It’s never easy in this time of escalating costs, but the Regional District of Central Kootenay as finalized its Financial Plan for 2012. “It is a complex process that involves commitment, patience and making decisions, some of which are very difficult,” said RDCK Chair John Kettle, adding all members of the Board have dedicated many […]

Having just read Diana Butler Bass’ new book Christianity After Religion–a thoughtful and thought-provoking read–and being in the midst of planning for Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday services, I am left to ponder what the post-Christian generation might think about Good Friday. In the book we learn that many people in our age […]

The first ever Kootenay Music Awards are set to take place Friday (March 30) at The Royal on Baker. For the past two months nominations have been submitted, short listed by a panel of five industry professionals, and voted on by the public at kootenayquickshot.com. More than 8000 votes have been cast not including the […]

Grand Forks and Christina Lake Fields stores are among 141 Canadian stores slated for closure by HBC this fall. “HBC is closing their entire Fields store chain,” said Tiffany Bourre, external communications manager for HBC. “It was a strategic decision to grow our other HBC banners.” The popular Grand Forks location may be spared if […]

A 22-year-old Castlegar man, David Halvorsen, pled guilty to several offences stemming from the robbery at Paragon on March 23, and was sentenced to two years in jail, according to Castlegar RCMp Sgt. Laurel Mathew. “He was also given three years of probation following that sentence, and given a ten-year firearms prohibition,” she added. “The […]

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 […]

The provincial government fired the latest salvo over the Purcell Mountains in the Keep Jumbo Wild fight when politicians last week gave the go ahead to Glacier Resorts Ltd to build North America’s only year-round glacier based resort. Sunday evening in front of Nelson City Hall, 200 supporters of Keep Jumbo Wild came together to […]

Dear editor, Road maintenance in our area has deteriorated drastically over the last few years. During the first 10 years of privatization of highways maintenance the system worked fine. The Ministry required the contractors to maintain the same number of employees, equipment and yards that the M.O.H. previously had. The Ministry had full time inspectors […]

The B.C. government fired up the Keep Jumbo Wild supporters with its announcement last week approving the Jumbo Glacier Resort Master Development and setting in motion what promises to be one heck of a battle between environment movement and business. The approval gives Glacier Resorts Ltd the go ahead to build North America’s only year-round […]

The dates have been released and Wednesday, March 28 has been designated as the opening night in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Final. Surprising Kelowna Chiefs hope to keep their post-season upset streak alive as the Okanagan Conference champs travel to Fruitvale to meet the KIJHL best regular season team, Beaver Valley Nitehawks. The Hawks […]