REPORT: REGIONAL DISTRICT OF KOOTENAY BOUNDARY  RDKB Fire Services Requisition for Rossland expected to exceed one million dollars for the first time.  Below, Rossland Mayor and RDKB representative Andy Morel’s (unedited) notes on the Regional District’s meetings and plans to date this year:   RDKB BOARD ACTIVITIES:  Liquid Waste Management Plan Working Committee Meeting- January […]

Cranbrook resident T. Senetza won the grand prize in the 2023 B.C. Wildlife Federation Conservation Lottery, a 2024 GMC Sierra 1500 Pro Double Cab pickup truck supplied by Wood Wheaton Supercentre. The main jackpot for the 50/50 portion of the draw totaled $408,530. Winner W. Andersen of Hagensborg, B.C. walks away with half the pot, $204,265. Proceeds […]

Matt Neufeld said fishing on Kootenay Lake is both a pastime and a purpose. “Fishing off the neighbour’s dock for whitefish on the shores of Kootenay Lake was my first exposure to angling,” Neufeld explained. “I was around four years old. As a young adult, I spent much of my time in a tin boat […]

I was trained to be a scientist. A book I cowrote with Tony Griffiths became the most widely used genetics text in the United States. But as I was beginning my career in Canada, I was struck by the priorities of newspapers and television. Whole sections and programs were devoted to politics, business, sports and […]

Warm winter weather isn’t exclusive to the West Kootenay. One of the warmest periods on record for part of January has not only touched the region, but it was also the warmest January on record across the world, according to Reuters. The warm winter in the West Kootenay has also crimped Whitewater Ski Resort’s snow […]

One of the core service locations for the city’s street community is closing the doors at its current location after the stream of federal funding has dried up. The coordinated access HUB is closing on March 31 — terminating its lease at 521 Vernon St. — after the Nelson Committee on Homelessness (NCOH) found its […]

Trail & District Arts Council has a busy February ahead at The Bailey Theatre with music shows featuring classical music, jazz and bluegrass, and dance performances from ballet to an exciting children’s show. The classical season ends in style on Friday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 pm, with an intimate performance by award-winning concert duo, pianist […]

I’ve written in a previous column about the exciting developments in battery recycling in Trail. There, KC Recycling is one of western North America’s largest lead-acid battery recyclers and Cirba Solutions (formerly Retriev) is a major recycler of literally every other kind of battery. Both these businesses are important components of the circular economy we […]

Digital Museums Canada Open House – Gold Mining to Gold Medals: A Century of Ski Racing in Rossland We’re launching our new digital exhibit on the history of ski racing in Rossland! This project has been a couple of years in the making and incorporates stories from more than a dozen local ski legends, so […]

UPDATE: Trail and Greater District RCMP is asking the public to help identify the two women in the attached two photographs that are believed to be connected to a recent purse theft and $3,900 fraud, in Rossland and Trail. The vehicle associated to these two women is a 2004 Suzuki Grand Vitara bearing BC licence […]