Grand Forks city councillors voted in Monday night's council meeting to file a declaration of disqualification for Coun. Julia Butler.  They sent out the following press release this morning:  Grand Forks, BC city council voted in favour of filing an application to the court for declaration of disqualification against Councillor...

Humans are making it a very difficult start to the 2015 wildfire season says the Southeast Fire Centre in a media release. "Since April 1, 2015, the Wildfire Management Branch has responded to 39 wildfires in the Southeast Fire Centre," said the release. "Of those fires, 34 were human-caused and therefore preventable." The ...

There is another delay in a Slocan valley woman’s prosecution of the province of BC and the Executive Flight Centre over the jet fuel spill into Lemon Creek nearly two years ago. Provincial Court Judge Richard Hewson set June 16 for the parties to fix a date for a trial in April 2016, in Nelson provincial court Monday. “Well,...

On the weekend of May 23/24, the cadets of the three West Kootenay Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadrons flew in the Air Cadet Gliders at the Trail Regional Airport. The Cadets were from 531 Squadron in Trail, 561 Squadron in Nelson and 581 Squadron in Castlegar. The two SGS2-33A gliders and one Cessna 182 tow plane are owned ...

As of Sunday evening, Environment Canada as removed the weather alert for the Arrow Lakes/Slocan Lake region of the West Kootenay, including the Boundary region. The alert has been reduced to a risk of thundershowers for the region. Environment Canada continues weather alert for Arrow Lakes/Slocan Lake region Environment...

They grew up feeling secure. They benefited from easier access to education. They came of age during a time of some of the biggest social change in North America. And now the baby boomers, all of whom will turn 65 between 2011 and 2031, are facing a huge challenge in the West Kootenay. How will they get around when they can...

A brush fire on Upper Gibson Road in Pass Creek this afternoon took about four hours to knock down, according to Pass Creek fire chief Brian Bebelman. "We got the call at about 3:30 p.m.," he said, adding it was a big brush fire, roughly an acre in size. "But it was way off the road - we had to hook up about 500 metres of...

The City of Trail and the Village of Warfield are pleased to announce they have successfully negotiated and approved a 5.5-year (66 months) recreation and library services agreement that will take effect on July 1, 2015. Warfield will contribute $631,500 over the full term and the City will allocate 68 per cent of the funding...

BC Hydro is predicting that 2015 could be the fourth driest year on record, according to a press release issued by Dayle Hopp. "Current data now predicts drier conditions in the overall Columbia system (U.S. and Canada combined) than forecasted in April 2015," the release says. "Currently, we expect 2015 could be the fourth...

Sixty-seven volunteers and forest professionals planted 8,227 seedlings Wednesday at two Interfor harvesting locations in British Columbia’s Southern Interior as part of a North America-wide effort to set a world record for the most trees planted simultaneously in an hour. Employees from Interfor and Greenpeaks Resource...