With crystalline vocals, feisty carbon-fibre harp playing and an unfettered sense of fun Keri Lynn Zwicker has been a bright addition the Western Canadian folk music scene. Her eclectic epertoire and quick wit delight listeners who are surprised at how truly entertaining a harp show can be.Rich & Rare is more than just ...

Would you know what to do if someone collapsed right in front of you? Of course, call 9-1-1, but what about those critical moments spent waiting for the ambulance? Performing CPR and defibrillation within one to two minutes of a cardiac arrest helps to increase survival rates to 90 per cent, but that rate plummets […]

The CBC's Grant Lawrence will be doing a reading and slide show next Saturday, October 29, at Cafe Books. His new, award-winning book is titled Adventures In Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound. In Adventures in Solitude, Lawrence shares how Desolation Sound shaped his life in...

The Recreation Department has had a request to hunt down an Instructor and start a Pickle Ball recreation program.  Pickleball is a racquet sport which combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. The sport is played on a court with the same dimensions as a doubles badminton court. The net is similar to a tennis...

 Council unanimously denied the Rossland Radio Co-op's (RRC) request to move the radio tower from 2096 2nd Ave. to 1807 Columbia Ave. at yesterday's regular meeting."It's not the best idea for the city of Rossland or the [radio] co-op," Mayor Granstrom said. "This [decision] isn't to say we don't support them, it's just to ...

There is strength in numbers. Recognizing the growing economic impact of special events, five West Kootenay festivals have joined forces to spearhead the Kootenay Columbia Festival and Events Association, a new organization whose members will be stakeholders interested in the successful promotion and delivery of festivals and events within the Columbia Basin region. Potential members […]

Tonight, at 6 p.m., will see Castlegar’s 12th annual Take Back the Night march, an event designed to raise awareness around violence against women. Attendees will gather in the Canadian Tire parking lot and march along Columbia Avenue to the Safeway parking lot, where there will be speeches, music, an Aboriginal drum circle and refreshments.  […]

Not gone, and not forgotten — KBS remains, but in a new incarnation created to respond to listener demand. Kootenay/Boundary listeners asked for more music variety. We listened and are giving our listeners what they asked for.   “The Kootenay/Boundary’s EZ Rock,” the region’s newest radio station, hit the airwaves on Wednesday (Oct. 5) at 9 […]

By Sean McDevittIt's sometime after midnight on a warm August weekend, and Johnny Winter sits in contemplative silence as the road passes beneath the wheels of his tour bus.Less than an hour ago, he was exiting a Delaware stage, having just completed a simmering 75-minute set that closed out a weekend blues festival in the ...

The whole community is invited to a magical night of bilingual theatre, a unique experience for everyone who loves French, but doesn’t necessarily speak it. An adaptation of Saint-Exupéry’s “Le Petit Prince” will be presented in Rossland on October 15th at the Miners’ Hall. The play will be presented in French with English ...