OP/ED: Government money paying back for misdirected regulations
First you shut down an industry then you build it back up with subsidies. Sound like Pierre Trudeau? Think again. This is Conservative MP Dan Albas we’re talking about. Albas is taking the credit for a whopping $240,000 handout from the federal government to a community group who’re setting up a mobile abattoir in the Grand Forks area. […]
Columbia tender trepidation: Checkout stand democracy or unelected autocracy?
What’s going on (or not going on) at City Hall about the tenders for the Columbia Avenue infrastructure project? Tenders were opened on April 3 and there hasn’t been a peep about what the bids were. If the bids had come in below estimates, staff and council members would have been bragging about the money they saved the...
Reel Adventures Fishing Report — Weather hampers fishing
Well it looks like Spring is here. Or is it, as the weather seams to change by the hour. And that still means the fish are still confused. Some days they are feeding heavily and other days they don’t want to move. March saw some good fishing days, with five to 10 fish coming in […]
Gnarlie's Angels, Babes of Brutality coast to easy victories on opening night of the West Kootenay Women’s Roller Derby League
Rossland’s Gnarlie’s Angels and the Babes of Brutality from Salmo served notice the road to the league championship will go through them. The two 2011 finalists cruised to easy victories on opening night of the West Kootenay Women’s Roller Derby League Friday in the Golden City. Defending league champion Gnarlie’s Angels looked to be in […]
Great season ends on a downer for Nitehawks as KIJHL champs finish out of medals at 2012 Cyclone Taylor Cup
The amazing run for the Beaver Valley Nitehawks came to a crashing halt Sunday at the Cylcone Taylor Cup in Abbotsford. The Hawks lost 5-3 to Pacific Junior Hockey League champ, Delta Ice Hawks in the bronze medal game to finish fourth at the provincial junior B tournament. The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League rep […]
Earth Day 2012 has special meaning for people throughout B.C.
Earth Day is a day set aside each year on which events are held worldwide to increase awareness and appreciation of the Earth’s natural environment. The West Kootenay Coalition for Jumbo Wild wants to focus on the “natural environment” when the coalition joins with the rest of the Kootenays for a Pipeline-Free BC during the […]
Reported missing skier from Sweden turns up near Golden/Revelstoke area, RCMP call off search
A skier from Sweden who was thought to have been missing in the Ripple Ridge area, near the top of Salmo-Creston Summit has been located said Salmo and Nelson Rural RCMP in a release Friday. Bjorn Soderlund, who is staying in Nelson, is believed to be camping in the Golden/Revelstoke area and is to have […]
Kings Burn Canucks' Special Teams To Take 2-0 Series Lead
Leigh Ramsden lives in Vancouver and is an avid Canucks fan, having been a partial season ticket holder for over 10 years. He’s old enough to have witnessed all three Stanley Cup losses, as such, his prime goal is to remove those scars by seeing a Cup brought to Vancouver. Leigh is Fighting For Stanley’s […]
OP/ED: Castlegar and Trail need to put down the banjos and grow up
“Our airport is better.” “No, OUR airport is better.” “You’re not closing OUR school.” “Well, you’re sure not closing OURS. So there.” Every time I try to imagine how dialogue between Castlegar and Trail must sound to ministry officials at both the provincial and federal levels, I can almost hear the banjos playing in the […]
17-year-old pleads guilty in Internet luring case
A 17-year-old Trail-area male pled guilty to 10 of 47 charges resulting from a months-long investigation involving local children being lured via the Internet, according to Trail RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton. The plea came last week, with a sentencing date to be set May 16th, but Hawton said there’s still a chance more victims will […]
