The Red Mountain Racers (RMR) want a jump start on the ski season and, by October of next year, they hope snow guns will plaster Red for pre- and post-season training, world class ski competitions, and a guaranteed low-altitude base for the rush of skiers on Christmas vacation. Head coach Phil Patterson and RMR president Don...

Concussions, of any kind, especially in young athletes, greatly concern Dale Donaldson at Mallard’s Source for Sports. Which is why the local sport store, with locations in both Nelson and Castlegar, is joining fellow stores across Canada to donate proceeds from all skate sharpening on (Saturday) October 20th to stopconcussions.com. “Personally I cringe when I […]

Now that the road is paved and the sidewalks poured, we are now into the final weeks of finishing touches on Columbia Ave. Lines are scheduled to be painted on the asphalt mid-week. The inset paver tiles will continue to appear, as will greenery.  More trees will be arriving Wednesday.  The pavers will be grouted with a...

Red Bull put on a show at Baldface Lodge earlier this year as Travis Rice invited the elite boarders from throughout the world to test Kootenay’s Selkirk Mountains at the Red Bull Supernatural. The extreme sport sponsor may want to dial up another event for the Kootenays, only make the event for freeriders. This after […]

"It's a big talk in the community that there's this mass exodus out of here," said RSS Principal Karen Lavender regarding recent reports that the school has fallen well short of its projected enrolment as students head down the hill to J.L. Crowe Secondary in Trail. "Our projected numbers for RSS this year were 296 [students]....

Grand Forks RCMP will be questioning a suspect they think may have been involved in the bomb scare at the Grand Forks Credit Union last week. Grand Forks RCMP evacuated 37 staff from the credit union and everyone within a 300-foot circumference of the bank all day on Wednesday, Oct. 3 after a suspicious briefcase […]

The mother of a four-year-old child faints.  The child is the only other person at home.  He calls 9-1-1.  Paramedics take the mother to hospital.  She recovers and rejoins her family. Such a simple scenario that could have gone so wrong. Brad Mitchell of BC Ambulance Service was the charge dispatcher on duty several months […]

This happy-go-lucky chocolate brown labrador turned in his long leash and protective vest this August, marking nine years of dedicated service with the BC RCMP as a drug sniffing dog. Otis was posted to the Southeast District Traffic Services between 2003 to 2012, working the corridor highways of the Interior region of BC. Otis worked […]

Local conservation groups are applauding news that the East Kootenay Conservation Program (EKCP) now includes the West Kootenay. This geographic expansion means that the renamed umbrella organization – now the Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) – will forge new partnerships and help focus activities around private land conservation in both the East and West Kootenay. “For […]

The incumbent president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, has been re-elected for a fourth term as the country's president with a 54.66% share of the vote in the presidential election held Sunday. Chávez gave these remarks from the presidential palace: "Truthfully, this has been the perfect battle, a democratic battle. Venezuela...