The Government of BC has been on a borrowing and spending spree for about eight years. A lot of this is being done using the “Public-Private Partnership” model (P3) of which the former Premier Campbell was exceedingly fond. In fact, he was such a leading proponent in Canada that the commercial interests behind the...

How will we use less energy in the year 2050? That answer just became a little clearer courtesy the hopes, dreams, imagination and creativity of 143 Kootenay Boundary students. The annual Kootenay Contraption Contest put on by the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology (KAST), GLOWS (Growing Learning Opportunities ...

Ringing in the New Year often leaves us with the echo of ringing in our ears and groggy thoughts for the first day of the year. Whether you follow George Clooney’s advice to avoid hangovers in the first place, sweat it out in a workout like Daniel Craig, or resort to the trusty “hair of […]

I’ve been trying for days to pen a year-in-review column, and God knows there’s no lack of material. Just within our little business world, there’s been the launch of The Trail Champion, The Castlegar Source’s Facebook supremacy (yes, that was a little bit of a brag, I’m so very delighted to see 1,632 people following […]

Parents naming their newborn baby Liam and Emma are not alone according to the 140th edition of the British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency Annual Repor. Liam and Emma are the most popular names for B.C. babies born in 2011 according to the annual report from the British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency. The most widely selected […]

Sadly, an average of 34 people are killed and 7,110 injured in 4,740 crashes every December on B.C. roads, making it one of the highest months of the year for crashes. Now that the winter season has kicked into full swing on road conditions across B.C. driving can be both challenging and unpredictable. Which is […]

Team Canada made it look easy in the final of the Spengler Cup Monday, dumping the host club and defending champion HC Davos 7-2 to capture the title for the 12th time. Canada’s Patrice Bergeron, finishing the game with four points, scored 46 seconds into the game and Canada never looked back. It was Canada’s  […]

There was no million-dollar first prize or feature magazine story for the winner. But that doesn’t seem to be a concern to anyone in the Kootenays after the Whitewater/Red Mountain tag team captured bragging rights in the recent Powder Magazine Ski Town Throwdown contest to find the best ski towns in North America. “It validates […]

At this time of year when the snow is deep and we take time to relax with family, what could be better than turning up the heat, and snuggling in with a blanket and popcorn to watch your all time favourite movie. The Lone Sheep family thought it might be nice to share the movies that we can watch - not just once, but again,...

2013 is just around the corner. And a few hours past the start of the New Year is the annual Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation Polar Bear Swim at Lakeside Park. It doesn’t matter if your a swimmer, floater, young or old, everyone is invited to take the New Year plunge to raise money to enhance […]