The City is responding to Mr. Norm Gabana’s Letter to the Editor, Bridge Reports and Statements Differ, that was published in the Trail Times on Oct. 23. Mr. Gabana is the individual who initiated a petition against the City’s Loan Authorization Bylaw 2775 that was advanced to provide the City with authority to borrow up to...

The Castlegar Rebels picked up three of four possible points this past weekend when they travelled to Fernie Friday night and hosted Golden in a Sunday afternoon game.  The game in Fernie started with the Rebels getting a quick 1-0 lead 30 seconds into the game, when Aaron Petten scored his 16th goal of the […]

This Op/Ed was originally shared on a Boundary Facebook group and then sent to us for publication.  Ever wonder what motivates a person to run for municipal council? While some run with the best of intentions, some folks have really bad, or at least really misguided, motives.  Here are my top five bad reasons to run: 1) “People...

NOTE: This, and following, interviews are only slightly edited for clarity and brevity. They consist of the actual words spoken by the candidates, who were not given any opportunity to prepare answers in advance. My intention is to give readers an idea of how well the candidates are able to think on their feet and to express...

Htoo Paw grew up in an entirely different reality than her life today on Selkirk College’s Castlegar Campus and she’s determined to ensure young women in Burma are not subjected to a similar plight. With the assistance from the Nelson Refugee Committee, Htoo Paw arrived to the Kootenays in June, 2012 from Burma—also known as...

Tourism Rossland, Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism and Whitewater Ski Resort are delighted to announce they are enhancing the Spokane Shuttle service in association with Queen City Shuttles.  For the 2014/2015 ski season the Spokane Airport Shuttle will now be running 7 days a week all winter!  The partners have been working for...

“… our Self is our operations centre, our consciousness, our moral compass.”--- Gary Wolf, founder of ‘The Quantified Self Movement’ Selfhood in the Twenty-first Century There is a high degree of consensus among writers about the past and the present that humans’ sense of self has changed markedly over time. Just today I...

A 35-year-old Alberta man currently residing in Summerland faces several charges after the Kelowna International Airport received a threat to an outgoing domestic flight on Saturday afternoon. On Oct. 25 at 12:24 pm, the Kelowna RCMP received a report of a possible threat specific to an outbound flight set to depart from...

Dear editor, Andrew Bennett has guts for submitting an opinion piece on our local government that was harsh and critical. Yes his article was unforgiving, but his article was based on factual events that happened while our current mayor was the leader of our community.   The truth may rub us the wrong way and make us...

In a seasaw battle that saw the lead change hands numerous times in the last couple hours of voting, Rossland's Red Mountain came out on tops over Eaglecrest of Alaska in round two of the Ski Town Throwdown III. The Golden City mountain trailed by as many as a 1,000 votes during the final hours of voting before staging the ...