Mark your calendars for Monday, February 9th as the Family Fishing Derby for Kids with Cancer will be back for its sixth year this BC Family Day. Held at Horseshoe Lake from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., the annual Derby has become a Kootenay tradition bringing together communities and families from Cranbrook, Creston, Fernie, Golden,...

The province says to maintain high service levels in B.C. provincial parks for an increasing number of visitors, it's raising camping fees as of March 15, 2015. "British Columbia’s world-renowned parks provide superb recreational opportunities for visitors from throughout the province and around the world. From diverse terrain...

  Following a lengthy investigation, Nelson Police have now charged a 19-year-old Creston resident with arson following a suspicious fire on (Saturday) October 4, 2014 in the lower level of a Nelson Heritage Building located at 303 Vernon Street. Police said the fire had started in the basement and storage area below the Academy of […]

The Myron Nichol rink of Castlegar, with two Nelson curlers on the squad, took the long way but came out on top at the Senior Men’s Kootenay Playdowns Sunday in Kimberley. Nichol, third Bill Van Yzerloo, second Gary Beaudry and lead Barry Marsh, the last two, respectively, from Nelson, edged Ken McHargue of Elkford/Cranbrook 7-6 […]

Since 2010, Water Smart communities in the Columbia Basin have steadily reduced local water consumption—and academics, experts and utility professionals from across Canada are taking note. Water Smart is a Columbia Basin Trust water conservation program that helps regional districts and municipalities in the Basin address...

Learning to deal with financial pressure is as much a part of post-secondary life as final exams, but financial aid opportunities at Selkirk College help ease stress for students focussed on success. When she enrolled in the Selkirk College Resort & Hotel Management Program (RHOT) straight out of Nakusp Secondary School...

The Week in REC! Public Skating for the week of January 19-25, 2015 All the Public Skating information, including admission prices, skate rentals and more can be viewed on the front page of the Winter Brochure and also on the City’s website, at www.rossland.ca, Arena.                                                  Wednesday, January 21st   6:30-7:45pm Sunday, January 25th   2:30-4:00pm (this […]

Despite arresting the suspect in the recent theft of drugs from a local pharmacy, Nelson Police are warning the public to be careful if coming into contact with these narcotics. Police arrested a 26 year-old female of no fixed address, charging the female with Break and Entering a Business. “Unfortunately, police were unable to recover […]

For the first time in B.C., expectant mothers can participate in virtual visits with their maternity care provider directly from their local family doctor’s office, thanks to new tele-maternity (video conferencing) technology developed as a part of a Shared Care/Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice pilot project. The...

Lillooet RCMP is requesting the public’s assistance in a cold case that is more than three decades old. Roxanne Elaine Fleming has been missing since August 23, 1982. Fleming, a young, vibrant First Nations woman, attended the Lillooet District Hospital at the time for a broken finger. Although there have been unconfirmed...