CUPE to picket Winterfest
Ed. Note: This is a press release issued by CUPE via Marketwire: With the ongoing labour dispute and the City's refusal to bargain, CUPE city workers will be maintaining picket lines during Winterfest, including the planned tree lighting on December 5. CUPE 2262 president Leford Lafayette said that members regret that they ...
Famed Artist Santo Mignosa Returns to KSA Roots
Legendary former Kootenay Studio Arts (KSA) instructor Santo Mignosa visited Nelson earlier this month to help celebrate the impact Zeljko Kujundzic left on our region’s creative community. In early November, Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History partnered with Selkirk College in a special reception for KSA alumni, current students and faculty that closed the […]
Rossland Range management plan approved!
FORRThe Province (Recreation Sites and Trails Branch of the Ministry of Forests) has accepted the community’s proposed management plan for the new Rossland Range Recreation Site in the mountains between Red Mountain Resort and the summit of Mt. Crowe. After 12 years of effort by the community through the Friends of the Rossland...
UPDATED: Local child found alive and well
Kael, the 10-year-old missing boy, was found alive and well in Trail, and has been returned to his family, according to RCMP Cpl. Dave Johnson. Previous story: There is a young boy missing, police want your help. He is about about four feet tall, wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, a toque and gloves. He’s […]
Smokettes do their bit...and more!
On a beautiful summer day in June 2013, Carol Enns experienced devastating injuries in a motor vehicle accident involving a drunk driver north of Colville, WA. Carol was a long time member of the Smokette's Women's hockey team, and living the physically active life that so many of us enjoy in the Kootenays. In February 2014,...
Stop Making It Worse
We must cease making large, long-term capital investments in new fossil fuel infrastructure that “locks in” dangerous emission levels for many decades. – The Keystone Principle What we do matters. That belief motivates each of us every morning...
Local films, youth events feature in the 16th Annual Teck Rossland Mountain Film Festival
The countdown is on...and the lineup for this year’s Teck Annual Rossland Mountain Film Festival is shaping up to be the most eclectic ever. Celebrating 16 years of local and international mountain film-making, the range of films will not disappoint movie fans young and old. Catch a taste of local flavour with 3 films made ...
Columbia Power brings home Safety Gold
Columbia Power Corporation (Columbia Power) was honoured to bring home two Gold level Canadian Electricity Association (CEA) safety awards from a ceremony held earlier this month in Ottawa. Columbia Power received the CEA President’s Award of Excellence for Employee Safety and the Vice President’s Award for Safety Excellence...
Pacific Coastal introduces new route out of Trail
Ed. Note: The following is a press release issued by Pacific Coastal: Pacific Coastal Airlines is pleased to announce the addition of another new route to its network of more than sixty-five destinations in British Columbia effective Monday January 12, 2015. The new Trail-Kelowna flight will operate six days a week - once...
City speaks to union criticisms in current strike action
PUBLIC NOTICE RE CUPE STRIKE (issued by the City of Castlegar): The City wishes to advise Castlegar residents City facilities will remain open and City non-union staff will endeavor to provide prompt service to residents, businesses and visitors during the current labour strike. Your understanding and patience is appreciated....
