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Just a reminder: the Kootenay Boundary Credit Clinic is holding a workshop on debt and credit at the Slocan Park Hall on Saturday, Feb. 12 from 1-4 p.m. There’s still time to register!

On Jan. 3, my son, Cole Hoodicoff, 11, suffered a life-altering spinal cord injury while skiing at Red Mountain.

In this photo sequence, Castlegar resident Ralph Lunn executes a left-hand turn on a slope at Red Mountain on Saturday, as part of the “Learn to Luge” sessions during the 114th annual Rossland Winter Carnival.

Nazanin Afshin-Jam is a human rights activist, president and co-founder of Stop Child Executions, former Miss World Canada and Miss World first runner-up and the upcoming speaker for Selkirk College’s Mir Centre for Peace Winter Lecture Series.

One of the first of many fundraisers for injured 11-year-old Cole Hoodicoff happened Jan. 15 at the Lion’s Head Smoke and Brew Pub in Robson, raising $3,350 for the boy and his family.

Cancelled last year due to a lack of snow, Castlegar Family Toboggan Night organizers are gearing up for this year’s party to be big.

“Breast Friends” — a group of 10 women from Foam Lake, Sask. — have raised more $1 million for cancer research through their cookbook series, and now the books are available to purchase locally.