Local News

West Kootenay strategy for homelessness and public safety gains ground

Advocates say a regional strategy will help ensure services are more fairly distributed across communities

May 12, 2025 5:35 AM Read more >

Body of missing kayaker recovered from Kootenay Lake

The 21-year-old from Creston went missing April 30

May 11, 2025 2:36 PM Read more >

Motorists cautioned as spring lures more wildlife onto Interior B.C. roads

Southern Interior seeing more vehicle-wildlife collisions per year, with hundreds injured and two people killed annually

May 10, 2025 10:09 AM Read more >

UPDATE: West Kootenay receives climate-change planning funds

Kaslo, Castlegar, the RDCK, Salmo and RDKB are each receiving funds

May 9, 2025 1:00 PM Read more >

'People will die,' Okanagan-Similkameen officials' fiery response to FortisBC

Princeton and the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen file official complaint over shutoffs with Utilities Commission

May 9, 2025 10:07 AM Read more >

Human-caused wildfire south of Castlegar contained

A wildfire near Castlegar was discovered May 6

May 8, 2025 11:47 AM Read more >

Adult salmon makes historic swim in the upper Columbia River

It's the first time in 85 years a salmon has been spotted in an Arrow Lakes spawning tributary

May 8, 2025 10:57 AM Read more >

In new memoir, Nelson's Anna Maskerine recounts surviving domestic violence

Beneath My Scars: Surviving Domestic Violence shows Maskerine's fight to survive

May 8, 2025 5:30 AM Read more >

Nelson council signs on to Sue Big Oil campaign, but with conditions

Nelson will not have to hire its own lawyer, would not have its name on the court documents, and no further payments would be expected

May 7, 2025 3:00 PM Read more >

Columbia Basin Trust funding to make playgrounds more inclusive

The Trust is funding upgrades to 25 locations

May 7, 2025 1:58 PM Read more >