The public is encouraged to cheer on local entrepreneurs as they go head-to-head in the final pitch event of the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology’s (KAST) Kootenay Investment Challenge. Starting at 4 p.m. PST on Thursday, November 24th, three tech startups will pitch their businesses to a group of Kootenay...

The School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) Board of Education elected their new chair and vice-chair at the inaugural board meeting held November 8 in Nelson. Lenora Trenaman has been re-elected chair, a title she has held consecutively since 2005 except for one year in 2014. Dawn Lang is serving her first term as vice-chair...

Politicians, community members and members of the public officially launched the new on-campus housing project at the Castlegar Campus of Selkirk College Friday afternoon. The $31.1-million project will allow almost 150 Selkirk College students at the Castlegar and Nelson Silver King campuses to look forward to new...

Joining the worldwide effort to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis, Selkirk College and the West Kootenay Climate Hub will explore inspiring local initiatives in an online TEDx Countdown event. On November 6 between 3 pm and 5 pm, the TEDxSelkirkCollege Climate Countdown will feature more than a dozen...

Teacher Rita Corcoran from the Slocan Valley has been recognized as one of a dozen local educators across the Columbia Basin region to receive a CBEEN Award of Excellence. Corcoran, a primary teacher in the Slocan Valley, is a firm believer that instilling an environmental ethic from a young age has a lasting impact on people....

As Halloween approaches, images of scary bats become commonplace. This is the perfect time of year to counter bat myths and do something to help bats, by taking part in International Bat Week (October 24-31). Bat Week is all about appreciating these amazing animals and their benefits, including eating insects, pollinating...

A new biomass boiler on Selkirk College’s Silver King Campus is diverting wood waste with a significant bonus to the bottom line. A load of wood chips from Salmo’s Porcupine Wood Products was delivered in mid-October, ushering in a new sustainable heat source era for the Nelson-based campus that was first opened in 1961....

ICBC and police are launching a campaign to help protect pedestrians as weather conditions worsen and the risk of pedestrian crashes increases. Between October and January, pedestrian fatalities increase by an average of 54% in B.C. “As weather conditions begin to shift and daylight hours decrease, drivers and pedestrians...

Before the pandemic began, one in seven young people in BC had one or more mental health disorders. Since the arrival of COVID-19, these challenges have been compounded and recent studies show two out of three young people now experience mental health issues.  Take a Hike empowers youth who experience vulnerability to change...

School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) turned orange this week, not just because fall has arrived, but because students and staff marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and Orange Shirt Day, an Indigenous-led movement to honour residential school Survivors and their families and communities across Canada on...