On June 24th Spotlight Films will be presenting “Gabrielle”. The musically gifted but developmentally challenged Gabrielle (Gabrielle Marion-Rivard) lives in a group home with four other adults who have similar disabilities. Like all young women, Gabrielle wants her independence, but of course her situation is exceptional. ...

Dear Christy Clark and the Government of BC: As a parent of a child with special needs and a professional in the field of support, it is very disheartening to observe the disconnect the Government of BC has with the children, youth and families of today. I want our voice to be heard before our daughter enters the public school...

Mountain bike riders from the Kettle River Valley, the Okanagan, and the Slocan Valley gathered to do the inaugural ride on the new Dave Swetland Memorial Trail in Fife. Dave, son of Pete and Emily Swetland, grew up in Fife and established a reputation as one of the most accomplished and extreme mountain bike riders in the ...

Call me old-fashioned - but I still love newspapers. I like newspapers, and I like traditional music. Lucky for me, this month we're showing a wonderful NFB documentary on a thriving newspaper in small-town Ontario, and we've got the spectacularly talented Vazzy duo returning yet again to share some tunes from Acadia, Quebec...

The BC Teachers' Federation didn't wait long to announce plans for a full-scale walkout, beginning Tuesday (June 17). One day after receiving an 86 percent strike mandate from members, and a day after saying it would withhold serving notice, the BCTF told members in a letter it will begin a full-scale walkout beginning Tuesday....

Local RCMP are hailing a South Slocan resident as a hero after saving an elderly man from drowning in the Slocan Pools area of the Kootenay River near Shoreacres Tuesday (June 10) morning. Chris O'Gorman was in the right place at the right time to save the 84-year-old Glade resident after the boat he was fishing in sank after...

Teachers head to the voting booth today and Tuesday to consider whether teachers want to launch a full-scale walkout. The British Columbia Teachers Federation (BCTF) has said the walk out would begin Monday, June 16. The ease the stress of the full-scale strike, the provincial government published a press release on their...

In a move that's expected to shake up the current labour dispute between the provincial government and BC Teacher's Federation, the BC Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA) has reached a tentative agreement Sunday with Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). “The BC Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA) is...

Police are investigating a homicide after a body was discovered at a residence Thursday morning.   On June 5, at approx 11:00 am the Trail and Greater District RCMP Detachment received a call in regards to the discovery of a body at a residence on Feeney Road near Rossland, B.C. Upon arrival police located the body of a...

Nelson and District Teachers picketing during the second round of BC Teachers’ Federation rotating strike schedule Thursday received support from an unlikely source when approximately 40 students joined the lines. “We did some research and decided that teachers wanting smaller class sizes and the highest level of education ...