Rewarding employment is just around the corner. The Selkirk College Career & Education Fair provides valuable connections for students and community members to help them along the pathway to success. The annual event takes place Thursday, March 3 on the Castlegar Campus and features more than 50 exhibitors. “Our goal is...

Police continue to investigate a truck fire that damaged the local Cadet Hall Saturday afternoon. “We're still looking into what would have caused that,”said RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. "The RCMP continue to investigate the matter, which has been deemed as suspicious in nature.   "There was substantial damage done to the truck,...

The Selkirk College Board of Governors has approved a Student Service Fee that will focus on student health and wellness, and supporting students to transition to employment. At its regular board meeting on Tuesday evening at the Castlegar Campus, the Board approved the fee which will take effect in the 2016-2017 school year....

Artwork blanketed the steps of Victoria's Parliament Buildings Wednesday as students displayed their canvases in the first Pink Shirt Day art gallery. Students had been given the prompt “Paint Out Bullying” and told to let their imaginations run wild. The student creativity continued with a spoken word poetry performance....

A proposal from Teck concerning the removal of tailings from areas along Fisherman’s road in Area E of the Regional District of Central Kootenay attracted concerns and questions from locals during an open house meeting at Blewett Elementary Tuesday night. Tailings are the materials left over after valuable minerals are extracted...

Our local batsare gone for the winter and their whereabouts is currently unknown in the Kootenay region. Biologists are requesting reports from citizens of bats found hibernating during the cold season.  “During summer, we receive a lot of reports from residents who have bats roosting on their property in houses, barns or...

Phoenix Mountain has joined an international consortium of community and independent ski areas, known as the Mountain Playground Group.  Facilitated by the Mountain Rider’s Alliance (MRA), participating ski areas will band together to increase skier visits and share best practice and marketing strategies.   “Mountain Riders...

Friday, February 26th – 7 to 9:30 pm Saturday, February 27th – 9 am to 9:30 pm Sunday, February 28th – 9 am to 5:00 pm Grand Forks Secondary School Auditorium   Welcome to the 11th annual Grand Forks screening of the Traveling World Community Film Festival. The World Community Development Education Society, based in Courtenay,...

Women Grow: Kootenay Region Chapter held its inaugural event in Nelson on January 7th of this year– an event that brought in an all-encompassing crowd: women, men, younger folk, older folk, locals and non-locals, activists, advocates, educators, entrepreneurs, and those simply open to learning all made up the successful event...

This year, 2016,  is shaping up to be a fantastic year for the City of Grand Forks. The federal government announced today that Grand Forks is one of 57 communities across Canada to receive Gas Tax Strategic Priorities funding.    The City submitted an application for Performance Measurement and Reporting Framework for...