Those fans who tossed the B.C. Lions onto the scrap pile back in July are going get a huge surprise waking up Monday morning after reading the morning website.Because surprise, surprise, the B.C. Lions are 2011 Grey Cup Champions.The Canadian Football League’s Most Outstanding Player, Travis Lulay, tossed consecutive second...

A Nakusp man that used a two-foot-long metal pipe to break into a house in a search for drugs has been given two years in federal prison. On Wednesday, Nov. 23 James Russell Fraser, 27, was convicted in Nakusp Provincial Court for offences stemming from a home invasion. Fraser plead guilty to break and enter […]

Canadians across the country are mobilizing to oppose the rushed passage of the Omnibus Crime Bill. If passed, Bill C-10 would shift Canada to a cruel, costly and failed fill-the-prisons approach to justice. The 150+ cross-country actions at MP’s constituency offices are focused on Thursday at 1PM, with some taking place throughout the day and Friday. […]

After many months of research, interviews and discussion, the much anticipated first step towards what will hopefully become a regional food system alliance for the West Kootenay is now complete. In April of this year, funding and support was secured to carry out research into organizations in Canada and the United States which are seeking […]

This Thursday, November 24th, the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology (KAST) will be offering an Environmental Networking Seminar Luncheon (ENSL) featuring a presentation on state-of-the-art bat research by Dr. Cori Lausen at the Trail campus of Selkirk College.   Lausen will be providing a glimpse into her unique world – 18 years of bat research […]

Regional District of Central Kootenay polling station locations: Area D Candidates: Ron Greenlaw, Andy Shadrack JV Humphries School 500 6th St, Kaslo, BC Ainsworth Comm Hall Highway 31, Ainsworth, BC Lardeau Vly Comm Hall Highway 31, Meadow Ck, BC Argenta Comm Hall Argenta Rd, Argenta, BC Regional District Office 202 Lakeside Dr, Nelson, BC   […]

The people will have their say in the insurance tangle snaring single-family home owners on the village’s waterfront. A public meeting has been set to find out if there is a public will to crack open the Official Community Plan (OCP) and zoning bylaws to amend them and allow single-family homes on the waterfront. A […]

The Province will fund a new Habitat for Humanity project in Grand Forks that will provide seven affordable homes for men with developmental disabilities. The provincial contribution of $242,016 was made available through the January 2011 sale of Hardy View Lodge, a vacant building that was owned by the Province. Habitat for Humanity will use […]

Selkirk College Peace Studies students will be putting on a display called ‘An Alternative Timeline of History’, at Selkirk College Castlegar Campus in The Pit on Nov 29th from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. This over 100 foot display of photos, exhibits and captions provides a timeline of history over the last thousand years.What makes...

Founder and Executive Director of War Child Canada, Samantha Nutt is a medical doctor with more than 15 years of experience working in war zones. She has helped children in some of the world’s most violent flashpoints, working with War Child Canada, the United Nations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Darfur, Iraq, Afghanistan, The Democratic […]