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By Timothy Schafer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Tuesday Mar 21 2023

A growing shortage of lifeguards in the region has resulted in the reduction of operating hours at the three indoor swimming pools the RDCK operates.

By Contributor on Monday Mar 20 2023

 Living Lakes Canada, the award-winning water stewardship NGO based in the Canadian Columbia Basin, will be represented at the first United Nations conference on water in 45 years. The UN 2023 Water Conference is taking place in New York and kicks off on World Water Day on March 22.

By Lone Sheep Publishing on Monday Mar 20 2023

On March 15, 2023, Grand Forks RCMP were made aware of a theft from a motor vehicle that occurred on March 4, 2023 at the Paulson Cross Country ski area off Highway 3.

Police said that while the driver secured their vehicle, someone came by, broke into the vehicle and stole a purse including credit cards.

By BC Hydro on Monday Mar 20 2023

A new BC Hydro report finds a change in daily routines that started at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have permanently shifted how many British Columbians use electricity at home.

By Timothy Schafer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Monday Mar 20 2023

Up to 60 per cent of some employment sectors in the Kootenay region could suffer labour market losses due to the effects of wildfire and climate disaster, according to a report from an independent think tank.

By Timothy Schafer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Sunday Mar 19 2023

There are signs that a recession could be settling in for Nelsonites in 2023, according to the top executive with the city’s chamber of commerce.

Tom Thomson, executive director of the Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce, was not adamant that there would be an economic downturn in the city as the year moved on, but he said there were some suggestions it could happen.

By Lone Sheep Publishing on Friday Mar 17 2023

Pacific Coastal Airlines will end its regularly scheduled flight service between Vancouver International Airport (YVR) South Terminal and Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC).

In a news release Thursday, Pacific Coastal Airlines said the last day of operations for flights between Vancouver and Cranbrook will be Friday, April 28, 2023.

By Sara Golling on Friday Mar 17 2023

What’s in a name?  A contentious sign of the times

Alzheimer’s is, especially for older people like me, a frightening possibility.  Most of us know people, some of them close and cherished, who have been altered by the disease and died from it.  Some of us don’t like to be reminded of it.

By Lone Sheep Publishing on Friday Mar 17 2023

The Final Four in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League begins Friday in Kimberley and Revelstoke.

The Beaver Valley Nitehawks and Kimberley Dynamiters begin the best-of-seven Kootenay Conference Final in the Bavarian City while in the Okanagan Conference defending KIJHL champion Revelstoke Grizzlies host the Princeton Posse.

By Trail Champion on Thursday Mar 16 2023

On Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, Jarrid Constantin, a 43-year-old Trail man, failed to make an appearance on his court date, in Provincial Court, in Rossland, BC. A judge issued an unendorsed warrant of arrest for Jarrid Constantin as a result.

Trail and Greater District RCMP is alleging the following criminal charges against Jarrid Constantin: