Everyone Welcome! Christina Lake Homecoming, July 22 & 23rd, 2011
On Friday July 22nd visit the Christina Living Arts Centre and hear the “Not Yet” duo Laura Jean and Gary perform free thanks to the Christina Lake Arts and Artisan Society. Check out the new Chamber of Commerce gift shop (cool T-shirts) and bid on some art at the Silent Auction. This event starts at 7pm.Enter a draw to win...
OP/ED: MLAs challenged to live on welfare rates, but decline
At the end of May, an anti-poverty group called Raise the Rates, which is a coalition of over 25 community groups and other organizations, challenged British Columbia’s MLAs to live on the province’s welfare rate of $610 for one month. The last increase in welfare rates was in 2007 when the housing allowance was raised […]
School's out! Congrats to KAST scholarship winners
From video game design and digital music, to bio-engineering, business and dentistry; Kootenay and Boundary communities can expect some amazing future achievements from our 2011 grads. The Kootenay Association for Science & Technology (KAST) is very proud of our region’s talented tech and science students, including RSS's...
No 'right' option in the HST referendum, but 'Yes' seems better than a return to PST and GST
To the editor: The Liberals have made the HST an interesting topic of study for political scientists around the world; not in a positive way mind you, but as a fine example of how NOT to implement a tax shift. What started as a lie in an election has now evolved into Christy Clark’s attempt […]
New funding for Kokanee Creek Provincial Park Visitor’s Centre
A burst of new funding will help the Kokanee Creek Visitor’s Centre expand its programs and improve its displays, the West Kootenay EcoSociety announced Monday. EcoSociety won a $19,000 grant from the British Columbia Conservation Foundation’s Legacy Program for new and improved displays and learning tools, while Regional Directors Ramona Faust and Don Mickel will […]
Police confirm Chipesia’s death as body of missing woman recovered in Goat River
The body of missing Creston woman Lana Chipesia was found Monday morning in the Goat River, several kilometres from where her car was found submerged two weeks ago. Using an RCMP Southeast District Air Services Helicopter from Kelowna, Creston RCMP searchers located the body of Chipesia downstream from the initial vehicle crash site near the […]
Local golfers slow out of the gates at the B.C. Junior Golf Championships
Kootenay golfers did not get off to great starts on the home track at the B.C. Amateur Junior Golf Association Championship Tuesday at Rossland/Trail’s Birchbank course. Brenan Moroney of the home course heads the nine-player West Kootenay Zone One Junior Golf contingent shooting a 4-over-par 76 to sit eight strokes behind the leaders — Kevin […]
Creating a safer community with Safe Haven
Anyone feeling threatened or unsafe in Nelson won’t have to look far for a safe place to go. Businesses all around Nelson are making the area a safer place with the Safe Haven program. Participating businesses, or Safe Havens, are marked by a yellow Safe Haven sticker in their front windows, which means anyone who […]
Cpl. Voisine dies in tragic diving accident
Cpl. Paul Voisine died in a recreational scuba diving accident last week. Voisine,along with five other divers was at the artificial reef near Snake Island off Vancouver Island and was off-duty at the time. During the dive Cpl. Voisine was located unconscious on the deck of the sunken vessel, HMCS Saskatchewan. Immediate efforts were undertaken […]
Bomber Great Sean Denison back as guest coach at Kootenays Finest Hoop Camp
He powered the Trafalgar Totems to the B.C. Juvenile Basketball Championship and the L.V. Rogers Junior Bombers to B.C. Junior Boy’s Crown the very next year. Did we say the LVR Juniors won the title with an amazing 38-0 record? He led the varsity squad to a fourth-place finish at the B.C. High School AAA […]
