The Kootenay Lake Agricultural Fall Fair’s 100th birthday is being celebrated with a Century Farm Award. Crawford Bay’s first agricultural fair was held Sept. 26, 1911 and was a great success. On Saturday the annual event entertains families and visitors and connects them to Kootenay area farmers with agricultural exhibitions including fruit and vegetables, baking, […]

It’s been an amazing “Summer of Science” for 300 Kootenay kids, with the Kootenay Association for Science & Technology  proudly supporting science-themed summer camps offered across the region.   From chemistry, to physics, to astronomy and outdoor adventure, each day camp was filled with fun, interactive science experiments and activities designed to build interest in […]

Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish was first cast into the public eye during the Gaza War that began in late 2008. In January 2009, two days before the end of Israel’s 22-day assault on Gaza, Israeli shells fell on Abuelaish’s family home, brutally killing three of his daughters and their cousin. Amazingly, the loss did not embitter […]

Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior, is co-sponsoring a series of MP forums to discuss the issues that surround genetic modification on a local and national level. Lucy Sharratt is coordinator of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN), a collaborative campaign of 18 member groups working for food sovereignty...

A 19-year-old Golden man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a sexual assault that occurred in the summer of 2010. On July 13, 2010, a woman from Vancouver was walking on the trail above Reflection Lake when she was approached by a male with a cell phone in hand. The male asked if she had […]

Despite its massive size, the Waneta Dam expansion project has seen no massive amount of problems. In fact, the project has reached more than 450,000 man hours without a lost time or major environmental incident. “This is an important milestone for the project,” said Audrey Repin, spokesperson for the Waneta Expansion Project. “It defines our […]

The 2011 Fat Tire Festival kicked off Friday and never stopped during the weekend as riders young and old tested their skills at a variety of events.There were cross country races and dirt jams at the Rosemont Bike Park, a parade and criterium races Saturday evening on Baker Street and, of course, the big wind up Sunday at ...

The constituency office of Alex Atamanenko, MP, at 337 Columbia Avenue in Castlegar, will be open at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 27th to celebrate the life of Jack Layton and watch the state funeral live beginning at 11:00 a.m. PT. The service from Roy Thompson Hall will be broadcast via the web. A book […]

Outdoor recreation in the Golden area is getting a boost with the construction of a new trail up Golden Hill. Families will soon be able to cycle and walk along a new paved two-metre-wide pathway on the hill that will run parallel to the Trans-Canada Highway for just over one kilometre. The path will connect […]

Forty-five environmental projects throughout the Columbia Basin will be receiving a total of $580,000 in support in 2011/12 from Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) through its Environmental Initiatives Program (EIP). “It is a priority for CBT to encourage long-term stewardship of Basin resources and help build the capacity of residents to take action in meeting environmental […]