The Smile Cookie campaign may be over, but the smiles continue for over 600 charities and community groups across Canada and the United States.   Tim Hortons says a record-breaking $22.6 million was raised with the sale of the tasty treats this year.   Restaurant owners will be presenting their charity...

Salmo residents are being asked to refrain from using sprinklers, washing machines or any extra water usage from 10pm Thursday, May 8 to 4am Friday, May 9, as the village conducts it's water system chlorination. Anyone who may have an adverse reaction to chlorine should take appropriate precautions ahead of...

Two Kootenay communities will soon benefit from new water meters, as the BC Government announces $49.3 million in funding to help replace 14,700 meters in 19 small, rural and First Nations communities across the province. In the Robson-Raspberry Improvement District, $4,028,263 will help with 520 new or replaced water meters...

Nora Hannon, the Regional District of Central Kootenay’s Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Senior Advisor, has been named one of five women in the country to receive a Lynn Orstad Award.  Sponsored by the Co-operators, the prestigious Lynn Orstad Award celebrates the dedication, passion, and leadership of women who have contributed...

The BC Highway Patrol has launched its High-Risk Driving and Motorcycle Awareness campaign for the month of May, focusing on motorcycle safety, impaired, aggressive, and/or distracted driving, and seatbelts.  The campaign aims to lessen the impact of what police call the most ‘dangerous driving weekend of the year’-the May long...

The political landscape would have been much different if the Student Vote Canada results had rung true.  More than 945,000 elementary, intermediate, and high school students from 6,272 schools across the country participated in Student Vote Canada, electing a Conservative minority government.  Students in the Columbia-Kootenay-Southern Rockies riding were among those...