Flin Flon, a mining community in Northern Manitoba, is the only city named after a science fiction character. Josiah Flintabattey Flonatin is a prospector in a 1905 novel and from Flin Flon the Grand Forks Border Bruins have mined their new head coach and general manager, Brad Snyder. Snyder has many years of experience...

Dear Mayor and Council, Instead of telling you at Monday's Council meeting, you asked me to write you a letter, so here it is: There are five things I wish to bring to your attention: 1.  In our city engineering reports, there are differences in opinion about how much conservation water meters may trigger.  In the Water Meter...

Nelson’s Robert “Woody” Wudkevich was recognized in Ottawa today for going above and beyond the call of duty during a family vacation getaway to Varedero, Cuba in March. Wudkevich saved a young boy from drowning during family holiday. NDP MP Alex Atamanenko accepted the plaque from NDP MP Paul Dewar (Ottawa Centre) and members...

The investigation continues regarding the death of a Boundary farmer last week, according to the BC Coroners Service. They also released the name of the man who died following a farming accident at a family farm near Beaverdell on May 8, 2014. "He is Larry Dale Hultgren, aged 65," said a press release issued May 13. "Mr....

RCMP  Sgt. Darryl Little said the search for three males from the New Denver area missing after a canoeing accident Saturday afternoon on Slocan Lake ended Tuesday evening “without success”. Hayden Kyle, 21, Skye Donnet, 18, and Jule Wiltshire-Padfield, 15, were canoeing from New Denver to Rosebery along with 19-year-old Lily...

May has so far been a month of rain and sunshine – just the way gardeners like it, and just the way gardens like it. Everywhere you look there are tulips, lilacs, and veggie starts. And I know I’m not the only one who thinks that’s great. You know who else does? Deer, that’s who! If there’s one thing we like around Grand...

Around 40 school children and 15 members of the public came out to an information session at wells four and five, May 8. The wells, located at Dick Bartlett Park, were upgraded with generators so they can be run even with a power outage. According to Mayor Brian Taylor, this will not only keep the public supplied with water...

Saturday (May 10) at approximately 5:30 p.m., Slocan Lake RCMP were notified of two people holding onto a partially submerged canoe in Slocan Lake. Four people, ranging in age from 16-21 years, had departed from New Denver and planned to canoe to Roseburry on far side of Slocan Lake, a distance of approximately six kilometers....

Public outcry over the province’s proposed changes to the Agriculture Land Commission Act has the provincial government considering stepping back a bit from its original plan. However, the changes do not do enough according to one Nelson resident on the forefront of the fight to protect farmland in the province. Nelson resident...

The search for three missing young men on Slocan Lake has been suspended due to darkness, as nighttime searches in rough terrain present too many potential dangers for search crews, according to RCMP Sgt. Darryl Little. But he said they'd be back at first light to continue looking. Search and Rescue crews, as well as RCMP...