A Fruitvale motorcyclist has died after colliding with an e4lk on Hwy 3B near the intersection of 10 Avenue in Montrose early Monday morning. Trail St/Sgt. Dave Johnson said the call came in at 4:20 a.m. when a fellow motorist stopped to provide first aid and called 9-1-1. Efforts were unsuccessful and the motorcyclist died […]

The family and friends of the late Suzy Hamilton are pleased to announce that Jessica Hewitt is being honoured with this year’s Suzy Hamilton Legacy Award. The cash award is presented annually to a female-identified or non-binary volunteer environmental activist in the West Kootenay region, who embodies the environmental and social activism for which Suzy […]

Local property owners and community members in Quesnel Lake have won a halt on cutblocks proposed by logging giant West Fraser. The corporation has agreed not to proceed with parts of its planned operations that residents say threatened their public safety and the recovery and survival of endangered southern mountain caribou. Several additional cutblocks are […]

Employee housing a contentious and difficult issue; a major indoor climbing centre planned for  Nelson; signs of hope for a Waneta border crossing for truck traffic   PRESENT: Mayor Andy Morel and Councillors Stewart Spooner, Jeff Weaver, Craig Humpherys, and Maya Provençal, Lisa Kwiatkowski (online) and Eliza Boyce (online). Staff:  CAO Bryan Teasdale, Deputy Corporate […]

By Rassim Khelifa, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology; Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Global Change Biology, Concordia University  Lobster had one of the greatest reputation makeovers in food history. Once treated as “food for the poor,” it is now served in expensive restaurants, dipped in butter and presented as a delicacy. Insects may be […]

Dr. Serena Deketele, CCFP(EM), has joined the KERPA team, bringing with her a strong background in emergency medicine, trauma care, and learner, interprofessional, and physician education. After completing her training, Serena began practicing Emergency Medicine in 2019, gaining frontline experience in busy emergency departments where she managed a broad spectrum of acute and critical presentations, […]

Spring is in the air, and for many of us in the Interior, it’s time to roll up our sleeves and dive into spring cleaning. Before sweeping, dusting and decluttering, however, there’s something else that could be in the air that’s important to be aware of: Hantavirus. How do you get hantavirus? Hantavirus is a […]

The City of Rossland has released a draft Zoning Bylaw that would update housing and land-use rules to better reflect current community needs and align with provincial housing requirements. The draft bylaw builds on several years of planning work, including the 2022 Official Community Plan and the 2025 Housing Needs Assessment and Action Plan, and […]

By Tamara Krawchenko, Associate Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria  Wars destroy lives and the climate. Why aren’t we counting military emissions? When delegates gathered for COP30 in Belém, Brazil in November 2025, they scrutinized various sectors of the global economy for their contributions to rising greenhouse gases. Agriculture, aviation, steel, cement — all […]

Being true to Self: individualism and its discontents “But nonetheless, there is a kind of popular discourse about finding your true self. People are always trying to look for that thing down there. It’s somewhere in there, if I can just find it, I’ll be happy.”– Joseph Henrich                        https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2021/01/04/128-joe-henrich-on-the-weirdness-of-the-west/ “Follow that will and that way […]