Castanet Media is launching a new edition for Nelson, B.C., the first step in an expansion into the West Kootenays. Castanet, the B.C. Interior’s leading news and information platform offering ...

Washington State Fire Information updated the state of the Goosmus Fire, along the USA/Canada border south of Grand Forks Thursday. The Fire Information media release, posted on BC Wildfire Service ...

Environment Canada has issued thunderstorm warning for parts of the southern interior, including the Kootenay region. Environment Canada said a late season thunderstorm potential Wednesday with very ...

Mallards Source for sports would like to salute the Nelson U17 Selects with Team of the Week honours. The Selects include, coaches Mike Gerun and Tad Lake and players Nina Usher, Fiona ...

When staff can’t travel to oversee programs, those programs are typically cancelled. Bighorn sheep disease management in the Okanagan has already been cancelled and this winter’s wildlife inventories ...

The Province is announcing steps to put Vigo’s recommendations into action and ensure severely ill people get the care they need, even when they are unable to seek it themselves. These steps are: ...

The City has a $145,000 hole in its budget. Temporary shelters that were set up in front of City Hall — beginning earlier this year in March — have amounted to a $145,139 cost to municipal government, ...

Thanks to a generous grant of $399,000 from the Province of British Columbia under its Destination Development Fund, the Creston Valley Rod & Gun Club is well into its’ two-year project to replenish ...

Submitted by Wildsight Elk Root Conservation Society in the West Kootenay’s Slocan Valley is creating a pollinator highway. Pollinator highways are tracts of land dedicated to supporting pollinators ...

Special Olympics BC Nelson offers summer and winter sports, youth programs, and health and fitness programs. Many athletes start in one sport, then go on to try others. Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 Sport ...

New support for manufacturing businesses in the Kootenays will create jobs, promote the development of made-in-B.C. products, and strengthen local economies and communities. “Local manufacturers are ...

I am also co-chair of our rural caucus, where BC NDP MLAs representing rural areas work together to advocate on behalf of rural British Columbians. We meet regularly to discuss challenges our ...