Taghum Hall’s roots are steeped in Doukhobor culture, from floor stomping polka dances to weddings, funerals, choir practices - and food, of course. Taghum Hall celebrates those roots at a special BC Culture Days event on Friday, September 23 with displays,...

Crews install fibre optic cable on the rail trail this summer. Columbia Basin Trust has successfully added 125 kilometres of high-speed fibre optic cable to its broadband network in the Slocan Valley, to just north of Nakusp. Internet service providers can now connect...

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II  Born April 21, 1926 Died September 8, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, who has died aged 96, became through the course of her long reign not only the oldest sovereign in the country’s history but also its...

With cold weather season approaching, drivers and vehicle owners are reminded that BC’s annual winter tire requirements are in effect. As of October 1st, winter tires are mandatory for all vehicles on most British Columbia highways to increase travel safety until...

Festival participant Krystal Withakay (spaxwawlm) The Bringing the Salmon Home Festival, now in its second year, is all about building community as part of bringing salmon back to the upper Columbia River region. Held online in May 2022, the festival drew an...

Selkirk College President Maggie Matear at her office at the Castlegar Campus. President Maggie Matear has been at the helm of the college since late May. Settling in and getting familiar with her new role over the past three months, Matear is looking forward to...

A comedy with music by Stephen Temperley For more than half a century the name Florence Foster Jenkins has been guaranteed to produce explosions of derisive laughter. Not unreasonably so, as this wealthy society eccentric suffered under the delusion that she was a...

The Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP), on behalf of the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK), is now accepting proposals for the Kootenay Lake Local Conservation Fund (KLLCF).  The KLLCF was established by the RDCK in 2014 by referendum. Property owners in...

Celebrate a Community Taking Action – October 8, 2022, Cottonwood Lake Regional Park Four years in the making and we have finally done it. We have saved Cottonwood Lake. With your incredible support, we successfully raised just under $650,000 which supported the...

Students and families across School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) are getting ready for the new school year. Students are anticipating seeing friends again, adjusting to a new classroom or a new school, and joining their classmates at welcome assemblies and other...

Lucie Chan installing 'How to Be 57' at Oxygen Art Centre by Deborah Thompson 2022 Oxygen Art Centre is pleased to offer a new exhibition, How to be 57 by visual artist Lucie Chan. Lucie Chan was born in Guyana, and currently resides on the unceded and ancestral...

A rejuvenated trail in Riondel links to the community’s past. Fascinating discoveries - such as remnants of a turn-of-the-20th-century waterline, log cabin and dam - make the Riondel Historic Waterline Trail more than a place to walk. By restoring and enhancing this...