt in the Goat River river near Creston. She was part of a dozen Kootenay Swift Water Specialists who […]

With only four-weeks to go before the race begins, Atmosphere Raid the North Extreme Race Director Geoff Langford offers a preview of top teams to watch. “We have a competitor field with lots of depth and experience this year,” he said. “In adventure racing there are many game-changing variables that can alter the outcome of […]

Mosquuitos and the threat of West Nile virus are back. West Nile virus, a disease that is spread from infected birds to humans through mosquito bites, has been present in B.C. since 2009. The virus (WNv) was first detected in B.C. in the South Okanagan during the summer of 2009 with the identification of WNv […]

B.C.’s public sector is officially carbon neutral, a first for any province or state in North America. To kick-start carbon-neutral efforts, B.C. launched a $75-million public-sector energy conservation capital fund in 2008. It has funded 247 energy projects in schools, hospitals, colleges, universities and other government buildings across the province. Once complete, those projects are […]

Highway 31 near Coffee Creek is the latest section of Kootenay highway to join the televised ranks of DriveBC’s network of real-time coverage web cameras. Extreme weather and the congested nature of the area were the reasons the Ministry of Transportation elected to initiate a camera at that stretch of road, but anyone driving the […]

An attempt is underway to reverse a decline in honey bee colony populations. More than $244,000 in federal government money will be given to the Ontario Beekeepers’ Association to develop new strategies to help reverse the decline. The project aims to help beekeepers secure sustainable honey harvests and provide essential pollination services to the fruit […]

Premier Christy Clark and Solicitor General Shirley Bond offered condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Ymir resident Sheilah Sweatman, the BC Volunteer Search and Rescue technician who lost her life in the course of her duties on Wednesday. “I want to express my heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of this […]

Ymir resident Sheilah Sweatman’s body was recovered from the Goat River around noon Thursday, a day after she was swept down the river while the swift water rescue team she was on attended the scene of a submerged vehicle. Search and Rescue Swift Water Specialists at the Goat River Thursday morning at the submerged vehicle […]

West Kootenay police detachments are kicking off a summer CounterAttack campaign this weekend with a reminder to plan ahead and choose a designated driver to get home safely. “Police will be out in full force looking for impaired drivers at roadchecks across the province this summer,” said Chief Constable Jamie Graham, Traffic committee chair of […]