The Kootenay Ice are going to get a fantastic Christmas present in the form of an abundance of home games after spending most of the current BC Major Midget Hockey League season on the road. Kootenay plays 14 of its next 18 games in West Kootenay arenas after completing a horrendous part of the schedule […]

Nelson RCMP are urging the public to be aware of phone scam circulating through the area after receiving calls from the public regarding money sent to a person claiming to be a nephew in trouble.  RCMP Cst. Bill Long said in a media release the police received two separate reports of this scam. Cst. Long said the story had ...

Tom Buchy of Kimberley is heading back to the 2015 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men’s Curling Championship after sweeping through the Men’s Kootenay Playdowns this past weekend at the Nelson Curling Club. Buchy, third Dave Stephenson, second Dave Toffolo and lead Darren Will doubled up Trail’s Rob Ferguson 6-3 in the B Final Sunday morning. […]

The month of November saw winter arrive in the form of precipitation and cold temperatures said Jesse Ellis, Fire Weather Forecaster for the Southeast Fire Centre. “The first snowfall of the season occurred the night of the (November) 10th as the first of two Arctic outbreaks pushed into the area,” Ellis explained in the monthly […]

Consumers will be greeting the New Year with another hike in utility rates, according to a press release issued by FortisBC on Dec. 1. “FortisBC has received regulatory approval for a 3.5 per cent interim rate increase for electricity customers to take effect January 1, 2015,” the release said. “The rate increase is interim...

Myron Nichol of Castlegar, fresh from winning the Nelson Open Cashspiel, is the early favourite entering the Kootenay Men’s Regionals this weekend at the Nelson Curling Club. Nichol defeated Ken McHargue of Sparwood to claim the top prize at the cashspiel. However, all bets are off as four other teams join the Castlegar skip in […]

Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior, and Linda Worley, RDKB Area B Director, witnessed firsthand area residents’ dissatisfaction with CP’s response to their ongoing concerns with the recent addition of night trains on the local Castlegar to Trail run. In September, CP Rail implemented the decision to redeploy locomotives...

Throughout the Columbia Basin, many educators, volunteers, community groups and organizations dedicate themselves to enhancing environmental well-being through education. As a supporter of these efforts, Columbia Basin Trust has earned an award from the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication. It received...

Summer is the season when property owners notice bats in their buildings. They may find guano on the deck, hear bats in the walls, or smell a build-up of guano. The Kootenay Community Bat Project (KCBP), funded by the Columbia Basin Trust and the Columbia Valley Local Conservation Fund, has received hundreds of calls over the...

For five seniors Saturday’s bronze medal victory in Kelowna culminated hours of work in the gym, time riding on the bus to attend tournaments and months of late nights completing homework after practice during the senior girl’s volleyball season. The Wildcats made their last game a memorable one after scoring a three set victory over […]