The Central Kootenay Invasive Species Society (CKISS) is asking anglers to do their part in keeping an invasive parasite from spreading to local waterways. "This urgent call comes in response to Parks Canada's decision to close all bodies of water in British Columbia's Kootenay and Yoho National Parks, with restrictions...

A first-of-its-kind wildfire training and education centre in North America will be set up at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. The centre was the flagship recommendation from Premier David Eby's emergencies task force. “Last summer, British Columbians endured the worst wildfire season our province has ever seen, and we only got...

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League will welcome the River Rush into the fold, as the Leagues approved the relocation of the North Okanagan Knights to Quesnel. The team, now known as the River Rush, is the second relocation approved by the league in the past two weeks with the Summerland...

The West Kootenay Regional Airport has received an additional $1.6 million for upgrades to the facility's aviation apron through BC's Air Access Program.  Last January, the airport secured $2.35 million to expand the facility through Transport Canada’s Airport Capital Assistance Program. However, airport manager Maciej Habrych told Castlegar City Council on...

Local RCMP detachments in the Kootenays are warning community members of a rise in text, phone, and email scams after receiving multiple reports of residents being scammed out of significant amounts of money. On Mar. 20, a Trail woman was scammed out of $1,900 by someone claiming to be her...

The Province is taking action to support renters and landlords who play by the rules by amending legislation to better protect people from bad-faith evictions, eliminate rent increases when a child is added to a household and resolve rental disputes faster. “While most landlords and tenants play by the rules and...