A Castlegar man had his road grader impounded after allegedly driving while under the influence of alcohol, according to Slocan RCMP Const. A. Van Hussen. "On July 10, just after lunch time, the Slocan Lake RCMP responded to a complaint of a road grader driving erratically on Wilson Creek Forest Service Road near Rosebery,"...

A search is under way for a missing Casltegar man, with bnoth RCMP and Search and Rescue crews involved, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew.   "Twenty-five-year-old Lyle Lamont was last seen yesterday (Sunday, July 14th) at approximately 5:30 a.m. He left the family home stating he was going for a walk and has not been seen...

Greenwood held their annual Founder's Day this weekend, to celebrate their 116th birthday. The two-day event had festivities that included a pancake breakfast, parade, live music, petting zoo and tons of vendors. ...

Organic gardeners share one challenge that has many faces – how to nurse newly emerged seedlings along to the point when they are strong enough to defend themselves. Because seedlings are so tender and tasty, and low to the ground, they are easy pickings for a host of animals, from the very tiny to the enormous. Everything ...

When she stood on stage at the Chicago Pro Bodybuilding Show, Nancy Clark was nervous for the first time in a long time. "I thought I was having a heart attack," she said, laughing at the memory. "I had to remind myself to breathe." Thankfully, she was only on the stage for a few moments during the preliminary show but when...

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man whose body was recovered from Little Wilson Lake near New Denver on July 9.   He is Michael Lorne Guthrie, aged 32, from Trail.   Guthrie had been camping with friends at Little Wilson Lake, a remote area about 38 kilometres north of New Denver. On the morning of May...

Fifty-five years ago, in September 1958, the Boundary Historical Society (BHS), then only 7 years old, published its first “report”, a collection of stories and articles documenting the early days of towns and camps throughout the Boundary district of southern British Columbia. These first histories and reminiscences were...

Check out this new video from the Wilderness Committee and Vancouver filmmaker Dan Pierce, titled "Save the Salish Sea: Protecting an Ecological Gem from Fossil Fuel Extraction." The 5 min film details the government and industry vision to transform Vancouver into a "carbon corridor" to export fossil fuels to new markets....

Selkirk College nursing graduate Kara Sundberg recently won the University of Victoria (UVic) Faculty of Human and Social Development Award of Distinction for the highest grade point average (GPA) of all graduates in the faculty. Kara’s GPA was not only the highest in her nursing program, it was the highest in the faculty, ...

In a recent column about sediment I noted that fecal coliform bacteria had been rising in the Kettle River at Midway. Some readers asked me to spell out what that means. Fecal coliform bacteria are a large group of microscopic organisms which live in the intestines of warm-blooded animals, including humans, cattle, and deer....