Aspiring writers have an opportunity to learn how to create stories, poems, and personal essays others will want to read with a creative writing course being offered by Selkirk College. West Kootenay novelist, poet and performance artist Almeda Glenn Miller has been teaching writing for more than 15 years. Teaming up with...

After suffering through a January that saw the region receive only 60 percent of normal month precipitation according to the Southeast Fire Center Weather office, the recent snow is making skiers and sledders flock to the back country to take advantage of fresh tracks. However, the Canadian Avalanche Centre says not so fast as the […]

Canada continued to build on its medal total with three more medals Monday at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Alex Bilodeau won his second straight gold medal in Olympic moguls with teammate Mikael Kingsbury capturing the silver. The Canadians narrowly missed sweeping the podium as Marc-Antoine Gagnon finished fourth. Earlier...

John Morris came within a few shots of competing for Canada at the Sochi Olympics. The Kelowna skip is now off to his seventh Brier – his first representing BC — after hammering Jason Montgomery of Victoria 11-2 in Sunday’s BC Championship final in Vancouver. Morris and his rink from the Kelowna and Vernon curling […]

Nelson City Police were busy during the Family Day Holiday weekend dealing with a few alcohol related incidents, which led a some intoxicated people spending time in cells. During the early Sunday morning hours with pubs winding down operations, dispatch received a call of several drunk patrons harassing a doorman at a local drinking establishment. […]

Beaver Valley Nitehawks held serve against the Nelson Leafs in the race to finish on top of the Murdoch Division in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. Ryan Edwards snapped a 1-1 tie with a power play goal late in the third period to lift the Hawks to a 2-1 victory over the Leafs in […]

Nelson captain Darnel St. Pierre said before the weekend series against Beaver Valley there is a “really strong leadership group” in the Leafs dressing room. Those leaders stepped up big time, scoring three power play goals en route to a convincing 6-2 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League triumph over the Hawks Friday night at the […]

Salmo and Ymir firefighters are going home exhausted today after containing a blaze that burned Scrap Kings Auto Wreckers' office to the ground - but was not allowed to spread to adjacent vehicle storage areas. Salmo fire chief David Hearn said the department got a call around 10:20 a.m., and arrived to find the fire fully ...

A young entrepreneur has proved that a “nimble” approach to production and delivery can bring success to a manufacturing company, even with its factory tucked away in the Kootenays. Now in its fifth year of manufacturing sprockets, couplings, bushings, drums and hubs in South Slocan at the Playmor junction, Drop Designs is ...

Four people are now facing charges after an observant resident noticed the passenger of a moving vehicle pointing a gun, according to RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff. "On Feb. 1 at 8:30 p.m., Castlegar RCMP received a complaint relating to a passenger of a vehicle who was observed to be pointing what appeared to be a firearm," ...