A leaked government document about the future of Canada’s border crossings — including possible closure, reduced hours, sharing of facilities and remote monitoring —  lists Midway, Cascade, Nelway and Chopaka crossings.   The document, “Small Port Working Group – Initial Results and Paths Forward”, was done collectively between Canada’s Customs and Border Services Agency(CBSA) and […]

 The Nelson Leafs return to the ice today as the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League club begins the unofficial second half to the Junior B season Friday in Spokane. Nelson, 19-13-0-2, enters the final stretch with little room for error as the club trails the two Murdoch Division front runners — Beaver Valley and Castlegar […]

It’s that time of year again. The re-set button moment of annual living. When some of us, or most of us, focus on creating change. At least for next week. There are times, of course, when we really do break with the way things have become. When we refuse to tolerate the way things are. […]

It was quite a season of sports in the Kootenay/Boundary region. From the three West Kootenay Cities — Trail, Nelson and Castlegar — rolling out the red carpet to host thousands of athletes over the age of 55 years at the 2011 B.C. Senior’s Games to roller derby women bouncing each other all over the […]

 It’s been an odd year for The Source, in that this is the first, of our almost three years online, that no story has stood out as the real attention-getter of the 12 months past. Our first year of operation saw a conflict between Castlegar and Celgar, sparking four of the top 10 stories for […]

 I have made and broken dozens of New Year’s resolutions before swearing off them altogether – resolving not to resolve, if you will. Now, I can’t live without them – because I’m no longer an idiot about how and why I make them. For the longest time, I followed popular culture and made resolutions governing […]

The year in review is a long-standing tradition of news media to take a look back on the events of the year that stood out. From our long list of stories published in 2011 come these top stories based on what you, the readers, thought were most important by the number of times the stories […]

As we look back over the year in news for 2011, the region experienced many changes from devastating fires to growth and development. Two elections – national and local government – took place, crime in the world of social media impacted us locally, and long standing traditions were dealt devastating blows.  From our news world […]

A skier at the Revelstoke Mountain Resort experienced a near miss after triggering an avalanche during a run Thursday afternoon at the B.C. Interior ski facility. Approximately 12:50 pm, the Revelstoke RCMP responded to a report of an avalanche being triggered by a skier in the “Thumbs Up” Greely Bowl area of Mt Mackenzie north […]

Canada flexed its offensive muscles, and depth down two players, to bounce Denmark 10-2 Thursday at the 2012 World Junior Hockey Championships in Edmonton. Canada improves to 3-0 in Pool B and now meets the USA in the traditional New Years Eve battle at Rexall Place Saturday. Down two players — Devante Smith-Pelly is out […]