A unique partnership between the Village of Salmo, local entrepreneurs and a California investor has made possible a cutting-edge arts and cultural hub centre in Salmo offering everything from Village art windows, a Village art and culture garden, a unique reclaimed building materials and salvage boutique, custom upholstery...

This application is for the artists and/or groups who would like to display their art in one of three Village of Salmo Art Windows located at the west side of the building located at 423 Railway Avenue in Salmo, BC. The Village Art Windows were constructed to provide an opportunity for Salmo Valley and Kootenay region artists...

Get your Sculpturewalking shoes ready! On Saturday, May 13, 30 sculptures will be landing in Castlegar’s downtown, marking the seventh year of the internationally-renowned Castlegar Sculpturewalk. “It’s truly incredible what Castlegar has accomplished in a relatively short period of time,” said executive director Joy Barrett....

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has given the go-ahead for a class-action lawsuit for residents of the Slocan Valley affected by the 2013 fuel spill in Lemon Creek. Justice David Masuhara ruled last week the proposed civil action had met the proper requirements of a class action and had sound enough arguments to go to trial. In ...

The Nature Trust of British Columbia is pleased to announce the acquisition of Lardeau–Duncan–Meadow Creek South property with the support of the Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP). This 31 hectare (76 acre) property expands the Lower Lardeau Duncan Conservation Lands Complex. It is located near the community of...

The weather has only turned warmer during the past few days but already RCMP have found drivers cranking up the speed on local highways said Sergeant Chad Badry West Kootenay Traffic and Integrated Road Safety Unit in a media release Tuesday. Badry said with the warmer weather out, police are seeing the speeds increasing,...

Employees at KC Recycling in Waneta got a bit of a fright this morning when an electrical fire caused three explosions. Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue Captain Grant Tyson said they received the emergency call at 10:18 a.m. and responded with six Trail firefighters and another three from Montrose. Crews arrived on scene...

There wasn’t much of that massive, blazing ball of heat in the sky the past month as the cool, wet weather pattern of March continued through into April said Ron Lakeman of the Southeast Fire Centre in Castlegar. Lakeman said, during his monthly weather synopsis that measureable rain was recorded 22 of the possible 30 days ...

Five decades in the making, a beautiful coffee table book on the history of inspiring post-secondary education in the West Kootenay and Boundary has been released to help mark Selkirk College’s 50th Anniversary. Journeys Taken: Selkirk College - The First 50 Yearsstarts at the beginning and chronicles the rich history of...

RCMP in Slocan Lake and Kaslo are asking for public assistance after reports that seasonal residences were broken into during the winter. Const. Herder of the Slocan Lake RCMP said in a media release that thieves stole multiple items from residences located in remote areas between the Villages of New Denver and Kaslo. "Items...