Selkirk College instructor Robin DuPont has been added to the pantheon of British Columbia’s outstanding working artists after being honoured with the 2024 Sam Carter Award in Applied Art + Design. An instructor in the 10-month Ceramics Program based out of Nelson’s Victoria Street Campus, DuPont is a frontrunner in contemporary ceramics in North America. […]

From kids’ bikes and storage cubbies to microwaves and fire alarm systems, child care providers across the Columbia Basin are enhancing their facilities with nearly $112,000 in support from Columbia Basin Trust. This funding will improve 622 existing child care spaces and create 79 new ones, addressing critical needs for families in the region. “Healthy […]

The B.C. Wildlife Federation (BCWF) has made remarkable strides in ecosystem restoration this year, constructing 71 Beaver Dam Analogues (BDAs) across seven project sites—all within a single field season. We completed beaver dams across B.C. in Thompson Nicola, Squamish Lillooet, East Kootenay, Skeena, and Omni-Peace regions, to address pressing environmental challenges such as drought, flooding, and […]

The Province of B.C.’s Columbia River Treaty team is hosting a virtual information session on Dec. 19, 2024, to share updates and answer questions about efforts underway to modernize the treaty. The 90-minute virtual information session will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. (Pacific time)/7-8:30 p.m. (Mountain time). The session will summarize key elements about the […]

Three trout samples taken from the southern arm of Kootenay Lake have tested positive for the parasite that causes whirling disease in juvenile fish. Damage to the brain stem and spinal cord results in an erratic “whirling” swimming pattern. These detections are the outcomes of enhanced whirling disease monitoring that the Province began earlier this year. […]

Over a hundred people gathered in Kimberley on Tuesday night to hear about the impact of current and future logging on wildlife and their habitats in the St Marys River Valley. In the past decade, 15 square kilometres of privately-owned, valley-bottom forests have been clearcut in the St Marys, and logging on adjacent public land […]

While December 1 has traditionally been the day advent calendars and holiday decorating begin, a new survey[1] conducted on behalf of BC Hydro finds British Columbians are divided on when to decorate their home for the winter holidays, with more than half choosing to put up lights and other décor in November. Holiday decorating is popular […]

The BC RCMP has notified the Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia (IIO BC) of an incident near Midway Nov. 26 where a police officer has been injured. On Nov. 25, they were notified of an incident in Nakusp. “On Nov. 26, 2024 around 10:30 a.m. Kelowna RCMP identified a suspicious F-350 truck and began […]

The BC RCMP has notified the Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia (IIO BC) of an incident in Nakusp where one person has died, according to RCMP spokesperson Dawn Roberts. “On Nov.25, 2024, shortly after 3 p.m., an officer with the Nakusp RCMP located a suspected stolen vehicle on Hwy 6 south of the community,” […]

The Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network’s Online Outdoor Experiences Auction is now open! This auction will raise essential funds to allow us to continue to deliver our Wild Voices for Kids Program which brings outdoor and environmental learning opportunities to close to 3000 students in the Columbia Basin each school year. Claire Peyton, the Wild Voices for […]