The Balfour Ferry Terminal will remain, in Balfour. Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, Todd Stone made the announcement Thursday in a media release on the government website. Stone said in the release the decision came following the close of consultation on the future of the Balfour inland ferry terminal. He added...

A second boat that sunk on the Nelson waterfront recently has the city’s mayor looking for answers again from the provincial government about removing derelict craft from local waters. The bow of a cabin cruiser could be seen poking out of the shallow water near the Prestige Marina on Kootenay Lakefor several days. The pleasure...

To Time Change, or not to Time Change . . . that is the question. The first Sunday of November has been designated as the end of Daylight Savings Time in most places. However, for people wanting to not change at all, there's a resident in Kamloops has started an online petition to stop Daylight Savings Time. Robert Dieno has...

For those of us who thought October had to have been the wettest month since the beginning of time, try again. According to Ron Lakeman, Weather Forecaster for the Southeast Fire Centre in Castlegar October 2016 was by far the "wettest October since local records began in the mid 1960s." "The 207.6 millimetres of rain (no...

It's the first day of November and Mother Nature continues to pound the West Kootenay/Boundary region with precipitation. And the cooler temperatures mean the white stuff continues to fall on the upper levels, including the Kootenay Pass. Environment Canada forecast has showers for the rest of the week with snow expected at...

The city will be keeping the bite in bark of bylaw service after it approved the extension of the contracted service. City council received a report from city staff recommending the extension of bylaw services for 2016 and beyond, and acted on the recommendation at its regular meeting on Oct. 11. The city had received very ...

The City of Grand Forks is ready to put the stamp on its latest green space addition. Grand Forks city council has passed first, second and third reading of the proposed Johnson Flats Wetland Nature Park bylaw at its Oct. 11 and 24 meetings. The area was first came on the radar when city council moved to designate the area ...

While the rest of the division flounders, the Beaver Valley Nitehawks are quietly putting some separation between them and the rest of the Murdoch Division teams. The Hawks won for the eighth straight time Saturday, posting a 4-0 shutout of the Fernie Ghostriders in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action in...

“Our efforts to change ourselves and to change the environment are both necessary, but one can’t happen without the other.” – Thich Nhat Hanh   Behaviours, beliefs, and values are the tools for making good choices, especially when you’re trying to change the world. Participants in the fifth Nelson Interfaith Climate Action ...

Selkirk College in Nelson will soon be better equipped for training of well-paying middle-class jobs of as a result of a federal and provincial investment of $16.18 million. The investment, which comes in addition to $600,000 in federal funding for the project from Western Economic Diversification Canada, started paying...