No injuries in Thursday afternoon fire
Firefighters responding to an alarm were greeted by heavy black smoke venting from the windows and doors of the house at 716 Fifth Street...
Scenes from an exhibition
Everyone is fascinated by their personal dreamscapes and that showed in attendance at Dreams and Fears, the Visual Arts Centre's opening exhibition for 2010. This...
Ordinary people CAN beat the government!
Right now, in British Columbia, we are seeing a renewed commitment to democracy as regular people stand up to fight against the HST. Over the...
Ice-less Forum forces BC champs to commute to Salmon Arm for practice
By David F. Rooney The Grizzlies are paying about $2,400 to practice at the Sunwave Centre in Salmon Arm because the Forum has not had...
Like ghosts from the past
By David F. Rooney Ghosts of the past were brought to life at the Selkirk Saddle Club on Friday morning as Dan Boltwood and Barry...
What do YOU see when the lights are turned out? Dreams or Fears?
By David F. Rooney Dreams and Fears is the delicious theme for the first exhibition of the year at the Visual Arts Centre, which opens...
$12 million earmarked for Glacier, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks
By David F. Rooney It's not every day that a heavyweight federal minister comes to town so when it was reported that Treasury Board President...
Provincial Court — booze and guns don’t mix
By David F. Rooney A man who passed out in his vehicle near the turnoff to Johnson Heights found out the hard way that while...
Anti-HST petition campaign starts
Do you dread the prospect of paying yet more in taxes to rapacious, so-called senior governments in Victoria and Ottawa? If you can answer, “Yes,”...