Thirty people in attendance at Camp Koolaree's Annual General Meeting on Saturday April 6 voted to do all they could to run camps at the Kootenay Lake facility this summer. Increasing the size of the board from five members to eight, the meeting adopted a budget designed to allow the camp to operate in the black, and developed...

As we move towards the end of another session of Parliament I always like to reflect on the events of the past year.  Locally my office has continued to assist constituents who run into difficulties with the federal government bureaucracy.  We have been able to help people in obtaining justice from Revenue Canada and Citizenship...

Last spring CBT announced its partnership with the federal and provincial governments to offer the Affordable Rental Housing initiative (ARHi), which is providing $10 million over three years to support new affordable rental housing projects in communities across the Columbia Basin. (View the original news release here.) After a successful first intake in spring 2012, […]

The latest scam affecting many Canadians has popped up in the East Kootenays. RCMP in Kimberley and Cranbrook have received reports from residents that have been locked out of their computer. The scammers send a pop-up message which often has a photo of the owner, taken by their own computer, stating that their computer has […]

On April 5 at 11:54 a.m., Castlegar RCMP was dispatched to a single vehicle motor vehicle incident at occurred at the 1100 block of 3 Street. RCMP and Castlegar Fire Department attendance confirmed that an east bound vehicle traveling on 3 Street, prepared to park in front of a business and subsequently jumped the curb, crossed...

One of the first pieces I wrote for this space focused on self-talk. The kind of conversation I might have with myself when seeing someone standing or sitting on the street, looking worn down and asking for a contribution from my pocket to his or her hat. Self-talk says a great deal about world-view. I can wonder how that...

With the recent warm weather and the coming spring rains, the second annual Gilpin Boothman’s Oxbow Amphibian Crossing Project is poised to take off. On Wednesday, April 3 more than 40 people gathered in the basement of the Boundary Museum to see a presentation by biologist and project coordinator Jenny Coleshill. Coleshill,...

Last year West Kootenay BMX operated for half a season and managed to sign up 40 members and hold five races. The goal this year is to get our club up to 100 members. There will be a registration day on Saturday, April 27 between noon and 5 p.m. This will be a great chance to come out and see the track and find out what this...

“Don’t let another day go by, without the magic touch, embracing you, revealing you…  Change your mind.” – Neil Young. Change your Mind. It has become, almost without my noticing it, basic to my understanding of existence that matter and spirit are antitheses. They are “at war”. The Austrian oracle/ clairvoyant/ mystic, Rudolf...

An early start to warm spring weather means many of us are getting out and enjoying the great outdoors.  The warm weather also brings out ticks, small bugs that bite and feed on the blood of humans and animals and can sometimes transmit disease. Ticks are most often found in tall grass and wooded areas. Fortunately, there are...