School District No. 5 (SD5) Board of Education is pleased to announce the hiring of Viveka Johnson as the new principal for Mount Baker Secondary…
Drunk trying to jump onto moving truck hospitalized
Columbia Valley RCMP Report By S/Sgt. Marko Shehovac At 8:24 p.m. on April 26, Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment received a report of an intoxicated male…
Prescribed burn planned near Fort Steele today
If you see smoke in the sky east of Fort Steele this week, don’t worry: If conditions are right, crews will be conducting a low-intensity…
Obituary for Albertine Aasen
AASEN: Albertine Theresa Marie Dates: Birth date: April 6, 1928 Death date: April 24, 2014 Obituary: AASEN: Albertine Theresa Marie passed away peacefully with her…
Canada’s leading food forest pioneer returns to East Kootenay
Richard Walker, Canada’s leading food forest pioneer will return to the East Kootenay to give an annual food forest workshop on May 10 and 11,…
Obituary for William Campbell Hart “Billy”
William Campbell Hart “Billy” 1957 – 2014 It is with deep sorrow that the family of William Hart announces his sudden passing on Friday, April…
SD5 board congratulates principal on science award
Once again School District No. 5 (SD5) is keen to recognize the achievements of one of its own. Recently, Darcy Verbeurgt, District Principal of Student…
Wide range of issues considered at AKBLG AGM
By Christina Benty, AKBLG President and Mayor of the Town of Golden April in local government world means area association meetings throughout the province. In…
Dental funding filling need for low-income families
Some British Columbians could be smiling a little brighter thanks to $96,000 for dental programs for low-income children and adults this year, announced Ministry of…
Leave newborn wildlife in the wild
When it comes to newborn wild animals, mother always knows best, and so with fawning and calving season underway provincial biologists are reminding people that…