“…the basic cause of the energy crisis is not scarcity, it is moral ignorance and weakness of character. We don’t know how to use energy or what to use it for. And we cannot restrain ourselves. Our time is characterized as much by the abuse and waste of human energy as it is by the […]

Update as of 4:17 p.m. Monday: Police say the two victims of an armed assault in a Silverton residence Sunday morning are both local males (names and ages have not yet been released). RCMP Staff Sgt. Dan Seibel said it appears that one of the two victims was known to one of the four alleged […]

The Selkirk Saints rallied back from a second-period deficit to edge the Eastern Washington University Eagles 5-3 in B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey Saturday night at the Castlegar Recreation Complex. The win extended Selkirk’s BCIHL-record streak for wins to start a season to 11 and maintained the Saints’ tight grip on first place in the league standings. […]

A seven-member jury spent most of Saturday at the Nelson Courthouse determining what recommendations to hand down at the B.C. Coroner’s inquest into the death of swift water search and rescue volunteer Sheilah Lorraine Wheeler Sweatman. Below is the detailed list of those recommendations from the B.C. Coroner’s inquest at the Nelson Courthouse November 19-24 […]

Kids and Santa are all well and good this time of year, but why not take it that extra-special step and get your pets photographed with Santa this holiday season? Or even get a new pet to add holiday delight to your household year-round. And it’s not just for fluffy puppies – bring your iguana […]

It’s a sign of times and its finally reached Nelson. Major Yvonne Borrows of the Salvation Army was forced to close the food bank due to an overwhelming demand on the 601 Vernon Street location. “The recent HungerCount 2012 report revealed the number of people in B.C. using Food Banks has gone up, which is […]

When a person gets the call to film for the Dragons’ Den TV show, it is unheard of to refuse. So when long-time Grand Forks resident Gary Gilbert got the opportunity to pitch his invention to the Den, he jumped. The opportunity turned into a nerve-wracking, intimidating experience travelling to Toronto, Ontario to film in […]

West Kootenay Search and Rescue Association and swift water search and rescue team member Chris Armstrong concluded two days of testimony at the B.C. Coroners inquest into the death of swift water search and rescue volunteer Sheilah Lorraine Sweatman Thursday at the Nelson Courthouse. Armstong told presiding coroner Matt Brown and the seven-member jury, if […]

A four year old water license application has resurfaced as BC’s Water Stewardship Division sought to clean out its files, but as Rossland maintains its objection to the application in the absence of an engineer's report, the landowners question the city's motivation. A small tributary called the Blue Eyes Brook runs south ...

An arbitrator has been selected by BC's Intergovernmental Relations and Planning Division (IRP) to resolve the sanitary sewage dispute that has been dragging on for years between Rossland, Trail, and Warfield over the fair sharing of costs for the existing service—the bulk of the disagreement, however, is between Rossland and...