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Local Mayors call for regional mental health strategy

The cities of Trail, Nelson, and Castlegar have joined forces in a call for a regional strategy to address...

Local Royal Canadian Legions gear up for annual Remembrance Day Ceremonies

Remembrance Day is on Monday, November 11, and Royal Canadian Legions throughout the Kootenays are preparing for local ceremonies. “Remembrance...

Transit service for Slocan Valley

After 2 weeks of no service to the north end of the Slocan Valley, the City of Nelson, RDCK...

Improve your home’s energy efficiency and save money

As the cost of living continues to rise, there is no better time to see what improvement you can...

Province rejects Castlegar transit expansion request

The City of Castlegar will not be seeing any transit expansions this year, despite BC Transit approving expansion requests...

Several out of control wildfires ignited in the Kootenays

Dry lightning has caused several fires in the Central and West Kootenay area, many of which remain out of...

Local governments in the Central Kootenay receive funding for disaster preparedness

Communities in the Central Kootenay region are set to receive additional funding to help prepare for and mitigate disaster...

Kootenays to see above average temperatures in the coming days

Summer has been off to a soggy start, but that’s set to change this week with Environment Canada forecasting...

RDCK imposing Stage 1 water conservation measures on June 1

Stage 1 water conservation measures will be imposed on Saturday, June 1, for residents on Regional District of Central...

Major sewage leak in Kootenay River poses minimal risk to human health

A sewage leak south of Nelson reportedly saw millions of liters of sewage released into the Kootenay River over...

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Interior Health rethinking Trail lab closure

Interior Health (IH) is exploring alternative solutions to support laboratory access in Trail. 

Helena Konanz appointed to House of Commons Standing Committee on Health

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. 

‘Safer Together’- Lifesaving Society of B.C. launches Drowning Prevention Week

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.” 

B.C. Public Service Union members preparing to vote on strike action

Over 34,000 members of the B.C. General Employees’ Union working for B.C.’s public service are set to hold a strike vote. 

B.C. bearing brunt of tariff war, says Eby ahead of First Ministers’ meeting

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.
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