Earth Rangers will be visiting schools in the Greater Trail Area to inspire children to help Bring Back the Wild. Through support from Teck, local students will experience the Earth Rangers School Outreach Program featuring live Animal Ambassadors demonstrating their amazing natural behaviors. Earth Rangers is the kids’...

Trail residents will be coming together Sept. 29 for a festival-like event to clean up the Columbia. BC Rivers Day is celebrated province-wide, and the City of Champions is sponsoring a Shoreline Cleanup to help local people get involved with being good stewards of their waterways. City Councillor Eleanor Gattafoni Robinson,...

Letter to the Editor: This week is Gay Pride Week in the Kootenays. This is a celebration of love and understanding to millions of people worldwide and, in many cases, the acknowledgment of equal rights for LGBT couples. I am afraid to say that I have been remiss in my duties as a councillor as I did not bring up the topic ...

Once again, Castlegar will be joining in on the Kootenay Pride celebration this Labour Day long weekend. Castlegar is starting the Pride weekend with a bang, hosting the first party of the festival at the Element Club, Bar & Grill on Friday, Aug. 30. This year's theme is Cirque de SoGay, featuring the unstoppable Conni ...

Carolyn Herriot, one of B.C.’s top organic gardening gurus and author of The Zero-Mile Diet Cookbook: Seasonal Recipes for Delicious Homegrown Food (Harbour Publishing, $29.95) is touring the Kootenays. Join her on Saturday, September 7th at 3:00 pmfor of a discussion about the joy and importance of sustainable eating at the...

Albert Einstein nailed it when he defined insanity as “…doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” On Tuesday, Aug. 27 Spotlight Films will be showing Revolution. This is a film about changing the world, going for it, taking a stand, and fighting for something. A true-life adventure following...

I want my home to be my refuge, a reflection of myself.  I watch the shows and read the magazines, but I don’t see me, much less my busy household. Then I read Kate Bridger’s book, "Nest Building: a Guide to Finding Your Inner Interior Design."  It’s different kind of decorating book.  It doesn’t tell you what your home should...

I want my home to be my refuge, a reflection of myself.  I watch the shows and read the magazines, but I don’t see me, much less my busy household. Then I read Kate Bridger’s book, "Nest Building: a Guide to Finding Your Inner Interior Design."  It’s different kind of decorating book.  It doesn’t tell you what your home should...

The Kootenays Best Singer concert is already in the works for next year. Event creator and organizer Vern Gorham is making plans to come to Grand Forks in September with the hopes of working with a local non-profit -- like the high school’s graduation committee – to help with ticket sales. Gorham will start travelling around...

Christina Lake's own romance author is at it again. Dani Collins published her fifth book, "Proof of Their Sin" in early July but she's  not stopping to catch her breath. Despite having five books on her resume, Collins first book was just released in January of this year after winning a contest with Harlequin Mills and Boon....