Day two of the BC Teachers’ Federation rotating strike schedule Tuesday sees picket signs outside public elementary and high schools in Arrow Lakes (Nakusp/New Denver) and Kootenay-Columbia (Trail/Castlegar/Rossland/Fruitvale) School Districts 10 and 20, respectively. Teachers in Kootenay Lake School District 8 (Nelson/Creston)...

The reception for Clara Hughes, as she rode into Grand Forks, was nothing less than enthusiastic. Posters were up and school children were waiting for Hughes to make her way across the Boundary as well as crowd and full bleachers in front of Gyro Park. Hughes left Osoyoos Friday morning and rode her bike across the Boundary...

Communications Officer Alexandra Skinner-Reynolds said WorkSafe BC has commenced an investigation into a fatal logging accident that happened Monday in the Nelson area. Skinner-Reynolds said the provincial body received the call Monday of the accident. The Nelson Daily learned the accident occurred in the Smallwood Creek...

Lisa’s Lakeside Bistro – “Gourmet on the Go” - named after the owner/operator Lisa Smith. Address: 1675 Hwy 3, Christina Lake, BC, V0H 1E0 (Christina Lake Living Arts Welcome Centre) Phone: 250-447-2554 Hours: 7 days a week open at 7am – 4pm Sun-Thurs & 7am – 8pm Thurs/Fri with free Wi-Fi Menu Breakfast and lunch menu: ...

A scheduled power outtage was extended yesterday by almost two hours. Fortis originally planned a power outtage on Mother's Day, which didn't work for local businesses, so they rescheduled for May 25.  Yesterday, the power outtage was scheduled for 4 a.m. to 9 a.m. but due to complication, which the City of Grand Forks called...

New Denver RCMP are happy to report that a missing woman has been located safe in the Slocan Valley. Andrea Moore, 36, was located Friday at approximately 2:45 p.m. at a residence almost four kilometers from her abandoned vehicle near the Perry Ridge Road. Moore appeared disoriented and was transported to Kootenay Lake Hospital...

One of two protesters arrested in March for blocking a logging road at Perry Ridge in the Slocan Valley received a 14 day conditional sentence in BC Supreme Court Tuesday. Dennis Zarelli, 37, will serve 14 days house arrest at his Winlaw home immediately and be on probation for 18 months for violating a BC Supreme Court...

Parents in the West Kootenay/Boundary school districts should make alternate daycare arrangements for next week after BCTF president Jim Iker announced Tuesday teachers will stage a rotating strike May 26-29. Iker said the job action is in response to the threat of rollbacks made last week by government negotiators. “Last...

In a heartbreaking turn of events, the search for three missing youths presumed drowned in Slocan Lake has been terminated, according to RCMP Sgt. Darryl Little. "The 10-day search involved the use of the RCMP Dive Team, RCMP Helicopter, Arrow Lakes Search & Rescue, Slocan Lake Fire Dept, Vernon Search & Rescue, Bruce's...

In the tradition of Father/Son journeys the likes of which include Daedalus and Icarus, the road trip depicted in “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”, (the former ending badly of course), and personal experience, “Nebraska” is a road trip of personal and relationship growth and discovery. Starring Bruce Dern, as Woody...