There is another delay in a Slocan valley woman’s prosecution of the province of BC and the Executive Flight Centre over the jet fuel spill into Lemon Creek nearly two years ago. Provincial Court Judge Richard Hewson set June 16 for the parties to fix a date for a trial in April 2016, in Nelson provincial court Monday. “Well,...

You could hear the excitement in Todd Manton’s voice. However, before Manton and brother Jay see the first client glide gracefully glide down the Kokanee Mountain Zipline, there’s just a little more work that has to be completed. Okay, a little more than just a little. But in a few months zipline enthusiasts from the area...

They grew up feeling secure. They benefited from easier access to education. They came of age during a time of some of the biggest social change in North America. And now the baby boomers, all of whom will turn 65 between 2011 and 2031, are facing a huge challenge in the West Kootenay. How will they get around when they can...

Sixty-seven volunteers and forest professionals planted 8,227 seedlings Wednesday at two Interfor harvesting locations in British Columbia’s Southern Interior as part of a North America-wide effort to set a world record for the most trees planted simultaneously in an hour.  Employees from Interfor and Greenpeaks Resource...

Dear Editor, As the one who a month ago launched the torpedo to sink the Habitat for Humanity project in Grand Forks, Coun. Chris Hammet now finds herself standing ankle deep in the old-Taylor-council doo-doo. As per council tapes of the April 20th meeting, Hammet, under unannounced authority, is releasing “in-camera” data ...

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has awarded a $1.77-million contract to Arrowsmith Road Maintenance to sealcoat 42 kilometres of Highway 33 this summer. The work is taking place between Rock Creek and Beaverdell, with site preparation underway now and sealcoat activity scheduled to begin in early June....

On Tuesday May 26 Spotlight Films will be presenting the French/Australian/Canadian collaboration The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet. This film, directed by Jean Pierre Jeunet, (directed Amelie) who also co-wrote the screenplay with Guillame Laurant is based on the novel by Rief Larson, “The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet”....

On May 3, the cadets of 841 Boundary Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets, Grand Forks spent the day glider flying at the Grand Forks Airport. The SGS2-33A glider and Cessna 182 Tow Plane are owned by the Air Cadet League of Canada, British Columbia Committee and are operated by the Department of National Defense.  Every spring...

Dear Mayor and Council, I understood from the local radio news that you were looking for solutions to the water system issues in Grand Forks. Here is an extremely inexpensive and effective solution: District Metering. Veritec engineering did a study for the City of Revelstoke on their water system, dated Oct 10, 2013, ...

Sixty-seven volunteers and forest professionals planted 8,227 seedlings Wednesday at two Interfor harvesting locations in British Columbia’s Southern Interior as part of a North America-wide effort to set a world record for the most trees planted simultaneously in an hour. Employees from Interfor and Greenpeaks Resource...