If you love the performing arts and want to contribute to the vibrancy of your community, then consider becoming a volunteer for the Trail and District Arts Council.  Young or old, experienced or neophyte, we are currently looking for individuals to help us with the volunteer needs at the Charles Bailey Theatre. We are half...

A bizarre incident in Richmond Monday appears to be a case of road rage taken to the absolute extreme, according to RCMP Cpl. Dennis Hwang. "Shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 17 ... Richmond RCMP responded to reports of shots fired in the area of Westminster Highway and Garden City Road," Hwang said in a press release issued ...

The BC Wildfire Service has been responding to 88 new wildfires in the Southeast Fire Centre since Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. A total of 499 wildfires have occurred in the region since April 1, 2015. The BC Wildfire Service has been responding to these incidents, with the protection of life and property being the top […]

 Julie-Claire Hamilton fully understands the challenges faced when delving into what has traditionally been known as a man’s world. Though she has been plying her trade for more than a decade, it hasn’t always been easy on the jobsite frontlines for the journeyperson electrician. “As a woman in trades, I still encounter the...

In a press release issued Tuesday morning, police said Matthew Straume is safe and sound and the search is called off. “The Midway CMP has just confirmed that … Straume has made contact with a family member and is safe,” the release said. “The Midway RCMP would like to thank the media and general public […]

Amidst the fire, smoke and disruption of two major interface fires and hundreds of overnight evacuations, one thing has become very clear - the people of Oliver and Midway are some of the most resilient, generous and compassionate in British Columbia. Premier Christy Clark; Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource...

Edited to add: The BC Wildfire Service plans on -- and may have started -- doing controlled burning called "burning operations" to help control the blaze if it does cross into Canada. Some smoke in that area may be due to the controlled burn. Original: A fire burning south of the Boundary region in the United States is causing...

Eileen Delehanty Pearkes has been researching and writing about the history and politics of water in the upper Columbia Basin since 2005.  Her book on the Columbia River Treaty, A River Captured, is forthcoming in 2016.  Recently, her travelling exhibit on the Columbia River Treaty, curated for Touchstones Nelson, won a...

BC Wildfire Service has been able to do more accurate mapping of the Rock Creek fire, which started Thursday, and has determined that 29 homes have been lost as well as an additional 11 structures. Rock Creek Riverside Campground confirmed via their Facebook page that their home was one of the structures lost. The campground...

Postal workers from across the country refuse to take recent cutback decisions by Canada Post sitting down. Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) National President, Mike Palecek and the Save Canada Post Caravan is expected to roll into Nelson Monday for a rally outside City Hall. “We want people to know something can be ...