While travelling around my constituency of Kootenay West and the province I am often asked “what does a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) do?” I decided to share with constituents what my job has entailed since February and the start of the winter Legislative session. The days are long, sometimes difficult but it is ...

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is advising the public that during tax time scammers are on the prowl looking to steal your hard-earned money. The CRA said in a media release there is a scam making its round that asks taxpayers to share personal information over the phone. The CRA says this is a scam. "If you get a call or ...

Parents of students in School District 20 (SD20) have reached such a level of frustration with ongoing and relentless cuts to education funding in the area that they've started a petition, according to Rebecca McDonnell, president of the District Parent Advisory Council. “This our sixth year of deficits approaching $1 million,...

A significant increase in drug-related overdoses and deaths has prompted provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall to declare a public health emergency. This is the first time the provincial health officer has served notice under the Public Health Act to exercise emergency powers. B.C. is the first province to take this...

The bandage has been ripped off the regional health board’s reserve fund, exposing the long-standing scar regarding renewal of the region’s main hospital. The decision on whether to lift the cap off the West Kootenay Boundary Regional Health District (WKBRHD) board’s growing reserve fund passed in a board meeting late last ...

On April 13, at just before 2 p.m., there was a hazardous materials spill at the Teck Trail Operations facility, according to Richard Deane, manager, Commercial Services and Public Affairs “It was a short duration discharge of water containing metals at our operation this afternoon,” Deane said. “It is believed to be the...

A passion for protecting water resources is at the heart of Tanya Tran’s studies at Selkirk College and as the Class of 2016 valedictorian, the Integrated Environmental Planning Program student will bring some of that fervent energy to the graduation ceremony being held April 22. Being first generation born Canadian, it was...

Beheadings, suicide bombings and civil war. Horrific attacks in Brussels and San Bernardino. There is no shortage of examples of the violence that rocks the Islamic world. Shocking pictures and gruesome acts done in the name of religion seem to appear daily on our news feeds. The media hammers the point home—that Muslim...

The City of Trail and CUPE Local 2087 are pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached following negotiations for the renewal of the Collective Agreement. The term of the renewed agreement, retroactive to March 1, 2015, is set for five years with wage increases of two per cent annually. The new agreement also […]

Two people from Saskatchewan have been killed after a plane crashed in the mountains north of Nakusp. Nakusp RCMP received a report at approximately 5:20 p.m. on Monday, of a downed airplane in the Trout Lake area near the Galena Lodge after the automatic beacon on the plane notified provincial authorities of an incident.. ...