Grant Lawrence, author of the award-winning book Adventures in Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and other stories from Desolation Sound, read to an engaged audience of more than 50 CBC fans, avid readers and coastal travellers during his appearance at the Grand Forks and District Public Library, Tuesday, April 24. Lawrence’s […]

The Province is getting tough on riders who like to use novelty helmets by introducing new motorcycle safety regulations that requires all riders to wear protective headgear that meets international safety standards. “While B.C. already has mandatory helmet and seating laws, these new standards provide even more guidance to help riders — who are more […]

Controlling the pH is simple. For four days test every urination with a indicator paper which show the pH values between 4.0-7.5. (These you can buy at your friendly compounding pharmacy in Nelson or Fruitvale). If the value shows repeatedly below pH 6.2 or when it constantly lies around pH 5- danger exists. You should […]

Recently released court documents suggest the B.C. Liberal government may have overpaid millions of taxpayers’ money to settle a claim from Boss Power Corp. for their Beaverdell uranium mining project. The documents, released to the New Democrats (NDP) and energy and mines critic John Horgan, show three independent evaluations on the valuation of the claim […]

The award-winning and provocative eco-adventure film On the Line is coming to Nelson and Castlegar in May. Film maker, Frank Wolf, travels the proposed Enbridge pipeline route by cycling, hiking and paddling through its pristine environment from the Alberta Tar Sands to Kitimat on the northwest coast of B.C. “This is  a fun and entertaining […]

A 20-year-old male was transported to Kootenay Lake Hospital and a young female is in Nelson Police Department lockup after a stabbing Saturday night near the foot of Baker Street. At approximately 11:15 p.m., police received several 911 calls that male has been stabbed. Upon arrival, police noted several youths requesting police to attend to […]

It’s obvious from the final score the Kootenay Kannibelles are in mid-season form. The Kannibelles scored early, often before adding more points later en route to a 252-25 shellacking of the OSRD’s Raggedy Rollers Saturday in Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby action at the Rossland Arena. “The lopsided score is pretty simple — we vastly […]

Three Trafalgar Middle School students earn all-expense paid trip Charlottetown, P.E.I. next month after walking away with the top prizes at the recent West Kootenay and Boundary Regional Science Fair in Castlegar. Miranda Sherell, Emma Borhi and Micah May will be on a plane in May for the Maritimes after edging out 79 other competitors […]

Anyone made uneasy by the temporary closure of Castlegar’s hospital in February and the lack of ambulance coverage in Castlegar over the holidays is going to be delighted with this latest bombshell from B.C. Ambulance Services (BCAS) – I was so horrified by what I learned here that I feel obligated to write about it […]

To slightly paraphrase the lyrics of that popular song from the late 1970s, New York, New York, “Start spreading the news, they are leaving soon, I want to be part of it, New York, New York.” The New York Storm will be making their first appearance at the Grand Forks International (GFI) since 2005. This […]