A new society focused on creating workforce housing has launched in the Central Kootenay, aiming to help moderate-income workers find attainable homes in the region.
The Federal Aviation Administration halted takeoffs across the United States Friday after an outage disrupted air traffic control communications nationwide.
A West Kootenay rural immigration pilot program is getting a permanent place in Canada's immigration system, but the number of workers it can help is expected to remain largely unchanged.