Selkirk College is cracking open the door to one of the most influential cultures in our region with a new Mir Centre for Peace Summer Institute offering starting at the end of April. An intensive five-day course, Peace 216: The Doukhobors offers a study of the Doukhobors and their connection to issues of peace and conflict....

Helmut Pastrick, Chief Economist for BC's Central 1 Credit Union, was in the Castlegar Friday at Selkirk College's Mir Centre for Peace to discuss current economic trends and how they affect the Kootenay region. The event, sponsored by the Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute, was well attended by an eclectic crowd of...

More young Canadians back a progressive agenda than older Canadians: New study of massive dataset of over 8,000 Canadians Findings released at Progress Summit 2015 raise question of how youth vote could change election result OTTAWA—More than older Canadians, younger Canadians support increases in taxes tied to better public...

Revelstoke Launches  SeeClickFix  Mobile App   The City of Revelstoke announces a new program that will allow residents to report quality-of-life issues and request Revelstoke services through an online and mobile interface. Powered by SeeClickFix, the place-based reporting platform allows residents to document neighbourhood...

For almost 10 years individuals, businesses, cities and landmarks around the world have switched off lights for one hour to focus attention on climate change. Saturday, March 28 at 8:30 p.m. the lights will once again go out for one hour as Earth Hour supporters from around the world to help fight climate change. "I think...

Special Public Avalanche Warning Expanded Sections of South Columbia and South Coast Inland regions March 26, 2015:  Avalanche Canada has included sections of two more regions in the special public avalanche warning issued on March 24. The warning is now in effect for the Sea-to-Sky region, South Coast Inland west of Highway...

While Nelson Mayor Deb Kozak calls for a “Regional Transit Task Force” to spearhead improvements and to use BC Transit dollars more effectively, the Chair of the West Kootenay Transit Committee is quite happy with the direction local transit is heading. Castlegar Mayor Lawrence Chernoff said during an interview with The Nelson Daily he’s very […]

The Nelson RCMP has received several complaints from concerned citizens regarding a mail distribution fraud currently targeting the City of Nelson and surrounding Central Kootenay Regional District areas said RCMP Cst. Stathis Dimopoulos in a prepared media statement. "Yellow coloured cards titled "FINAL NOTICE" are being...

Many Hours of Meetings: On Monday, March 23, 2015, Rossland Council members (they were all present) started with an in camera meeting at 3:00 pm, devoted to labour issues,  then adjourned the in camera  session for a Committee-of-the-Whole (CoW) meeting at 4:00 pm.  The CoW was adjourned at 5:50 pm, and Council members re-fueled...

OUT IN THE GARDEN: Between showers of rain and hail, thunder and lightning, bursts of wind and sunshine -- spring is the time to start planning what to plant where, to clean up the garden beds,  start pulling unwanted weeds as they become evident -- before they spread and dominate your landscape entirely.   But before you get...