Empty chairs on either side of Mayor Greg Granstrom at Monday's council meeting left him noticeably isolated. Previously, the Corporate Officer (CO) would sit on his left and the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) on his right, but now the CO and CAO will sit in the staff corner of the chamber, opposite the media's corner and...

The Red Mountain Racers (RMR) want a jump start on the ski season and, by October of next year, they hope snow guns will plaster Red for pre- and post-season training, world class ski competitions, and a guaranteed low-altitude base for the rush of skiers on Christmas vacation. Head coach Phil Patterson and RMR president Don...

Now that the road is paved and the sidewalks poured, we are now into the final weeks of finishing touches on Columbia Ave. Lines are scheduled to be painted on the asphalt mid-week. The inset paver tiles will continue to appear, as will greenery.  More trees will be arriving Wednesday.  The pavers will be grouted with a...

Red Bull put on a show at Baldface Lodge earlier this year as Travis Rice invited the elite boarders from throughout the world to test Kootenay’s Selkirk Mountains at the Red Bull Supernatural. The extreme sport sponsor may want to dial up another event for the Kootenays, only make the event for freeriders. This after […]

"It's a big talk in the community that there's this mass exodus out of here," said RSS Principal Karen Lavender regarding recent reports that the school has fallen well short of its projected enrolment as students head down the hill to J.L. Crowe Secondary in Trail. "Our projected numbers for RSS this year were 296 [students]....

Grand Forks RCMP will be questioning a suspect they think may have been involved in the bomb scare at the Grand Forks Credit Union last week. Grand Forks RCMP evacuated 37 staff from the credit union and everyone within a 300-foot circumference of the bank all day on Wednesday, Oct. 3 after a suspicious briefcase […]

The four piece jazzy old time band ‘Maria in the Shower’ returns to Rossland on Saturday, October 13 to boogie down in the Rossland Miners’ Hall. Maria in the Shower is a uniquely entertaining band at the leading edge of Canada’s new folk sound. Their musical approach is a simple but potent alchemy, marrying traditional folk...

The history of the Slocan Valley is synonymous with the people who have travelled through it, enjoyed its abundant resources and built their homes and communities there. Rita Moir, who has made her home in the valley since 1975, is one of those people. Moir presents her beautiful book of image and essay, The Third Crop: A...

[This is the second post in a series on implementing blended learning. The first post, When A Vision Becomes A Reality is available here.] Today was serendipitous. I learned of Nikhil Goyal. At 17 years old, Goyal is the author of One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student’s Assessment of School. Fed up with an education system...

The mother of a four-year-old child faints.  The child is the only other person at home.  He calls 9-1-1.  Paramedics take the mother to hospital.  She recovers and rejoins her family. Such a simple scenario that could have gone so wrong. Brad Mitchell of BC Ambulance Service was the charge dispatcher on duty several months […]