Gas prices in Canada are soaring even though the price of oil is well below recent highs.  In order to help Canadians know what they should be paying for gas, the CCPA  developed an online gasoline price gouge meter using calculations by Hugh Mackenzie, based on his 2007 analysis, Gas Price Gouge: The Sequel. According to Hugh’s […]

By Malin Christensson Where do you get local seeds or manure for your garden? Is there someone raising chicks for sale in the Slocan Valley? Who could you ask about how to keep honeybees? There is lots of interest in gardening and eating local food, yet sometimes it seems both a mystery and an illegal […]

Today would be a good day to call in sick. It’s Friday the 13th, one of the more superstitious days of the year, a superstition of bad luck. For years this day has brought out the superstitious side in many people, although there is no written evidence of the superstition before the 19th Century. There […]

Gasoline prices in parts of the West Kootenay continued their upward march Wednesday, rising 2.5 cents per litre, similar to what was happening across the province and the country. The increase followed a 6.5-cents-per-litre jump the day before in some areas. The increases means the average price for a litre of regular is just under […]

The Rossland Swimming Pool Society is making waves this week in an effort to keep the only society-run swimming pool in the province from going down the drain. While the pool itself is not in immediate danger of closing, the society that runs it may be. With almost 80 years of operation under its belt, […]

The Rossland Public Library is the place to be this Monday May 16 when acclaimed BC author Caroline Woodward comes to town as part of her book tour of the Kootenays. She’ll be reading from her latest novel, Penny Loves Wade, Wade Loves Penny, which was published last fall by Fernie’s Oolichan Books. The story is described as...

The countdown to the BC Seniors Games has officially begun after a torchlighting ceremony in Castlegar last night. More than 100 people turned out to watch the torch being lit at 8 p.m. at the Castlegar Complex, after words from games organizers, Castlegar mayor Lawrence Chernoff, Nelson city councillor Deb Kozak, Trail mayor Dieter Bogs, […]

An accidental leak of Facebook users’ personal information over the past few years could have gone to advertisers, Symantec Corp. said in its official blog. The security software maker (blog) said the third parties, likely advertisers, might have gotten into personal information — photographs, chat, profiles — and might have had the ability to post […]

By Geraldine Juarez This post is part of a series of posts on Mexico’s ‘march for peace.’ The silent caravan of the Marchanacional (national march) left Coajumulco early on Friday morning, May 6, to continue on its way to El Zócalo in downtown Mexico City. Jesus Robles Maloof has been blogging about the march, and he […]

By Nicole Brewer Shambhala Music Festival may be hidden and nestled in the mountains, held on a farm near Salmo, but it still ranks in the upper half of a top 100 most visible music festivals on Google, according to a study recently conducted by Marianne Lorthiois, an MBA student in Quebec City. Massive festivals […]