Dear Editor, I've been seeing a large number of "kind people" picking up "lost pets" and posting on social media. It's a bit disturbing to me and others that people are so quick to grab the animal and take it home to keep safe until owners are located.  Last fall one of our dogs ran out our front door and down the street and...

Interior Health has launched a new campaign to show how advances in HIV treatment and care have improved the lives of those living with the disease. The campaign aims to break down stereotypes that prevent people from being tested and accessing life-saving treatment.   The “HIV Then & Now” campaign builds on the momentum...

Environment Canada ended its Weather Alert for the West Kootenay region. However, the region is still expected to receive 5 to 10 mm of rain through Wednesday. Thursday, the region can expect to see a 60 percent chance of rain. Slow moving low pressure extend Weather Alert Environment Canada continued its weather alert for ...

Police are concerned with the increase in speed and alcohol-related incidents on the highways in the region said Sgt. John Ferguson, NCO of the West Kootenay Traffic Services in a prepared statement Friday. "The West Kootenay Traffic Services and Nelson Integrated Road Safety Unit are starting to see a very scary trend in our...

High expectations quickly turned to harsh reality for BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko and Kootenay/Columbia rep David Wilks following a meeting Wednesday with Air Canada officials. The two Kootenay MPs met with Air Canada VP Government Affairs, Industry and Corporate Strategy Derek Vanstone to discuss the future of ...

On Tuesday, May 26 the Sentinal Unit Crew from the Southeast Fire Centre discovered this baby owl on the Little Bobtail Lake fire. He had fallen from his nest and was too young to fly. He was rescued by a Wildfire Management Branch Falling Coordinator based out of the Cobble Hill Zone in the Coastal Fire Centre. A wildlife ...

High school students from across the West Kootenay-Boundary received a taste for post-secondary life last week at the annual Experience Selkirk Day. More than 400 students descended on Selkirk College’s Castlegar Campus, Tenth Street Campus and Kootenay Studio Arts Campus to take in morning workshops and afternoon games. It...

Interior Health is advising the public of an outbreak of salmonellosis related to contact with live baby poultry originating from a hatchery in Alberta. The investigation, involving IH, the BC Centre for Disease Control, BC health authorities, BC Ministry of Agriculture, Public Health Agency of Canada and provincial partners,...

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 ...