Nelson Fire Department quickly extinguishes brush fire Monday
The quick response of the Nelson Fire Department put a stop to a brush fire Monday afternoon near the junction of Blewett and Fisherman’s Pit roads. Between 2:30-3 p.m., NFD received a call of a brush fire near the Nelson Hydro substation. The fire may be partly responsible for a power outage to the Taghum […]
Meat producers take production to the next level
Visions of exporting “Boundary grown” meat products to customers willing to pay soaring prices for high quality food are in the sights of regional farmers after a meeting last week about increasing the meat industry’s potential. The meeting on Mar. 31, organized by Doug Zorn, Larry Dees and Patti Bevilacqua, was originally designed to see […]
Fire guts truck and powerboat at residence near Thrums
Volunteer fire crews from Tarrys and Ootischenia departments responded to a fire near Lookout Road in Thrums Saturday afternoon. At approximately 3:30 p.m. neighbours ran to 1407 Lookout Road approximately 10 kilometers east of Castlegar to inform the resident there was a fire in the back yard. The resident had been working in his shop […]
Trains moving again on CP Rail line betwen Nelson and Castlegar after crews clear derailment near Fortis BC Corra Linn power plant
The trains are moving again on the Canadian Pacific Railway Kootenay Valley line between Nelson and Castlegar. Crews worked tirelessly for three days to clear and repair the line following Tuesday’s derailment near the Fortis BC Corra Linn Dam next to the Kootenay River that saw all four locomotives and eight concentrator cars leave the […]
U19 Film Fest red carpet event draws youth talent to Trail's Royal Theatre on April 14
The annual Under-19 Film Festival will hold its gala event to showcase the work of youth filmmakers from around the region on Apr. 14, 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the Royal Theatre. Now in it’s fifth year, this will be the first the U19 Film Fest has been in a professional setting, said co-organizer Rachael Roussin of the Rossland...
Meet the artists: Youth filmmakers from around the region participate in the upcoming U19 Film Fest
As the rest of the youth filmmakers at Rossland's Miners' Hall on Tuesday worked away at the screenings, trouble-shooting technical difficulties and discussing the various films' merits, I stole a few moments with a trio from J.L. Crowe who have submitted two films to the U19 Film Fest, and a familiar pair from Rossland who...
Expanded BC transit service caters to corridor commutes and late evening forays
In a bid to entice more commuter and late evening riders, BC Transit has extended its service to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Transit System to include more early evening runs, Friday night runs on populated routes, and more weekday runs along "the corridor" between Fruitvale and Rossland (Route 3 and Route 6), and between...
Tired driver careens off Central Avenue
A 57year-old man from Creston, B.C. blacked out behind the wheel while driving down Central Avenue in Grand Forks, causing him to leave the road, crash through a metal guard rail and land on the hood of a gray Pontiac Sunfire parked in the Video Express parking lot. Grand Forks RCMP and the first responders […]
The Mir Centre for Peace presents Idealism in Exile: The Making of the West Kootenay Counterculture
During the 1960s and 1970s an influx of immigrants from the United States seeking asylum from the war in Vietnam and people from other parts of Canada stirred the cultural pot of the West Kootenay, adding a unique countercultural element to the area. Selkirk College graduate and Associate Professor of Sociology at the University...
UPDATE: CP Rail crews work through the night to re-open line
Canadian Pacific Rail crews worked feverously through the night to clear the derailment of a westbound train near the Fortis BC Corra Linn Dam next to the Kootenay River. Tuesday morning, a westbound freight train left the tracks causing all four locomotives and eight concentrator cars to derail. After quickly assessing the accident scene, CP […]
