An eleventh hour plea by two city councilors and a petition with nearly 200 signatures failed to derail a city directive Monday night to triple annual parking fees for senior citizens in Nelson. City council voted in favour of adoption of a bylaw that will increase annual parking fees for seniors, rising from $30 per year to...

The Selkirk Saints men’s hockey team is joining Pink Shirt Day as part of a province-wide effort to raise awareness about bullying in schools, arenas, workplaces, homes and over the internet. The student athletes are trading their jerseys for t-shirts and will be joining other Selkirk College students on Feb. 22 (Wednesday) in this important […]

Editor, The Rossland Telegraph: I have disliked the politics of liberals all my active political life as a socialist, yet as people they are most often my friends and the next-best-thing to socialists. Liberals work harmoniously within capitalism but I am far from accepting that attitude. Liberals have had a dominant position...

On Saturday, March 4th, the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture Comedy Series presents Lucas Myers - Campground: A Murder Mystery in the Woods, at the Prestige Mountain Resort....

Directors of the Regional District of the Central Kootenay have asked staff to look further into the idea of how they can give themselves a wage increase of up to 20 per cent in the next few years. The directors asked staff in January to study the impact of a 20-per-cent wage increase on this […]

Yellowhead Road & Bridge Ltd. is asking the public to use caution when driving the highways in the region after a high amount of moisture was received during the past 24 hours. "We have received 4 mm of rain in the valley over night with steady to heavy rainfall forecasted through the day today," said Marc Dale of YRB. ...

Editor's Note:  Below is a piece by Chris Longden, of the UK.  That will explain the prevalence of Brit expressions throughout -- but her thoughts on this topic are universally applicable.  Especially, perhaps, in the current political climate.  _______________________________________ "It comes to something, when you've got...

Today NDP Natural Resources Critic Richard Cannings, MP (South Okanagan – West Kootenay) announced the tabling of motion M-119, calling on the Liberal government to re-introduce the EcoENERGY Home Retrofit program....

BC's provincial election will happen on Tuesday, May 9, 2017.  That's less than three months from now.  Are you registered to vote?  Who is eligible to vote?  Everyone who:...

 By James Wilt | DeSmog Canada Reconcile with Indigenous peoples. Make elections fairer. Invest many more billions in public transit and green infrastructure. Take climate change seriously....