RHS trail receives award

Sinclair Creek - A Stream Through Time was honoured by Interpretation Canada with a silver medal in their 2008 Awards of Excellence. The silver-medal project begins just west of Hwy. 93/95 and continues on a leisurely two kilometre walk all the way to the sawmill with four access points along the... more

Local girls and Rockies join to raise awareness

The girls have teamed up with the Columbia Valley Rockies to raise money and awareness about this form of cancer throughout the month of November. The idea to get involved stemmed from a hockey game that Kristen went to... more

• Dunlop makes his mark
• Rockies’ vet sees a bright future
• Gold Runners

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Chamber Members Benefits Program…

Plan Strengths: Whether you’re a solo entrepreneur, home-based business or part of a larger firm, benefits are a very important part of your financial security. The Chambers Plan lays a solid foundation for that security, based on a benefit... more

• First choice in valley real estate
• Shopping for the essentials
• Coldwell Banker expands

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Curl up with a book in Radium

Traditionally residents have used a library for the enjoyment of reading a good story.  “Over the years the role of libraries has been changing and becoming a community centre for information as well,” said Jane Jones, head librarian in Radium who also... more

• Photo submitted New book a guide to adventure
• I am Kootenay Woman, hear me roar
• A hair-raising experience

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New education program targeting local invasive plants

The East Kootenay Invasive Plant Council (EKIPC) is pleased to announce the creation of an Invasive Plant Education Program. This program is free, and is available to anyone residing within the boundaries of the RDEK. Invasive plants are typically non-native plant... more

• Remember when?
• New set of wheels for April
• Remember when?

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Shots were free but not cheap

Mayor Taft, are you really criticizing grants that would pay for the CPR Lodge despite the fact that Mount Nelson and Pothole Parks recently received funding and the work at Pynelogs was paid by grants? Is it really your... more

• B.C. VIEWS: U.S. interests pull our strings again
• Thank you
• Franken-flu

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Meeting at the meat draw

There are plenty of good old-fashioned local traditions alive and well, practised, from one end of the valley to the other. I would tell my oldest daughter she was more country than a truck full of turnips. She hated when I... more

• Does my voice count for anything?
• Many thanks to all of you
• The million dollar question?

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Two worlds

Forty-five minutes of highway are a gulf between two very different worlds. A few months ago, I became a crime reporter in Kelowna. My time is now split between the Capital News and the Summerland Review. Travelling back and forth each... more

• The quest for a local apple
• The Den Report, Lions beat 'Riders, now 2-4
• The Den Report, Logan impressing in NFL camp

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