A trio of parents in Interior Health region took turns welcoming newborn babies on New Year Day 2024. At Kootenay Lake Hospital, Ali Israel Dalwampo was born at 8:26 a.m. to Kristyl Banaag and Syjay Dalwampo. Mother and baby are doing just fine according to Kristyl Banaag, who was quick to give kudos to the […]

RDKB HomeSmart, a free home retrofit guidance service, officially launches to the public this month. Designed to simplify the energy-efficient and resilient home improvement process, the project is supported by the Columbia Basin Trust, FortisBC, as well as the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary. Freya Phillips, RDKB’s Senior Energy Specialist, emphasizes the importance of the […]

By Stuart Phillips, Professor, McMaster University, Ontario Everyone can agree that exercise is healthy. Among its many benefits, exercise improves heart and brain function, aids in controlling weight, slows the effects of aging and helps lower the risks of several chronic diseases.  For too long, though, one way of keeping fit, aerobic exercise, has been […]

RDKB HomeSmart, a free home retrofit guidance service, officially launches to the public this month.  Designed to simplify the energy-efficient and resilient home improvement process, the project is supported by the Columbia Basin Trust, FortisBC, as well as the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary. Freya Phillips, RDKB’s Senior Energy Specialist, emphasizes the importance of the […]

A recent report from the province suggests that the year-over-year percent change in the homeless cohort count is dropping the greatest in the Central Kootenay than anywhere else in B.C. According to the recently released Report: 2021 Estimate of the Homeless Population in British Columbia, the BC Housing report showed that there was a drop […]

Whether you’re waiting on a traffic light, demanding directions home from the Drake concert, or concerned about your lost nose ring, general questions and complaints do not belong on 9-1-1. E-Comm, which handles 99 per cent of B.C.’s 9-1-1 call volume, has released its tenth annual list of nuisance calls. And with an increase of […]

The City is predicting more than a three per cent baseline increase in municipal taxes in the coming year in the face of increasing costs over 11 per cent. In a Dec. 7 regular meeting of Nelson City council heard from City staff that there could be a 3.08 per cent baseline increase to municipal […]

“I will be more myself in the next life.”                           —  Matsuko Matumaki This column asks the question: what is a sole person responsible for, and what is a society accountable for?   I’m fascinated by individuals’ “butterfly effect” in religious history. I’m distressed by Canadian society’s collective ignorance for understanding our history.  Crisis as opportunity […]

What will be and what needs to be are the themes for two recreation community engagement projects slated for both Castlegar and Nelson next year. A recreation facilities public engagement project has been approved by the Regional District of Central Kootenay board of directors for the Castlegar and District Community Complex and the Nelson Recreation […]

With fire service equipment aging out three service areas are set to break the bank and begin spending on upgrading frontline fire engines. Voter assent was given in three separate Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) referendums for fire protection service loan authorizations in the North Shore Fire Protection Service, Slocan Valley Fire Protection Service, […]