Selkirk College lends a hand to Georgian businesses
Georgia is a country that wants to move its economy into the new millennium. Not an easy task for a former Soviet Republic that has been in conflict on and off with Russia since the summer of 2008. Despite their country’s troubles, Georgians are a friendly and very hospitable people. According to Selkirk College Business […]
The family of drowned Kootenay search and rescue tech speaks out
The Winnipeg family of 29-year-old Sheilah Sweatman is coming to grips with her recent death, an article in The Vancouver Province reports. Sweatman, who moved to Ymir two years ago, drowned Wednesday afternoon during a recovery attempt in the Goat River river near Creston. She was part of a dozen Kootenay Swift Water Specialists who […]
New Coffee Creek webcam helps you 'know before you go'
Highway 31 near Coffee Creek is the latest section of Kootenay highway to join the televised ranks of DriveBC’s network of real-time coverage web cameras. Extreme weather and the congested nature of the area were the reasons the Ministry of Transportation elected to initiate a camera at that stretch of road, but anyone driving the […]
Taylor can't seal the deal at B.C. Am tourney, falls to 13th
Lauren Taylor of Nelson ballooned to an 81 on a the difficult Alberni course to finish in a tie for 13th at the 2011 B.C. Women’s Amateur Golf Championship in Port Alberni.After cruising to a 71 during round three Thursday, the Granite Pointe golfer registered nine bogeys to drop out of contention.However, Taylor wasn’t the...
Province mourns loss of search and rescue member Sweatman: Premier
Premier Christy Clark and Solicitor General Shirley Bond offered condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Ymir resident Sheilah Sweatman, the BC Volunteer Search and Rescue technician who lost her life in the course of her duties on Wednesday. “I want to express my heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of this […]
Connection made in missing woman, submerged vehicle incident
There could be a second victim claimed by the swollen and swift moving waters of the Goat River, RCMP said Friday. The woman who went missing from Creston almost two weeks ago and the tragic death of the Ymir search and rescue volunteer are also connected, Creston RCMP revealed. Police confirmed the vehicle recovered from the Goat River […]
Do you have environmental toxic exposure?
By Dr. Brenda Gill One of the hazards of living in our world today is our exposure to toxic chemicals and heavy metals. Whether it is from having amalgam “silver” fillings in our mouths, wearing lipstick or any other cosmetics, using soaps, shampoos, hair sprays, solvents, oils or lubricants, living in a house with new […]
Update: Ymir search and rescue technician found dead in river
Ymir resident Sheilah Sweatman’s body was recovered from the Goat River around noon Thursday, a day after she was swept down the river while the swift water rescue team she was on attended the scene of a submerged vehicle. Search and Rescue Swift Water Specialists at the Goat River Thursday morning at the submerged vehicle […]
Police out in full force starting this weekend in summer CounterAttack
West Kootenay police detachments are kicking off a summer CounterAttack campaign this weekend with a reminder to plan ahead and choose a designated driver to get home safely. “Police will be out in full force looking for impaired drivers at roadchecks across the province this summer,” said Chief Constable Jamie Graham, Traffic committee chair of […]
Hot times in the city ahead prompt new measures for open fires
Burn, baby, burn, at least for a few more days. Starting this Monday (noon) the Southeast Fire Centre will begin prohibiting all open fires within the jurisdiction of the fire centre — essentially the entire West Kootenay-Boundary region — as the summer season begins to heat up (we hope). The restriction comes into effect to […]
