As roadside work ramps up across B.C., a provincewide campaign launches today with an important message for Kootenay drivers: stay alert behind the wheel. Driver distraction and inattention, as well as unsafe speed, put roadside workers at serious risk of being struck by vehicles, says Trace Acres, spokesperson for the annual Work Zone Safety campaign […]

This is a short trip down memory lane with a retired traffic cop: me. Having recently completed a round trip from Vancouver Island to the West Kootenays and back, I had plenty of time to think along the way. There were ghosts along Highway 3 from the Manning Park works yard to Rock Creek, one […]

With Environment Canada forecasting 2026 to be one of the hottest on record, the Alzheimer Society of BC and Yukon is urging the public to learn how to support people living with dementia ahead of what is expected to be an especially active wildfire season. Emergencies can pose serious risks to people living with dementia. […]

Dear editor, I call on you to take action now! I’ve been very concerned to learn about the government’s new surveillance bill, Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act. I believe, like many organizations that have spoken against it, that it is one of the greatest threats to our privacy of the last two decades. Bill […]