Interior Health has issued a drug advisory for the West Kootenay. Drug checking has detected high amounts of fluorofentanyl and benzodiazepines that have been associated with higher overdose risk, amnesia, and heavy sedation. Antione Marcheterre, Drug Checking lead for Interior Health says these drugs are more unpredictable, withe less known about...

The BC Ball Hockey Association has been suspended, after an alleged sex offender was identified on its board of directors. “The presence of an alleged convicted criminal and alleged sex offender within BCBHA’s directorship is unacceptable and incompatible with the safety and values CBHA strives to ensure within the sports...

Fully self-driving cars are now banned in BC, but there weren’t any for sale yet, anyway. Changes to the Motor Vehicle Act took effect this month, banning all vehicles with self-driving capabilities at level three or above. That would affect cars that can drive themselves without human input, and there...

The Out of the Cold shelter and outreach services located at 1660 Columbia Ave will close on Apr. 30. BC Housing has discontinued its funding of temporary winter shelters, and the City of Castlegar is urging them to reconsider. The temporary shelter, which just moved to its new location on Columbia...

Chase Stefanek, forward with the BC Hockey Leauge's Trail Smoke Eaters, has been named the 166th overall North American Skater for the 2024 NHL Draft. The 17-year-old from California was third in scoring for the Smokies this past season, working alongside his older brother Spencer, putting up 35 points in...

Ankors and the East Kootenay Network of People Who Use Drugs (EKNPUD) feel that B.C.’s drug poisoning epidemic has worsened in the years since it began. Sunday, April 14 marked the anniversary of the B.C. Government declaring a public health emergency in response to toxic drug-related deaths. EKNPUD honoured the occasion...