The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) is pleased to share that Scott Builders Inc. and Kalesnikoff Mass Timber Inc. have signed on to submit design-build proposals for the Castlegar & District Arena and Walking Track Project. “This is a big milestone for this project,” said Trisha Davison, General Manager of Community Services for the […]

British Columbia is replacing all 140 of its Intersection Safety Cameras with modern equipment. The existing cameras will remain operational while the replacements are installed through spring 2027. The announcement is a good opportunity to ask a question that is more important than how many tickets the cameras issue: do intersection safety cameras actually make us […]

Residents from across the Columbia Basin are invited to discuss the future of energy at RE:Energize, the Columbia Basin Symposium, taking place May 6 to 8, 2027, at Selkirk College in Castlegar. This free event will bring people together to examine the many ways energy powers homes, businesses and communities. Participants will explore the full […]

Canada faces a choice: Build new fossil fuel pipelines that deepen the climate crisis, damage ecosystems, endanger communities and enrich oil and gas billionaires, or build a truly resilient, people- and nature-centred future powered by renewables. In November 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney made a damaging deal with Alberta to fast-track a new diluted bitumen […]

Nominations are now closed, leaving Rossland with two mayoral contenders and 12 potential councillors, all of whom reside in Rossland. School Board Trustee Gordon Smith, of Rossland, has been elected by acclamation to School Board 20 for Area 5. Incumbent Mayor Andy Morel is stepping down from that seat and running for council, while incumbent […]

“[A Canadian is]  someone with a logical reason to think he may be one.”   –  Mavis Gallant “George Grant viewed the authentic Canadian archetype as deeply conservative and nostalgic—a tragic figure attempting to preserve a distinct, ordered British North American culture on a continent dominated by American liberalism.”     — cited by Globe and Mail […]

For the safety of everyone’s children, let’s all reflect on our driving habits.  The ICBC Speed Watch program is designed to help with that, and some Rossland drivers may soon see Speed Watch volunteers out reminding us all to slow down.  To be mindful of the children, and others. Several concerned residents who are fed […]

Nearly all Kootenay residents who drive for work know they must slow down and move over for emergency vehicles with flashing red and blue lights. But far fewer realize the same law also protects other roadside workers who use flashing amber lights. A Road Safety at Work survey conducted this year found that 98 per […]

*Please read before applying for these kittens, we can only respond to homes that we feel would be appropriate (explained below)  Applications are found on the website, kaap.ca under “adopt”. Cookie’s crumbles came to KAAP after being found living as strays, with their mom who, is of course named Cookie.   They had no human interaction […]

After three years of travelling across Canada together, Michelle Wright, Jason McCoy, and Doc Walker are putting the journey into song with “The Great Canadian Roadtrip Rides Again,” a new collaborative single arriving on Sept. 11 via Navigator Records ahead of the group’s upcoming national tour. The tour will include an Oct. 28 performance at Trails Charles Bailey Theatre. Inspired by […]