The driver of a souped-up Dodge Challenger Hemi R/T blames his car for getting two excessive speed impounds from BC Highway Patrol, in different areas of BC, since summer 2025. On October 2, 2026, at 10:15 a.m., on Hwy 1 near Golden, a BC Highway Patrol officer stopped a black Dodge Challenger that was observed […]

Castlegar RCMP is updating the public that the female reported missing on September 1, 2026, has been located deceased. The death is deemed non-criminal and the investigation has been turned over to the BC Coroners Service. Castlegar RCMP extends its condolences to the female’s family and friends during this difficult time, and no further information will be released

At the first Commanding Officers Parade of the new training year, several cadets received recognition. Flight Sergeant Linnea Lawder was presented with her Air Cadet League of Canada Long Service Medal. The medal signifies that Linnea has complete 4 years in the cadet program. Also, Sergeant Vedashrii Raja was presented with bar to her Air […]

Columbia Basin Trust and JA British Columbia (JABC) are offering Basin youth opportunities to take part in after-school programming that provides hands-on business-development experience. “These programs enable youth to explore entrepreneurship and the business world and consider if they might wish to pursue it as a career path,” said Angie Elsmore, Manager, Special Initiatives, Columbia […]

Whether or not the rumoured Super El Niño delivers, ski season in the Kootenays starts Nov. 7 with Team GIVE’R Freeride Club’s fourth annual movie night. Returning to the Bailey Theatre in Trail, this signature fundraiser features The Way Out, the newest film from Matchstick Productions, and a night of pizza, prizes, and poster signings […]

By Kari Pahlman, Diego S. Silva, and Maxwell J. Smith, of Sydney University … claims about vaccine risks often fail to acknowledge or attend to the reciprocal nature of those risks and the reciprocal nature of freedom. In early September, Conservative Party MP Dean Allison held a four-day independent, unsanctioned “inquiry” for “Canadians to share […]

A structure fire on Black Bear Road in Rossland drew nine Rossland firefighters and 12 more from Trail Sunday morning, according to Kootenay Boundary Region Fire Rescue (KBRFR) Captain Grant Tyson. Tyson said the call came in at 10:51 a.m., with fire crews arriving eight minutes later, at 10:59 a.m. “The home was heavily involved […]

The Deep Past of European commoners: organized institutional religion Rome is more than a city, more than an empire, and more than a model of politics and war-making. It is also the focal point and taproot of one religion, Christianity. Religion organized as institutions produces religious specialists, i.e. priests, theologians, monastics, bureaucrats, academics, ascetics – […]

Rossland: Congratulations to our new mayor, Lisa Kwiatkowski. And congratulations to the successful candidates for Rossland City Council:   Maya Provençal      —      1,146 votes; Matthew Watkins   —      1,012 votes; Mark Godin             —       871  votes; Andy  Morel             —    […]

Editorial Note:  Readers may notice that this is the first statement we have published from any BC political party or candidate; that is because it’s the first one we’ve received. We have not published any of the press releases from other parties so far because we refuse to publish material based on attacks on others, […]