The rising unemployment rate in the Kootenay region may have less to do with the slowing economy and more to do with an inability to connect. According to an insights report — Addressing the Labour Market Gap — released earlier this year by the Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce, both employers and job seekers […]

A provincial pilot to build a cannabis tourism trail in B.C. has a Kootenay focus as one of the two proposed legs of the project. Selkirk Innovates and the Craft Cannabis Association of B.C. (CCABC) have submitted an application for funding — under the REDIP Economic Diversification stream — to complete the project to focus […]

Environment Canada has issued a Winter Storm warning Thursday for the West Kootenay/Boundary region. Environment Canada said that hazardous winter conditions can be expected on Highway 3 — Paulson Summit to Kootenay Pass — with a risk of freezing rain near Paulson Summit. “A warm front associated with a low pressure system is moving into […]

Answers are still being sought after a landslide caused a power outage that lasted almost four days in the Lardeau Valley, leaving almost 400 people without power for 90 hours. On Sunday, Oct. 1 a landslide north of the Lardeau Bluffs erased the road, power lines and telephone lines to residents of the Lardeau Valley […]

There are five areas for regional parks being proposed under the recently released Ktunaxa and regional district report which contain traditional use significance. The report — Ktunaxa RDCK Traditional Use Study (TUS) Summary Report — provided a review of proposed areas for the regional parks, with traditional use study documents from past projects, documentation of […]

Water and wastewater rates continue to climb uphill in the city after a report on the proposed utility budget has recommended another annual increase to the services. A report from the city’s Finance department in a special budget meeting of council on Oct. 27 is suggesting a 2.5 per cent increase to the water rates […]

People living in the Interior region will soon benefit from a new Centre for Health System Learning & Innovation (the Centre) that is being established in partnership with Interior Health and the Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) Foundation. This centre is becoming a reality today with a commitment from The Jim Pattison Foundation of $5 million […]

Students at L.V. Rogers High School received an early start on Halloween trick or treating after the facility was evacuated Tuesday morning due to a bomb scare. A social media post by the City of Nelson said that all students and faculty had been safely evacuated following the scare. Nelson Police, local RCMP and Nelson […]

What is the story you want to tell local youth about our community, wildfire resilience and climate change? That’s the question that Kenya Blouin was tasked with in her summer 2023 role as the Village of Kaslo’s Youth FireSmart Coordinator. “Youth will be the ones navigating our society through climate change,” she says. “The earlier […]

The Nelson Transit Action group is voicing its concern following recent comments by BC Premier David Eby during an open a public forum held recently in Oliver. Premier Eby opened the forum addressing three rural BC faces — health care, transportation and transportation to health care. The Nelson Transit Action said the Premier was a […]