Three grizzly bears had to be destroyed and a fourth relocated in a five-day time-frame last week, according to CBC’s Kootenay reporter, Bob Keating. Keating, who broke the story today (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/05/10/bc-grizzlies-kootenay-sheep-kill.html), said he was alerted to the issue by conservation officer supervisor Sgt. Arnold DeBoon. “He (DeBoon) wants people to know what what happened here […]

Here are some exciting things you can do!  Keeping the body as alkaline as we can is important, so, it can detoxify all the breakdown products and move them out through the feces and urine. One of the ways to keep the system alkaline is to eat dark green leafy veggies and other veggies (other […]

Several vehicular incidents kept police on their toes this past week, according to Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. Tuesday evening at around 6:20 p.m., a 30-wheel freightliner transport truck was driving near the 100 block of Highway 3 toward Grand Forks, when he saw a couple of cyclists, Mathew said. “According to the driver, he […]

It’s time for the latest fishing report from Kerry Reed at Reel Adventures Charters. Kootenay Lake Spring fishing is here. Although the weather might not indicate it. The water has been rising constantly.  Now we just need the temperatures to start rising and the good fishing will follow. The higher water means more debris floating […]

Back when I was a whippersnapper just out of high school, I took a job at Rossland’s now-defunct Co-operative Transportation Society, then commonly called the Rossland Co-op. It once stood where the Credit Union now stands and was once one of three Rossland gas stations, one of two Rossland garages where you could take your...

Meadow Creek Cedar is being raked over the coals again, this time by a Forest Practices Board investigation. Following a complaint, the Forest Practices Board found the Kootenay-based company had failed to comply with forestry legislation and unsound practices, according to the recently released report. “We found that some of Meadow Creek’s road, harvesting and […]

One way of looking at the energy industry today is to liken it to a horse race: coming out of the backstretch, oil is leading natural gas by a nose and coal is half a length back. If you had placed your bets before the race began, you would feel pretty comfortable as oil, natural gas, and coal head for the wire – a trifecta...

The Selkirk College Saints Men’s Hockey team continues to stock pile players for the upcoming B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League season as the school inked forward Kyle Golz (Surrey, B.C.) to a commitment letter for the 2012-13 campaign. Golz joins the Saints from the Pacific International Junior Hockey League’s Grandview Steelers, where he finished the 2011/12 […]

The Editor, The Nelson Daily: Calls to end the infamous ‘War on Drugs’ don’t just come from the funny dressed hairy crowd anymore. Over the decades a number of Canadian senate committees have called for an end to it and the conservative Fraser Institute has condemned it since 2001. Last June the United Nations Global […]

Interior Health has decided to postpone the expected spring opening of the Kootenay Lake Hospital (KLH) ER Redevelopment project after routine inspections revealed deficiencies with painting, millwork and mechanical systems. Interior Health said while these deficiencies have now been addressed, a concern has recently developed regarding the flooring installed in the Emergency Department and the […]