Around 6 p.m. Jan. 5, the Richmond RCMP responded to a collision on Highway 99. Allegedly, the driver of one of the vehicles involved in the collision ran to a nearby home where he stabbed a resident and stole the resident’s car. The same night, at around 7 p.m., a man was withdrawing money from the automated teller machine...

Don’t be surprised if the next apprentice electrician who reports to your home or business on a service call is a little “wet behind the ears.” More and more young people are answering the call to fill the skilled trades job openings projected to hit BC over the next few years. To address the need for more and younger people...

A backcountry skier suffered a broken arm after being pulled from an avalanche near Sparwood Sunday. Search and Rescue in Sparwood and Elk Valley RCMP received the call around 3:30 p.m. that five backcountry skiers believed to be from Alberta triggered an avalanche near the oal Mountain Teck mine in the Corbin Road area. The...

Monday in Kamloops, Glacier Media decided to cease publication of the Kamloops Daily News after more than 80 years. “Personally I am very saddened to make this announcement,” said The Daily News publisher Tim Shoults on the company website. “We have struggled for the last several years, worked tirelessly and taken many difficult...

One of the areas I address, especially after the holiday season is helping people get into a good routine again with eating and to try to lose those added pounds from the holidays.  Here are a few tips to achieve that goal. Eat 3 full meals a day with no snacking in between to keep the fire burning and burn off excess fat. ...

Two overdue skiers lost on Red Mountain Thursday have been found. Search and Rescue located the missing skiers in an area west of Red Mountain resort just after 10 a.m. Friday. The missing skiers were flown down the mountain by helicopter to the Red Mountain Resort area where they were checked over by paramedics just after ...

Owners of more than 8,000 properties throughout Castlegar area can expect to receive their 2014 assessment notices in the next few days, according to BC Assessment's Dennis Hickson. “Most homes in Castlegar and its surrounding area have remained stable in value compared to last year’s assessment roll,” Hickson said. “For...

Olivia and Ethan were the most popular names for girls and boys born in 2012, according the British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency. Other top selections for girls were Emma, Sophia, Emily and Ava. Rounding out the top five for boys were Liam, Lucas, Mason and Logan. The most popular names in 2011 were Liam and Emma. Pop...

Update: Well, your votes have been counted, and this supremely cute and creative baby photo submitted by Chantelle Sutton takes the win with a landslide 274 votes, netting a terrific kick-off to 2014 - namely, a $100 gift certificate to JJ's Fashions! Runner-up was Tanja Rosser Espenhain's timely (and funny) portrayal of New...

I've never been one to buy into the idea that 13 is an unlucky number ... but if anything could convince me otherwise, it would have to be the year 2013. I've always – for more than a decade now – written a column each New Year trying to sum up the year's coverage, but all I could seem to come up with for this year was, “Wow,...