The results are in for advanced polling Wednesday, Thursday and Friday so far (with Saturday’s due this afternoon) in the B.C. election, and while the province in general is seeing a voter-turn-out increase of about 20 per cent over 2009 numbers, Kootenay West district is very much on par, with only 14 more voters than […]

The BC RCMP is asking parents and grandparents to be aware of a growing problem of prescription drug abuse among youth. According to a 2009 study, one fifth of students in grades 7-12 have used at least one prescription drug without a doctor’s prescription. Oftentimes these medications were stolen from a medicine cabinet or a […]

Terry Swan, General Manager of Emergency Management and Fire Services for the Regional District of Central Kootenay said the next 36 hours are critical to determine if areas placed under “flood watch advisory” become upgraded to “flood watch warnings”. “The current concern for today and (Tuesday) is the cold front that has been forecast and […]

I’m so sorry I’m late getting this to you – believe it or not, I was trying to get a stuffed turkey in the oven early enough that we won’t be eating at 8 or 9 p.m. Do I know how to celebrate Mother’s Day, or WHAT? The shish kabobs would’ve been my first choice […]

The City of Trail and the Trail & District Chamber of Commerce say vendor space is filling up in the Trail Market on the Esplanade for the summer of 2013, with over 50 per cent of the spaces already allocated for the full year. Because the event achieved such tremendous success in 2012 with over […]

Kootenay residents will get help slimming down their energy use when they join the Kootenay Energy Diet, set to launch in Castlegar on May 22 with community ener-ventions (information sessions and trade shows) to follow in Trail, Salmo, Rossland, Grand Forks, Slocan, Creston and Kaslo. “As we found through the successful...

Join Arun Gandhi as he addresses violence through education and his work with impoverished children using the lessons that he learned from his famous grandfather, Mahatma Gandhi. This lecture takes place at the Brilliant Cultural Centre on May 17th. Inspired Legacy Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, was born in South ...

The Nelson Fire Department responded to the second fire in as many days, this an exterior blaze Friday at the Home Brewery building on Railway Street across from Nelson Ford. Dispatchers received a call at 11:30 a.m. to a report the exterior of the building was on fire. Chief Simon Grypma, along with two on-duty […]

Dear Sir, I couldn't believe my eyes. Your letter page contained a letter from someone who holds a position of power in a local cooperative. He wrote to raise the prospect of taxation as a spectre of fear and loathing against which all co-op members should raise standards, mount ramparts and prepare to repel raiding hordes ...

Following council’s five hour debate on the entire budget on May 1, council was forced to pause the financial plan blitz for twenty minutes on May 6 to hear nine members of the public oppose the only major cut: approximately $20,000 axed from the Sustainability Commission (SC), terminating their paid coordinator with no...