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PLACE NAMES: Tadanac

The Trail neighbourhood of Tadanac was once a separate municipality, with its own reeve and council.

Aug 17, 2017 7:30 AM Read more >

COLUMN: Climate change and West Kootenay wildfires

How does this summer of wildfires relate to climate change? Here’s what the science says.

Aug 17, 2017 6:00 AM Read more >

BC VIEWS: Notes from the forest fire zone

Media hype aside, this is not the worst fire season ever

Aug 14, 2017 10:30 AM Read more >

John White: Top 10 phrases you don’t want to hear in a home reno

Even a simple plumbing repair turned into a three-hour epic worthy of dramatic BBC acting talent.

Aug 10, 2017 7:30 AM Read more >

Walter Volovsek: Retrospectives — Arrow Dam 1

In this view the concrete section of the Hugh Keenleyside Dam is nearing completion.

Aug 10, 2017 7:30 AM Read more >

PLACE NAMES: Syringa Creek

David Loughnan and Russell Rose named the site where they camped on Lower Arrow Lake in 1903.

Aug 10, 2017 7:30 AM Read more >

Nikole O Piyo: Making an impact in Kenya

Hundreds of kids filled the rainbow-coloured seats at the soccer stadium in the slums of Kenya.

Aug 10, 2017 7:30 AM Read more >

Faith Foundations: The Written Word of God

No book has made a greater impact on the world than the Holy Bible.

Aug 3, 2017 8:30 AM Read more >

Gord Turner: Travels with Don to the family homestead

I was asked by my brother Don to accompany him on a nostalgic tour of the town where we grew up.

Aug 3, 2017 8:30 AM Read more >

Walter Volovsek: Time Windows — Crossroads

During his inspection, William Van Horne derided the line as a ‘railway from nowhere to nowhere.’

Aug 3, 2017 8:30 AM Read more >