The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) recently had the pleasure of hosting Grade 4 and 5 students from Christina Lake Elementary School (CLES) as part of Local Government Awareness Week. The students, under the guidance of their teacher Ryan...

  On June 22, the Two Spirit, Gay, Lesbian, Queer, Trans Plus community and our allies are celebrating International Pride Month with Castlegar Queer Fest at the Castle Theatre. Queer Fest is the first event of its kind in Castlegar and promises to be an evening...

  The Central Kootenay Invasive Species Society (CKISS) proudly announces the launch of the Kootenay Broom Busters Program, a pilot program aimed at harnessing community engagement to combat the spread of invasive Scotch broom in the Kootenays. The Broom Busters...

Iconic Canadian Country music Artist, Corb Lund, performs an Acoustic Solo Performance at The Bailey Theatre in Trail this November 27 at 7:30 pm. Hailing from the foothills of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains singer-songwriter Corb Lund comes from a rural background, with a...

  Music steeped in landscape is on the menu at Taghum Hall when two musicians from Vancouver Island, John Gogo and Allen Dobb, take the stage on Sunday, May 26 at 7:30pm. Western balladeer John Gogo hails from a musical family in Snuneymuxw (aka Nanaimo). He’s...

  Eerie wildfire smoke is just a part of the Kootenay summer experience now as illustrated by the art currently hanging on display on the Nelson Library gallery wall. The panels are taken from the in-progress graphic novel by writer-artist Nathan Wilkinson and...

Emergency Preparedness Week is May 5-11. In recent years have you stood by wishing you could help those evacuated from their homes during the wildfires and devastating floods? Would you like to be able to help the family that lost everything when their house burned...

  New programs for youth and new parents (to be)are now open for registration. Oxygen Art Centre’s second semester features new youth programming. Take advantage of a day at home from school with the Pop! Up! PD day class on portraiture on May 27 and for...

  For the first time since iDIDaRide has started, e-bikes will be welcomed into this event on a trial basis. Details are being worked out. There are 3 bike events, and e-bikes are welcome to join in either the 11km,17km, or 35km. The e-bikes will run separately...

Join the 2024 Trail Ambassador Program in the Bailey Theatre, Friday, May 10 at 7 pm for their annual pageant. The Trail Ambassador Program is ready to present the hard work of the 2023/2024 Trail Ambassador Candidates. In an entertaining evening like no other pageant...

In the Columbia Basin, there's no denying the presence of exceptional campsites and recreational trail networks, which are among the best in the province, if not the entire country. But what's the secret behind their upkeep and management? It's not by chance. The...

Selkirk College students determinedly pushing towards the end of the winter semester hit pause to recognize outstanding achievement in the classroom over the last academic year. The annual UAS Excellence Awards are handed out to celebrate students in the School of...

The Central Kootenay Invasive Species Society (CKISS) is issuing a critical alert to all anglers in the region, urging vigilance to prevent the introduction of whirling disease into waterbodies across the Central Kootenay Region. This urgent call comes in response to...

  In a time of war and division, Vera Maloff’s newly published book on one man’s pacifist convictions has never been so relevant. That one man was Vera’s grandfather. They Called Him a Radical: The Memoirs of Pete Maloff and the Making of a Doukhobor Pacifist is...

Whether it be the skyrocketing daily costs of daily essentials or the constant media messaging about how doomed we are, it is hard to beat the climate blues these days.  Are there any affordable, practical solutions that actually make a difference? The West Kootenay...