TeckServ Student Internship Supports Rural Community Development Funding is available to help organizations work with post-secondary students to undertake community-based research in the West Kootenay and Boundary regions. The annual TeckServ Internship, now in its fifth year, provides support for a Selkirk College student ...

Speaking truth gives youth great power By David Suzuki When she was just 12 years old, my daughter Severn gave a speech at the 1992 UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. She spoke with such conviction that delegates were moved to tears. It was one of my proudest moments as a father. More than 20 years later, Severn is ...

TAX TIME:   Time to Think About  What Our Governments are Doing With Our Dollars. In Rossland: Rossland's  new  City Council is preparing our 2015 budget, and collecting  ideas and opinions from citizens on how best to deal with our  serious "infrastructure deficit."  The City is collecting people's  thoughts by way of a new...

Nelson Police Department Acting Sergeant Corey Hoy said in media release that a missing Nelson man was located Monday morning. Hoy said at approximately 10:30 a.m. Alexander MacKay, 35, was located and found in good health. MacKay had not been seen or had contact with his family since departing his residence on (Tuesday)...

About the podcast: The You can do that here! podcast is produced by Andrew Zwicker of AZcreative for the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology. The podcast is a weekly series of 30 minute conversations with some of the most innovative and successful entrepreneurs in the Kootenays. They say the best way to learn is...

Arc of the Cognizant LXXXVIII Life and its discontents “When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer.” Edmund Burke, English MP, c. 1790 “When life is mysterious, uncertain, full...

Castlegar Social Planning Society presents: A Free Workshop – Friday, March 6, 2015 Knowing Which Way the Wind Blows: Using Community Indicators to guide Social Planning and Action   Learn about community indicators, explore key concepts, and gain an understanding of how to use indicators in community planning, decision-making...

BIRTH TO FIVE – WATCH ME THRIVE! ROSSLAND, BC– Every parent wants their child to be healthy and on track with growth and development.   From 9 am to 2:30pm on Monday, February 23, 2015 at the Rossland Summit School, the Family Action Network (FAN) will be hosting an Ages and Stages Day.  During the event, parents with children...

Locals outdoors clubs, including the British Columbia Wildlife Federation (BCWF) and the West Arm Outdoors Club (WAOC), are demanding urgent action by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO) as Kootenay Lake kokanee stocks continue to dwindle. The two groups together with the Balfour and District...

Treating Dry Coughs / Whooping cough / Pertussis: This is the time of year when I start seeing many folks in, young and old, for those upper respiratory infections accompanied by dry coughs.  I will go through the basic steps I use to eliminate the infection quickly and efficiently. The first step is including immune boosting...