For many people, caregiving is a role they take on for a period of time as they support someone on the dementia journey — until that journey ends. For others, it’s a calling that lasts a lifetime and their care has an impact that reaches well beyond their personal friends and family. Linda Clark is one of […]

Shakespeare (may have) smoked it. Bill Clinton definitely smoked it, but didn’t inhale. A lot of the green stuff was grown right here in the Kootenays. And now the Nelson Museum has published a book about it. Grow Show, a beautiful 144-page coffee table book filled with installation images, archival photos, and commissioned artwork, was […]

On April 14, during the process of investigating an allegation of an abduction from the Lumby area, the North Okanagan RCMP located a deceased female in a rural location, according to Staff Sgt. Jason Smart, NCO i/c of the Southeast District Major Crime Unit. A male believed to be involved in this death was arrested […]

From behind the bullhorn at one of Canada’s largest acts of civil disobedience to working diligently behind the scenes with the leaders of the nation’s fossil fuel industry, environmental activist Tzeporah Berman has spent three decades as a crusader for urgent change. In 1993, Berman was one of the main voices of what became known […]

Nearly 70 per cent of damages to underground gas lines in 2023 belong to ground disturbers without a BC 1 Call ticket With April being Safe Digging Month, FortisBC Energy Inc. (FortisBC) and BC 1 Call are teaming up to ask residents and contractors to click or call BC 1 Call before they dig, excavate […]

Patients looking for a family physician or a nurse practitioner will be better supported, as the Province provides an update on the work already underway and introduces new digital tools for providers to improve and speed up the connection process. “Last year we made a commitment to better connect people with primary care providers, and […]