Champagne corks popped and locals raised their glasses of fizz to toast Captain Skip Rowland and his recently published book No Return Ticket, "A True Yarn of 20th Century Adventure at Sea."  The Rossland Writers' Group hosted a small gathering at the Seniors' Hall to celebrate the author and hear him read from the book on ...

The Balfour Ferry Terminal will remain, in Balfour. Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, Todd Stone made the announcement Thursday in a media release on the government website. Stone said in the release the decision came following the close of consultation on the future of the Balfour inland ferry terminal. He added...

It has long been well known that fine particulates and volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) containing carcinogens, including benzene and other toxic chemicals, are released from wood burning stoves and that these are a proven serious health hazard.  However, what is not widely known is the scale or magnitude of the impact of...

There is something hairy about November that will soon be cropping up on the faces of men across the region. The Canadian Cancer Society is challenging men in the Southern Interior to raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, in particular prostate and colorectal cancer, by taking part in Grow-vember. The annual health...

To Time Change, or not to Time Change . . . that is the question. The first Sunday of November has been designated as the end of Daylight Savings Time in most places. However, for people wanting to not change at all, there's a resident in Kamloops has started an online petition to stop Daylight Savings Time. Robert Dieno has...

Note:  This article was originally posted on the Worldwatch Institute blog. Worldwatch is an independent research organization based in Washington, D.C. that works on energy, resource, and environmental issues. Much of the energy of the environmental movement and of policymaking is focused on reducing greenhouse gas...

In July, a pipeline leak near Maidstone, Saskatchewan, spilled about 250,000 litres of diluted oil sands bitumen into the North Saskatchewan River, killing wildlife and compromising drinking water for nearby communities, including Prince Albert. It was one of 11 spills in the province over the previous year. In October, a...

The Rossland Council for Arts and Culture wants to commission a new sculpture to be installed in front of the newly renovated  Miners Union Hall, and has issued a call for submissions to all local artists. Public sculptures have been a popular feature of downtown Columbia Avenue since 2008.  RCAC has already commissioned and...

The forest industry has been a critically important sector in the BC economy for over a century, but it has been hit hard.  A 30-year trade war with the United States cost our industry billions of dollars.  The softwood lumber agreement did bring back certainty to lumber export access and costs, but the Canadian industry paid...

What do you do when your world changes in an instant? Following the tragic news of her husband’s skiing accident which left him a quadriplegic, Invermere’s own Cassy Campbell did what any mom would do: she decided to take her newly purchased hobby-business to the next level all while becoming her family’s primary breadwinner,...