The Greater Trail Skills Centre and Career Development Services (CDS) are part way through a 48 week program of one-time-only funding from the federal government to lay the foundation for better support for the region's homeless and hard-to-house. To sustain the project beyond March 31, 2013, when the current funding expires,...

Well known entertainers from Canada and the United States, including Mark Ruffalo, Daryl Hannah, Michael Moore, Ellen Page, Pamela Anderson, Peter Keleghan and Tantoo Cardinal have added their names to the growing number of supporters of the Defend Our Coast mass sit-in on October 22nd in Victoria, B.C. to oppose tar sands ...

The $40,000 in disaster relief funds raised in Nelson to help victims of the tsunami in Japan have remained in a City of Nelson bank account since the spring of 2011. The money will be used in the near future to purchase a 2-ton flatbed truck  to help with the reconstruction of the town of […]

As Rossland transitioned to CAO/CFO Cecile Arnott's new tenure this month, we have fielded several questions about the employment contracts of the city's senior management and how these compare to other managers’ in the province. We do not try to answer subjective questions such as whether or not Rossland is getting good value...

The following is a press release issued by the Port Coquitlam RCMP: Lower Mainland District: A team of investigators lead by the Coquitlam RCMP’s Serious Crime section is sifting through thousands of tips that have come into the amandatoddinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca inbox since Oct. 12. “The outpouring of support, emotion and information is literally overwhelming,” said Sergeant Peter […]

UPDATE: Most customers back online after Fortis works to restore power Most of the estimated thousands of FortisBC customers have their electrical services restored after fallen trees downed lines earlier this morning, said Tracy Tang, FortisBC spokesperson. The early morning thunder storm coupled with high winds brought trees...

To the Editor: A colorfully dressed man named Raad and his associate were making calls on people’s homes in the 7000 block of 18th Street in Grand Forks last week. When he called on my uncle he said that he was “with the Access people and was there to protect buyers from rising gas prices.” He said he could give him a guaranteed...

Details remain sketchy surrounding an accident that sent a local woman in her 50s to hospital on Thursday. Trail RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton said the accident happened downtown at just after 3 p.m., at the intersection of Victoria Street and Bay Avenue. “A female motorcycle driver was injured after a collision with a car,” he […]

By: Jordan Bateman, British Columbia Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation It seems the further you get away from Vancouver, the more hated the carbon tax becomes. The B.C. government has sent its Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services around the province to hear submissions on what should be included...

Construction has begun on improvements to a stretch of Highway 3 dubbed ‘Million Dollar Alley’ by residents, because of the huge number of vehicular accidents that occur in that area. City councillor and manager of Trowelex (a business fronting this stretch of roadway) Kevin Chernoff said he hopes residents are safe and careful as the […]