Lillooet RCMP is requesting the public’s assistance in a cold case that is more than three decades old. Roxanne Elaine Fleming has been missing since August 23, 1982. Fleming, a young, vibrant First Nations woman, attended the Lillooet District Hospital at the time for a broken finger. Although there have been unconfirmed...

It's often a concern when environmental plans are completed that they will do little more than sit on a shelf. Thanks to the leadership and dedication of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary and many other project partners, the Kettle River Watershed Management Plan has 'hit the ground running' and has a number of...

To Mayor and Council of the City of Grand Forks, I write you today as a concerned citizen of this amazing City. I am compelled to write to you about some concerns I and many other citizens have arising from the Regular City Council meeting this past Monday January 12th, 2015.  I was unable to attend the meeting in person but...

Artists in all disciplines—as well as arts, culture and heritage organizations — are invited to apply for funding through the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA), which delivers the Arts, Culture and Heritage Program on behalf of Columbia Basin Trust. “We’re proud that for 18 years we’ve been able to partner with the...

Special weather warning continue for Columbia and Howe Sound regions of the province, but the West Kootenay alert has ended. The weather has changed to a few flurries or rain showers for Sunday, dropping to 30 percent for Monday along with fog. Highs for Monday is for plus 3. Unsettled weather is set to remain for the rest ...

Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior is reminding eligible local employers and organizations that the deadline for submitting applications to Canada Summer Jobs 2015 (CSJ) is January 30, 2015.   “The deadline is approaching”, said Atamanenko.  “I encourage eligible employers to consider applying for CJS funding and ...

Dear Editor, The recent election has shown, emphatically, how local residents felt about how the city was run by the previous mayor and council. It was clear that the voters wanted change; a change from government that didn’t listen. They wanted a voice in how the city is run. At the Dec 15th, 2014 city council morning meeting,...

Looks like some great choices for the upcoming 2015 Traveling Community Film Festival.   This year our festival kicks off on the evening of Friday, February 27th,  continues all day and into the evening on Saturday, February 28th and wraps up in the afternoon of Sunday, March 1st.  Be sure to mark it on your calendar! Once ...

“Life’s A Breeze”, a film about a family trying to stay afloat and together, though, perhaps, somewhat pedestrian at times, does not lack at least some of the characteristic and witty charm of a delightful Irish comedy. True, it did not score well with the established sites, IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes, but it did garner some...

What can you get for under a buck? Well, as of this week in Nelson, a litre of gas. Petrol in the Heritage City joined the rest of the province in seeing its gas prices plummet from $1.40 not that long ago to 99.9. Average gas prices have fallen more than 40 cents per litre since June due to declining oil prices. The price ...