The City’s obscenely overpaid Chief Administrative Officer has been noticeably absent from Council meetings for the last couple of months.  Where has she been?  According to information provided by Corporate Officer Tracey Butler, Cecile Arnott has been on medical leave since October 11 and could be gone for as much as two ...

The Fraser Valley Phantom needed a gritty effort to knock off Kootenay Wildcats in B.C. Female Midget AAA Hockey League action this past weekend in Langley. The Phantom, leaders of the six-team league with a 10-1-3 record, posted wins of 1-0 and 3-1 during a two-game weekend series. Kootenay, 4-9-2 on the season, is fifth […]

Tourism Rossland is delighted to announce that we are going ahead with both the day-time and evening winter shuttle service! The free shuttle bus will run every 45 minutes (with a 1 hour break in the afternoon) looping between downtown Rossland and the Red Mountain Neighbourhood every day all winter.  A schedule and map will...

November weather was anything but typical, according to meteorologist Ron Lakeman at Southeast Fire Weather Centre. “Not typical of November was the blocking ridge of high pressure which allowed for a lack of precipitation and, at times, fairly clear skies from the 20th through the 28th,” Lakeman said in his monthly weather report. “The clear […]

The war of word continues to be exchanged between the two sides in the labour dispute at FortisBC. The locked out International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 213 said in press release FortisBC has saved $7 Million from not paying wages and should not be granted an increase to raise rates by the BC Utilities Commission. ...

The Selkirk College Saints are assured of at least a share of first place in the BC Intercollegiate Hockey League standings after routing Eastern Washington University 10-1 Saturday at the Castlegar Recreation Complex. The Saints scored early and often during a game where they out-shot their opponents by a margin of 55-13. “Our starts at […]

Food is one of the most basic necessities of life, yet it is something that more and more Canadians and Nelson area residents are finding harder to afford. A recent study by Food Banks Canada entitled HungerCount 2013 revealed that since the “Great Recession” hit in 2008, nearly 200,000 more Canadians are using food banks […]

A fire in Rossland last night has virtually destroyed a home and sent one person to hospital with fire-related injuries, according to Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue Captain Jason Milne. Milne said the first 9-1-1 call came in at 5:18 p.m. Thursday night, when a resident of the house realized there was a fire. "Co. #1...

As if Monday's meeting SD8 Board of Education at 6:30 p.m. in the Nelson Board Room of the Kootenay Lake School Board wasn't important enough, trustee decisions may be even more concerning to parents of students in District 8 after a decision by three CUPE locals in the Okanagan to issue 72-hour strike notice. Potential job...

RCMP have no additional information a week after a sketch was released to the public in the November 13 robbery of the Shopper’s Simply Pharmacy Castlegar, formerly Paragon Pharmacy, in the Sunflower City. The suspect, described as early 20's, approximately 5'8", slim build wearing a dark blue/grey jacket, entered the pharmacy...