Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of taking in Trail Silver City Days festivities: the pageant, the parade, and more.  The people of Trail proudly celebrated their history that weekend, and that history has a distinctly Italian flavour, with a spaghetti-eating contest, grape stomp, and bocce tournament.

Nelson Police said a man from Alberta is scheduled to appear in Provincial Court on a trafficking charge following an arrest early Wednesday morning near Cottonwood Park. NPD Sergeant Dino Falcone said the arrest happened at approximately 2 a.m. while members were conducting a routine patrol in the industrial area near Cottonwood Falls Park. "While members were conducting routine patrols, they discovered what appeared to be a suspicious vehicle with two people loitering around it in an industrial area near Cottonwood Falls Park," Falcone explained.

The West Kootenay dodged another bullet in regard to the Severe thunderstorm watch Wednesday, but rain is on the way with Environment Canada forecasting upwards of 10 mm of precipitation overnight and into Thursday. Showers are expected to begin near noon Thursday with another risk of thunderstorm in the afternoon. There's ...

The previous column, Part I, outlined the causes and hazards of Fatty Liver Disease. Here's a guide to assessment and prevention Part 2- Get the Fat Out-What Can I Do? 1.       The first thing I do is have folks get their blood sugar, A1C, homocysteine and CRP checked. This tells you if your pancreas is putting out enough...

The notion that we must conquer or dominate nature has governed human behaviour for a relatively short period of our 150,000-year history on this 4.5-billion-year-old planet. It’s an understandable impulse. Our intelligence and foresight allowed us to develop complex societies, and gave us a sense of control over our existence...

After receiving the academic start she hoped for at Selkirk College, Stephanie Kirk will make the jump to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver armed with an $80,000 scholarship to ease the financial pressure. With two years of success in Selkirk College’s School of University Arts & Sciences preparing her for...

The rising flows of the Slocan River has forced the Regional District of Central Kootenay to issue an Evacuation Alert Tuesday for residents and visitors of Slocan Valley West Road. The BC River Forecast Centre issued a flood watch for the Slocan River, with a once in 50-year level expected on Friday. “At this time residents or visitors within the area are not required to evacuate,” the RDCK media release said Tuesday.

It's official:  The Green Party of BC and the BC NDP have reached an agreement on managing a minority government for the next four years. For the full wording of the agreement, click this link; it covers the parties' intention with regard to several issues.

The Kootenay Boundary Regional RCMP in Nelson are seeking the public assistance in locating missing person, Lemar Halimi. Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said in a media release, Lemar Halimi of Richmond, BC was last seen in the Nelson area on May 15, 2017. Moskaluk said the 22-year-old Halimi had been in the Nelson area for a few days and...

Time is running out laundry employees at Kootenay Lake Hospital after Interior Health announced the new private company handling work will begin operation for the Nelson facility as of September 14. Alan Davies, support services director for Interior Health, recently made the announcement. “Given the magnitude of the change,...