As many as 400 people attended a peace and healing vigil at Millennium Park Sunday evening. The event was held in the wake of the tragic and untimely deaths of Christine Archibald, Matt Beaudet , Nikki Hackett, Ryan Babakaioff, Brandon Adams Tasha Bates, Richard Askew, Christy Stroes, and Sydney Jensen. It was also intended...

The Nelson area witnessed Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) search and rescue (SAR) helicopter CH-149 Cormorant flying over the region Sunday as the search for missing plane with a B.C. man and Alberta woman continues. Pilot Alex Simons, 21, of Kamloops, and Sydney Robillard, 24, of Lethbridge, were travelling from Lethbridge...

Interior Health said in a media release Friday, it has started recruitment for a new physician for the Slocan Community Health Centre to take over Dr. Mike Magier’s practice. Magier informed Interior Health May 16 he is leaving the area later this summer.

For a person's body to function properly, it’s important that cells and organs are provided the necessary water. Water is also beneficial to lubricate joints and regulate body temperature as well as assist the passage of food through the intestines. Which is why it’s important to have clean drinking water systems. Wednesday, Interior Health released a comprehensive report regarding the state of the region’s drinking water systems that identified risks to public health, and made recommendations for improving drinking water safety.

Selkirk College’s Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program has brought a world of cultural experiences to one alumna who’s chosen to build a career at home in the West Kootenay. Emily Kandborg teaches English to speakers of other languages with the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy, a non-profit...

A reduction in water levels on the Slocan River has allowed the Regional District of Central Kootenay to rescind Evacuation Orders for the last home on Voykin Road. However, the RDCK said the area will remain on Evacuation Alert with residents prepared to evacuate, if necessary.   The properties that remain on Evacuation Alert are:

Interior Health in a media release Tuesday said recreation users can go back to their normal habits around the Balfour Ferry terminal.

Creston RCMP has confirmed that the search for missing person Alvin Dunic of Crawford Bay, BC, has been suspended. The decision came Sunday afternoon (June 4) following seven days of extensive search efforts said RCMP Cpl Dan Moskaluk in a media release. "Over the weekend, a total of 14 Search and Rescue Teams with 87 SAR...

Dewars Brewers had the offence running on all cylinders, putting up 10 runs during a 10-8 victory over Trail Mariners in Castlegar Sunfest Minor Division Baseball Tournament Sunday in the Sunflower City. The win was the fifth of the tournament for the Brewers. Nelson opened with a 10-4 win over Castlegar Steelers followed by a narrow 10-9 win over Castlegar Royals. The Brewers then outlasted the Castlegar Raptors 12-7 to conclude the round robin draw with a 3-0 record. In the semi finals, Nelson edged the Raptors again, this time by a 6-4 score.

Residents of Glade say they can often hear the Kalesnikoff lumber mill, on the opposite bank from their Kootenay River community, as it processes hundreds of thousands of cubic metres of lumber every year. Soon those operations will be a lot closer to them. “The [Kalesnikoff] woodland manager said there would be 350 logging truck loads, 700 trips going thru our community,” says Heather McSwan of the Glade Watershed Protection Society (GWPS).