No new provincial dollars has Selkirk College staff scrambling to find an expected million-dollar shortfall in the budget for the next academic year. The recent provincial budget confirmed that the funding levels for college operations throughout B.C. for the coming year would remain unchanged. However, those funds will then be reduced over the successive two […]

People who forgot to set the clocks ahead one hour Sunday morning and were an hour late for appointments are probably not alone. However, being late is not the only problems associated with a Daylight Savings. An ICBC survey reveals that one-third of B.C. drivers admit to feeling less alert after the time change. According […]

The Beaver Valley Nitehawks registered its second playoff road victory and took a stranglehold on the Neil Murdoch Final with a 5-2 victory over the Castlegar Rebels Saturday at the Community Complex Arena. Craig Martin scored twice to give the Hawks a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Conference semi final. […]

Too much alcohol turned into a threat and a court date for a 22-year-old Lardeau resident Wednesday in Nelson. Just before midnighta group of males patrons were asked to leave a local drinking establishment in Nelson. After some debate, the group slowly left the pub, but once outside more words were exchanged between staff and […]

Its that time of the year again — time when the public springs forward at 2 a.m. Sunday into Daylight Savings Time. The practice occurs the second Sunday in March. Previously, Canada had observed Daylight Saving Time from the first Sunday in April until the last Sunday in October. However, through legislation passed in 2006, […]

It’s now or never for the Kootenay Wildcats as the club plays host to Prince George Cougars in the best-of-three B.C. Female Midget AAA Hockey League playoff beginning Friday at the NDCC Arena in Nelson. “They’re really just a big strong team that likes to grind out games and to slow it down,” said Kootenay […]

Following an attempt last year to achieve a mediated solution to the ongoing sewer dispute between Rossland, Trail, and Warfield, the chair of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB), Larry Gray, wrote Minister Ida Chong on Feb. 8 to ask that  the issue be declared a "prescribed matter suitable for binding arbitration."...

The Beaver Valley Nitehawks took care of the Castlegar Rebels in the first two games of the Neil Murdoch playoffs — but it wasn’t easy. The Hawks needed an overtime tally by Ryan Edwards, his second of the game, to knock off the pesky Rebels and grab a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Kootenay International […]

Council will soon debate a series of bylaws to revoke both the Development Cost Charge (DCC) and the regional Sewer Cost Recovery Charge (SCRC), and to replace these with a single Service Capacity Connection Charge (CCC) for water, sewer, and drainage. Council's decision to support CCCs over DCCs and SCRCs was unanimous. They...

The West Kootenay Wildcats tuned up for the upcoming provincial tournament by finishing second at the Minor Hockey Bantam House Championships Sunday at the NDCC Arena. Despite hitting a few posts, the Cats lost 2-0 to Castlegar 1 in the final to grab the silver medal. Castlegar 1 finished the tournament undefeated. West Kootenay opened […]