Get ready to give cyclists more room on the road, as the provincial government is updating its Motor Vehicle Act to better protect vulnerable road users. Vulnerable road users, according to the BC government's website, are anyone on a cycle, motorcycle, an animal or animal-driven vehicle, an electric kick scooter,...

B.C. officials warn of potential droughts as the province's snowpack sits at an average of 63 per cent of normal - the lowest recorded in 50 years. The Kootenays fare slightly better than the provincial average, with the West Kootenay sitting at 72 per cent and the East Kootenay at...

Police are seeking public assistance to locate Creston man, Jesse Wood. The 43 year old has been missing from his residence since 2pm Sunday March 31st. Jesse is described as Caucasian male, 5’7, around 170lbs, balding but has longer dark brown/black hair on the sides and brown eyes. He was last seen...

Castlegar Rebels’ goalie, Ethan Lawczynski, has been named the recipient of the Grant Sheridan Scholarship for this season’s Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. Each year, the MindRight for Society awards the $1500 scholarship to one exceptional student athlete in the league, in honour of long time Kelowna Chiefs owners, Grant...

Starting this week British Columbians will have access to a free COVID-19 booster.  The province said in a release that boosters will be available at pharmacies, community health centers and regional health authority clinics for everyone 6 months and older.  Masks are no longer mandatory in Island Health facilities, but people...

Elementary school students in grades 4 and 5 will learn safer cycling skills after taking part in the province’s Everyone Rides program, which is expanding to the West Kootenays. The Everyone Rides program encourages kids throughout the province to try active transportation options in safe and organized environments, stated a...