Amber Beckjord put an exclamation mark on her bright future last week when the 17-year-old Selkirk College student captured a gold medal at the BC Skills Competition in Hairdressing. Cutting and styling against 30 of the most talented hairdressing students in the province, Beckjord turned enough heads in Vancouver to bring ...

Like it or not, we are all aging. And as we get older, many women experience limitations and self-doubt. But what if age didn’t define you? What if now is the time you are meant to express the amazing woman you have spent decades becoming? Peggy Ness is a professionally trained life coach who will […]

The on-again announcement regarding the environmental assessment exemption for prospective sweet natural gas processing plants and all-season ski resorts, is, off again. Environment Minister Mary Polak has rescinded the environmental assessment exemption Wednesday, one day after it was announced. In a written statement, Polak said the government did not consult with First Nations about the proposed […]

The BC SPCA is urging the public not to not buy bunnies as Easter gifts this year. Lorie Chortyk, general manager of community relations for the BC SPCA, says in a statement that rabbits and children are not a great match. “Rabbits are great companions for adults, but are not appropriate pets for small children […]

On April 13, at approximately 10:25 pm, Castlegar RCMP, along with the Robson and Castlegar Fire departments, responded to the 1700 block of Pass Creek Road in response to a vehicle that had left the road, rolled, and was now upside down in the creek.   Local residents had gone to the vehicle to assist the driver and lone...

Nelson Police is reporting a sad ending to the case of the missing Nelson woman, Jade Giesen. Giesen, 47, missing since Sunday (April 6) was found deceased by Search and Rescue Friday (April 11) at approximately 8 p.m. near the Burlington Northern Rail bed on the way to Troup Junction, before the first trestle. Nelson […]

"If you don't let me put a water meter in your home, then I'm going to put one outside your home - and I'm going to charge you for it." Does a city have the authority to add additional water infrastructure like this and then charge individual residents for it? On Monday, April 8th, Grand Forks, BC residents learned a few...

Police are requesting public assistance in finding a dangerous driver who put the public in jeopardy, accrding to RCMP Cpl. Kelly Hall. "On April 10, at approximately 11:00 a.m., members of the Trail and Greater District RCMP detachment attempted to stop an older white GMC pick up truck in the downtown are of Trail along...

Trail Regional Aquatic eXcellence (TRAX), formerly known as the Trail Winter Swim Club (TWSC), competitive Coach Bill Park ChPC has been selected by Swim BC to represent the province at the Prospects West Training Camp April 10-13 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Coaches are selected based on the highest FINA point scoring swim in each age group […]

Modeled after CBC’s “The Dragons’ Den”, where qualifying entrepreneurs pitch their business idea to a group of potential investors, Junior Dragons’ Den, the West Kootenay wide business contest for youth entrepreneurs, is taking flight!Background - spearheaded by Community Futures, students in Grades 8-12 from throughout the...