The Kimberley Dynamiters and Beaver Valley Nitehawks will clash in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) Kootenay Conference finals beginning Friday, April 3 at…
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Delivering food amid growing need
The Trust helps food banks provide vital support “We won’t let anybody go hungry.” This commitment from Anne Miskulin, Coordinator of the Arrow and Slocan Lakes…
Ghostriders face Nitehawks in conference finals
The Fernie Ghostriders needed six games to skate past the Columbia Valley Rockies into the next round of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL)…
Funding secured to expand broadband network
Columbia Basin Trust collaborates with several partners on fibre optic projects worth $7.6M Funding of $7.6 million has been secured to expand Columbia Basin Trust’s…
Kids win by supporting Kootenay Lake conservation
Several local kids won great prizes in the fall kids’ derby draw of the Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program (KLAIP). Kids submitted Rainbow or Bull trout heads…
Kimberley hosting EK Invitational
The Kimberley Skating Club competed at the West Kootenay Invitational on December 1-3 at the Beaver Valley Arena, in Fruitvale. Many personal bests and fantastic…
USW Humanity Fund helps region’s Food Banks
Five Kootenay-Columbia food banks supported United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1-405 in conjunction with the USW Humanity Fund has announced its support of over $5,500 to…
The Hairbrush
By Colin J Campbell My stepfather never talked about the war years, he would march in the Remembrance Day parade when he was younger, however…
Making good on a bet as the Nitros roll
The Kimberley Dynamiters recently knocked the Fernie Ghostriders out of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) playoffs, four games to two. As the two…
USW and Kootenay Savings ratify new agreement
Following 12 months of bargaining and a 27-day labour dispute, the unionized staff at Kootenay Savings Credit Union (KSCU) have ratified a new four-year collective…