Landowners at Christina Lake concerned with the protection of the area’s greatest asset – the lake itself – are encouraging the implementation of proposed riparian area guidelines for development.   “Rather than simply sitting back and waiting for the riparian area regulations (RAR) to be forced upon us, we took the initiative to tailor some […]

People will no longer have to travel to Cranbrook or Kelowna for eye care. A new eye clinic has been set up at Kootenay Lake Hospital for people who have the wet form of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD). The services will be provided by visiting retinal specialists through the Provincial AMD Treatment Program. Wet AMD […]

In one fell swoop, Olympic-sized opportunities were cracked open for Rossland last week (and indeed for young skiers and snowboarders the world over) as the International Olympic Committee announced the inclusion of three new ski and snowboard disciplines beginning in Sochi, Russia for 2014. With the addition of slopestyle skiing and boarding as well as […]

This year the bears have show up fashionably late with almost no sightings being reported until last week.   “It was pretty quiet up until a week ago...all of sudden we’ve had a big spike of bears in town. There’s at least five that I know of that are actively hanging around town at different times of the day,” explain Sharon...

Earlier this week, BC NDP leader Adrian Dix spent a couple of days in the Kootenays. On his agenda was a tour of the Waneta expansion project, a nomination meeting to confirm our MLA, Katrine Conroy, as our NDP nominee for a possible upcoming election, and visiting small businesses in the area as part of […]

The West Kootenay EcoSociety wasn’t the only community group in the West Kootenay to benefit from a recent payout from the Community Legacy Fund. Last week the city’s premiere environmental group was awarded $19,000 for upgrades and informational displays in the Kokanee Creek Provincial Park visitor centre. This week it was learned the Canadian Avalanche […]

Skip Triplett was appointed to lead the Community Gaming Grant Review, with the final report to be delivered by Oct. 31. The former president of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Skip Triplett is now a partner in the governance consulting firm Triplett & Triplett. During his long career, he has held executive, board and management positions with […]

For the second consecutive year the daily peak count of Gerrard rainbow trout at the main spawning site in the Lardeau River hit a record high.  Nearly 1,000 spawning Gerrards were observed on May 13 the highest since record keeping began at the site in 1960. “We were pleased with Gerrard numbers at the outlet […]

First it was the Harmonized Sales Tax. Then it was a health care forum, which attracted 50-plus people ton the Hume room of the Hume Hotel in Nelson. Nelson/Creston MLA Michelle Mungall had the leader of the NDP, Adrian Dix, running on all cylinders Monday through the streets of the Heritage City promoting his message. […]

 BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko is outraged at the proposed United States (US) tax crackdown recently announced by the American government.  By law, all individuals holding US citizenship are required to file annual income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). In addition, the new US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) obliges […]