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SD8 approves 2025-2026 budget

Kootenay Lake School District 8 has approved its budget for the 2025-2026 school year.  The budget, which was approved at...

Over 1.1 million BC residents voted early for 2025 Federal Election

BC saw a 35.7 per cent increase in advance voting compared to the last federal election in 2021. According to...

Salmo teen named 2025 Loran Scholar

Salmo’s Corben Mikol, an L.V. Rogers Secondary student, has been named a 2025 Loran Scholar, securing a scholarship valued...

New Principal at J.V. Humphries and Jewett Schools for 2025-2026

J.V Humphries and Jewett Elementary schools will have a new principal when class resumes in the fall.  Kootenay Lake School...

SD8 sees record high graduation rate in 2024

Kootenay Lake School District 8's graduation rate was the highest it’s ever been last year. Data from the 2023-24 school...

Chair Lang and Vice-Chair Bremner Re-Elected to SD8 Board of Education

Chair Dawn Lang and Vice-Chair Julie Bremner were re-elected by acclamation to serve a second term in their leadership...

SD8 submits funding request to province for Salmo Secondary upgrades

Kootenay Lake’s School District 8 wants to expand Salmo Secondary School to accommodate Salmo Elementary School students, but it’s...

SD8 School Leadership Changes

School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) has announced all of its annual school principal and vice-principal appointments for the...

School District 8 supports federal initiative seeking a nation-wide school food program

Kootenay Lake's School District 8 supports the idea of a pan-Canadian school food program, following a campaign launched last...

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New locations for health services in Nelson

Nelson residents will have new and convenient ways to access a range of local services starting Tuesday, August 12.

B.C. to appeal court decision on Quw’utsun Nation land claim in Richmond

British Columbia intends to appeal a decision by the province’s top court in favour of the Quw’utsun First Nations in their land and fishery claim in Richmond.

UPDATED: No injuries in semi-trailer crash on Highway 6 between Nelson and Ymir

No one was injured in a head-on collision involving two large semi-trucks on Highway 6 between Nelson and Ymir last Thursday. 

Heat warnings issued through Tuesday for B.C. south coast, parts of Interior

Scorching temperatures are expected through Tuesday in southwestern British Columbia, climbing as high as 35 degrees in some areas. 

UPDATED: Two dead in backcountry crash near Trout Lake

The BC Coroners Service confirms it's investigating the incident Thursday on Rady Creek Forest Service Road, but they're not providing any other details.
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