Drew brings more than four decades of experience to the Kootenay newsroom. His career has taken him across Ontario, the Northwest Territories and B.C. Drew combines his love of radio and community with his passion for sports.
The West Kootenay-Boundary Regional Hospital District Board has raised the long-standing issue of the need for a second access to Kootenay-Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail.
Police say they found 24 firearms, firearm related items, a taser, body armor and a significant amount of stolen property on last week's Warfield bust.
"No way this is happening." That is how a witness to a fatal accident described what he was thinking seconds before a fatal head on collision on Hwy 22 near Oasis.
The Trail Smoke Eaters continue to recruit locally with the team announcing the signings of three West Kootenay prospects after strong performances at the local I-D camp.
A study on the housing situation in Rossland predicts the city will need 186 additional units of varying sizes over the next five years and 623 more in the next 20 years.
Interior Health maintains closing the lab at the downtown medical building in Trail and moving staff to Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital is the best use of limited staffing.
The Mayor or Rossland calls the Utilities Master Plan tabled at Monday's City Council meeting a comprehensive look at priority projects over the next several years.
Helena Konanz, Member of Parliament for Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay, has been appointed to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health for the current parliamentary term.
From pools to the beach, water safety should be top of mind this week as the Lifesaving Society B.C. branch embraces this year’s National Drowning Prevention Week theme: “Safer Together.”
Premier David Eby said British Columbia is shouldering a disproportionate economic burden from Canada’s trade war with the U.S., and he’ll be calling for “basic fairness” at next week’s First Minister’s meeting.