Creston Valley Transit Service The Regional District Board and the local government partners of the Creston Valley Transit Service, as a result of low ridership on fixed route service, have confirmed their support and will be piloting a new type of transit service called a Shuttle Program. During the planning of the Shuttle...

Sound healing At the Temple, 2600 6 Mile Rd, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 6:30 p.m. Contact: [email protected] Healing Circle, with Celesttina, and Kai (by donation).A transformational journey guided by the powerful sound of crystal bowls, didgeridoo, gong, drums and many other percussions. We first set an intention for ourselves ...

His excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, as well as patron of The Royal Canadian Legion, will receive the symbolic first poppy today from Patricia Varga, Dominion president of The Royal Canadian Legion, to kick off the 2011 National Poppy Campaign. Poppies will be...

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 3:30 p.m. for a Halloween program you won’t forget. Scary tales (and some not so scary) ghostly jokes and riddles like “What do ghosts serve for dessert? (I scream),” spooky songs and more. Did you know the largest pumpkin pie ever made was 2,020 pounds? Wow. Wonder how big the oven...

Douglas Road between Morgan and Union Streets will be closed to through traffic for two weeks until Nov. 4. One traffic lane will remain open to emergency vehicles and buses. WSA Engineering Ltd. will be repairing the no-post wall at this location. Vehicles will be detoured through Union and Pine Streets during these works....

The winner in the Humorous Speech Contest at the Kokanee Speakeasy Toastmasters was Mary Mortimer, while Ryan Oakley won in the Table Topics Contest. Held on Monday, Sept. 29, they had a very exciting, entertaining and quite funny Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest. Overall, it was a fun, competitive evening filled with...

There has certainly been plenty of movement on Baker Street over the past few months. Moving or expanding businesses include Shoes for the Soul, Rivers Oceans and Mountains —who expanded into the previous Shoes for the Soul location — Bent Over Leather, Hall Printing, Lilikoi (clothing store) and Booksmyth as well as Culinary...

Want to get some tips on carving an outstanding pumpkin just in time for Hallowe’en? On Saturday, Oct. 22 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. you might just get that chance. David Ducharme is a sculptor who lives in the Slocan Valley but travels the world pursuing his art. He has attended festivals, exhibitions and special events...

Salmo RCMP were called to a complaint of an intoxicated male sleeping in an alley in the 100 block of Main Street in Salmo on Tuesday night around 11:15 p.m.  The man was solid asleep in near freezing temperature when the member arrived on scene to check on his wellbeing.  The individual was arrested for causing a...

Are you a descendant of a British child immigrant? Is there a ‘home child’ in your family background? How would you know? Join historian and author Art Joyce at Nelson’s Touchstones Museum of Art and History, Shawn Lamb Archives, Thursday, Nov. 3 at 7 pm for his presentation Laying the Children’s Ghosts to Rest: Honouring...