Dear Editor, As a resident of the new South Okanagan West Kootenay federal riding, a question that I have for our candidates relates to climate-action. My family and I are very interested in knowing of any specific, “new and improved” plans on Canadian climate action that the various parties are putting forward. The current...

Rossland:  an Invasive Weed Demonstration Site As I walk up the lower portion of Centre Star Gulch Trail (or nearly any trail around Rossland), Hoary Alyssum and Common Tansy and Spotted Knapweed and Giant Burdock are busy crowding out the native plants beside the trail.  If you have a furry pet, you may have noticed that the...

Thanks to a pair of observant Rossland residents, a prolific thief is spending the next 15 months in jail, according to Trail RCMP Sgt. Daren Oelke. “Just before 10 a.m. on Saturday, two Rossland residents came across a male driving what they believed to be a stolen vehicle out of Christina Lake,” Oelke said.“They recognized...

By David Suzuki A beloved animal, tagged for tracking by researchers, crosses the invisible boundary between protected and unprotected area and is killed by a hunter who has paid tens of thousands of dollars for the “experience”.  That was the fate of Zimbabwe’s Cecil the lion, whose killing sparked torrents of online and...

A Chancellor Scholar Fraser Sutherland entered Selkirk College with an open mind to the meanderings of her post-secondary interests, confident the School of University Arts & Sciences would point her in the right direction. “If you are not sure what you want to do or where you want to go, Selkirk provides that opportunity...

July was once again a hot month for the region said Ron Lakeman Weather Forecaster for the Southeast Fire Centre in Castlegar. Lakeman said the recent month was 2.5 degrees warmer than a typical July month in the West Kootenays. "July had a maximum monthly high temperature of 38.8 degrees and a monthly low of 7.3 degrees," ...

Smoke filtering out the sun during the BC Day Holiday weekend is blowing into the region from a fire south of the 49th parallel said Karlie Shaughnessy of the Southeast Fire Centre Monday. “Most of the smoke in the area is from a fire burning in Central Washington (State) and its blowing directly up into areas along the...

 July 30, 2015,  1:00 pm Present:   Mayor Kathy Moore;  Councillors Marten Kruysse, Lloyd McLellan, Andy Morel,  John Greene, and Andrew Zwicker. Absent on holidays:  Aaron Cosbey. Staff:  Laurie Karn (taking minutes);  Interim Chief Administrative Officer Mike Maturo; Acting Chief Financial Officer Lois Hunter. More debt, ...

Nelson Posties have received word they are the latest local to get their walking papers as part of changes of operations announced by Canada Post. Local Canadian Union of Postal Workers president, Brenda Musoby-Yanke said in a media release Canada post made an announcement Wednesday to workers of the Nelson Post Office postal...

The Rossland Museum and Archives Association will receive $175,000 to help with its renewal project, and Friends of the Rossland Range Society (FORRS) will recive 85,000 to help with improving the Rossland Range Recreation Site. Mayor Kathy Moore, Museum president Libby Martin, FORRS board chair Kim Deane, and David Wilks, ...