It’s budget season again and the Regional District Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) directors want public input on how to spend your tax dollars. RDKB directors are hosting Town Hall meetings in each electoral area beginning next week. During the meetings, directors will be discussing how the district operates, the 2012 budget and the 2012-2016 Five-Year Financial […]

Angus Buchan has accomplished a lot in his life, mostly through his faith in God. Pastor and social worker Jeff Zak hopes the former resident of Zimbabwe can help increase the faith of people in Nelson and area during an event dubbed, The Gathering, June 29 to July 1 at the Prestige Inn Convention Centre. […]

RCMP has released the name of the skier killed during an avalanche on Meadow Mountain the morning of Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. The deceased’s name is Ilkka Saarinen. The 50-year-old native of Janakkala, Finland, was skiing down a run when an avalanche buried him. Guides quickly dug Saarinen out from under the avalanche, but despite […]

Disputed oil pipelines, the Occupy movement, threats to Canada’s pension system: in a time of expanding public attention to social issues, a writers’ retreat in New Denver May 11-13 will consider writing that focuses on social justice. The Convergence Writers’ Retreat will offer three talks/discussions on aspects of social change writing, three writing workshops on […]

Council's decision regarding a draft bylaw to repeal DCCs (Development Cost Charges, bylaws 2241 and 2315) has been delayed until council can discuss the issues in a Committee-of-the-Whole (COW) meeting to be scheduled for later this month. Coun. Kathy Wallace made the motion to receive the entire packet of information and ...

Volunteers from 101.1 FM, Rossland Radio Co-op (RRC), crammed council chambers en masse on Monday evening to ask for "a little break" on the rent they pay the city to occupy 1807 Columbia Ave. RRC representative Marty Cancilla said that the city-owned 1807 Columbia Ave. was "under-utilized" prior to the co-op moving in. Both...

High powered Tri-Cities knocked the West Kootenay Wildcats out of the Surrey Girl’s Minor Hockey Tournament, dumping the local squad 5-0 in semi final action. The loss was the third of the season for the Cats against a Tri-Cities team that consists of players from three Lower Mainland teams. “Tri Cities and only let in […]

February 13, 2012 Ottawa, ON The Honourable Diane Finley, P.C., M.P. Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Room 707 Confederation Building Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Dear Minister Finley, Enclosed please find two letters from constituents which represent the feedback my office has been receiving since the Prime Minister made the announcement to increase the […]

Grand Forks RCMP caught a robber red handed after a citizen called them out for a robbery in progress at the Overwaitea in Grand Forks. The call came in on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 10:48 p.m.. When the police got there the 51 year-old man from Grand Forks was inside the Overwaitea compound at the […]

The work of local film maker, Nik Green, will be one of the featured films at the upcoming documentary film festival in Grand Forks. Along with his feature, Rebuild filmed in Nova Scotia, Green’s last year has been filled with shooting footage in the Boundary for three other films.  Two of the films are promotional […]