There was plenty of precipitation, but not much accumulation of snow at the higher elevations said Ron Lakeman, Weather Forecaster for the Southeast Fire Centre in his monthly weather release. "As is typical of a late winter-spring El Nino, March of 2016 was mild and very wet,'' Lakeman said. "The mean monthly temperature was...

Team BC's run at the 2016 Canadian Senior Men’s Curling Championships in Digby, Nova Scotia ended Saturday morning with a 6-5 loss to Bryan Cochrane of Team Ontario during semi final action. Team BC lost a chance to finish in the medals after dropping a 7-5 decision to Alan O'Leary of Team Nova Scotia in the Bronze Medal...

In 2015, Kimberley netminder Tyson Brouwer was "All World" in backstopping the Nitros to the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League championship. This year is was Zane Steeves turn to lead his 100 Mile House Wranglers to the top of the KIJHL. Steeves turned aside 40 of 41 shots to lead the Wranglers to a 2-1 victory over...

Team BC lead Fred Thomson told The Nelson Daily on the eve of the Championship round the rink ws "feeling pretty good" about its game at the 2016 Canadian Senior Men’s Curling Championships in Digby, Nova Scotia. Thursday, the rink was on full display, posting a pair of wins to climb into third spot in Championship standings....

Closing Trafalgar Middle School is just one of the options on the table as the Kootenay Lake  School board floated its final draft plan surrounding the re-configuring use of facilities in District 8. Declining enrolment, extremely high maintenance costs and aging infrastructure were the key issues behind the board’s decision,...

A calamity of errors that plagued Trail first responders today has thankfully ended with no one harmed or injured, according to Trail top cop Sgt. Darren Oelke. Oelke said Search and Rescue had been called out regarding a missing local man (see https://castlegarsource.com/news/updated-missing-trail-person-police-request-public-assistance-41028#.Vvsf3jHW48A...

Darrel Unger was found safe and sound last night, according to Sgt. Oelke of the RCMP detachment in Trail. Earlier Update: A missing person being sought by police is in no way dangerous, according to RCMP Sgt. Darren Oelke. Oelke said the man, Darrell Unger, is being sought purely because an extended absence of this sort is...

In 1930, Canada was locked in the Great Depression, the planet Pluto was discovered and the Kootenay Festival of the Arts kicked off its inaugural campaign. During the next three weeks more than 400 performers between five and 69 years of age from throughout the West Kootenay will be performing in front of adjudicators at […]

Record high temperatures in Western Canada has prompted Avalanche Canada to issue a warning to recreational backcountry users to be ready for increased avalanche hazard. The warning was issued on Avalanche Canada website. Avalanche Canada said the warning applies to all forecast regions, from the Yukon to the US border and ...

The first sign of warm weather and Southeast Fire Centre is asking the public to exercise caution while conducting any outdoor burning activities this spring, due to expected warm and dry weather conditions this week. “As the snow melts, dried grass from last summer is uncovered and that material can be highly flammable,”...