Forty days of flood, forty days in the wilderness, forty names of God…. In our tradition, 40 is a Big Deal. As a historian, I think our Western tradition is a big deal too. It has created the global cultural matrix wherein all other traditions now mix. I reference Western historical icons of culture in the name of this column,...

The Trail Smoke Eaters are pleased to announce the hiring of Nick Deschenes as the team’s new head coach and general manager. Deschenes, a native of Morinville, Alberta, joins the Smoke Eaters from the KIJHL’s Grand Forks Border Bruins, who he led to a 6-7-0-1 record through fourteen games this season. “We as a board of...

This notice is to inform the public that as of Monday, Oct. 28, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI) has started grinding and paving Victoria Street/Highway 3B from the east end of the Gulch to the Victoria Street bridge. The estimated completion date is Nov. 15. Motorists can expect single-lane two way ...

Smartphone avalanche search applications that are marketed as avalanche rescue systems are not recommended, says the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC).  Three European-made apps are presenting themselves as economical alternatives to avalanche transceivers, the electronic device used by backcountry users to find buried companions...

Police are looking for anyone with information regarding a hit-and-run yesterday, according to RCMP Cpl. Dave Johnson.   "Trail RCMP are investigating a hit-and-run vehicle incident that occurred on Highway 3B at Second Avenue in Trail on Oct. 24 at approximately 6:30 p.m.," he said. "The victim vehicle was driving east bound...

BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko is critical of the latest Budget Implementation Act, Bill C-4. The 300-page bill amends dozens of acts and contains many measures that are not budgetary.  “Once again, the Conservatives are trying to cram through major changes without sufficient study by Parliament.  What is disturbing...

Kettle River Q&A - Will the proposed Water Sustainability Act bring B.C.’s water management into the 21st Century? Last Friday the provincial government released a legislative proposal for the new Water Sustainability Act (WSA), which is a major upgrade to the century-old Water Act. The new legislation would add regulation...

So often, in news coverage, valuable opinion/editorial writing requires focussing on controversy and those issues which divide us (this has been particularly true in The Source of late), so it's a real delight when I get to write about something unreservedly wonderful. On Oct. 9, a reader named Angela Erickson posted this...

With the countdown to the Selkirk College Gala 2013 on, students in the Music & Technology Program are fine tuning their skills for a wonderful night of entertainment. The theme of this year’s annual Gala is “Five Pillars of Success” which lay the foundation of the college. One of those pillars is focus on the learner and...

 Over the past year we have heard a great deal about various voter-suppression phone calls or “robocalls,” as they have become known, that were made during the last federal election. Six applicants from six federal ridings sought an annulment under the Canada Elections Act of the 2011 election results in those ridings, based...