Open letter to Grand Forks city council on medical marijuana Three years ago I was unable to walk, reach, sit, stand, lie down, bend or kneel without excruciating pain Open letter

Improving Local Food Systems—at the Grassroots Level TMTV/BCTV Kootenays Jan 25, 2010 - Interior Health has recently invested $75,000 to build community food security in communities throughout the Interior region

Olympians carry 2010 Olympic Torch in Trail Sunday after 53 years Airing Sunday Jan 24 on Global TV @ 6PM & 11PM - TMTV/BCTV Kootenays for Global TV - 15 Olympic Track and Field athletes will meet in Trail, BC on Sunday, January 24^th where 14 of them will carry the 2010 Olympic Torch

Torch greeted with excitment and protest in Nelson January 23, 2010 9:02 PM NELSON, BC - Called community celebrations, they often resemble a cross between a religious ...

Save us from footing fools' bills Cost of backcountry rescue must be recovered from misadventurers who need the service ... they think nothing will happen to them,” Cpl. Rod Wiebe of the Revelstoke RCMP told the Sun. “In BC at present, there's no way of recovering costs. ...

OLYMPIC FLAME COMES BACK TO BRITISH COLUMBIA TMTV/BCTV Kootenays - LIVE FROM THE KOOTENAYS JAN 21 & 22 ON GLOBAL TV The torch relay is in Cranbrook on Friday, Nelson on Saturday before heading on to Osoyoos, Kelowna, Revelstoke and Kamloops next week. MORE ON THE STORY VIDEO

Jeep hits two girls on toboggan in Cranbrook, BC Jan 21, 2010 - 11PM Two 11-year-old girls in Cranbrook, B.C., were hit by a Jeep Thursday when they slid down a hill on a toboggan and onto a road, police said. The two girls were taken to East Kootenay Hospital and then flown to Vancouver Children's Hospital with serious injuries. The accident happened in a semi-rural area in the 2000-block of 25th Street South. The girls had been sliding down a hill on a private property and then crossed onto a public road, police said. The 26-year-old driver was unable to stop. Road conditions at the time were icy.

KBS RADIO TO BRING LOCAL ATHLETES RESULTS FROM 2010 GAMES With several local athletes competing in the games, we really want the people of the Kootenay-Boundary to get all of the sports results they are looking for”

Invermere Celebrates Science What connection does science have to your community? Science World is on a mission to answer that question in communities across B.C., including Invermere.

Pacific Coastal Airlines announces service to Castlegar during the Olympic Games January 20 – Pacific Coastal Airlines is confirming that despite its best efforts to lobby the Integrated Security Unit of the RCMP to provide interim passenger screening at the Trail airport during the Olympic Games, it will continue to provide service to the West Kootenay region by operating its daily flights to/from Trail via the Castlegar Airport.

Tearful return from Haiti for BC students CBC.ca CBC NEWS AT NOON & 6PM The 17 students and seven chaperones were met by family and friends at Mount Sentinel High School in South Slocan, following an eight-hour bus ride from ...

B.C. high school students return safely after being stranded in Haitian quake
TODAY ON GLOBAL morning, noon, 6PM & 11PM - Jan 20, 2010 - Students from Mount Sentinel in BC's Slocan Valley were tearfully reunited with their families Tuesday night after being evacuated from Haiti, ...

Dead BC pilot spent hour on phone with emergency officials, wife after crash NELSON, BC — A 57-year-old pilot from British Columbia managed to pull himself from the burning wreckage of a small plane that crashed into the mountains ...

Body of Avalanche Victim recovered At around noon on January 19th, RCMP Air 3 Police Helicopter was utilized to recover the body of the deceased snowmobiler from the avalanche site on Queest Mtn. near Sicamous.

Pilot dies in Nelson, B.C., plane crash
Updated: Mon Jan. 18 10PM AIRING ON CBC TV AND GLOBAL TV - One man is dead after the small plane he was flying crashed Monday near Nelson, in southeast B.C. plane crash

Emergency crews responding to small aircraft crash near Nelson The Nelson RCMP Rural Detachment, with BC Ambulance Services and the Nelson Search and Rescue Team responded to a report of downed plane at 4:00 pm Monday afternoon January 18th, 2010 this afternoon. Aircraft crash

Plane Crash West of Nelson Jan 18, 2010 4:PM Searchers are looking for a downed aircraft somewhere in the woods in the Taghum area west of Nelson.

Large avalanches feared in BC Interior

Raw video footage from Feb 2009 Global BC in the Kootenays south of Nelson. A snowboarder was injured and rescued by Patric Maloney and colleagues from Snowwater Heli-Skiing last February ...More

Military rescue mission begins for B.C. teens in Haiti - students safe at the Canadian Embassy WATCH GLOBAL TV NEWS AT NOON & 6PM FOR UPDATED INFORMATION Updated 10:10 am Sunday Jan 17 Global TV -PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Canadian soldiers came to the rescue of a group of stranded B.C. teenagers and their chaperones Sunday, retrieving them from a remote town outside Port-au-Prince and bringing them back to the relative safety of the Canadian Embassy in the Haitian capital.

HAITI RESCUE video from Global TV

BC teens to be flown to capital, parents hear TONIGHT @ 6PM ON GLOBAL TV SATURDAY JAN 16 Mr. Ouellet, speaking from the southeastern BC town of South Slocan, said he was not sure who is organizing the helicopter - the United Nations, ...video

WE ALL WANT TO GO HOME! - LETTER FROM HAITI SAYS "Many houses were destroyed in our area with people reporting loss of life and serious injuries sustained" - You may have heard that Haiti experienced an earthquake. LETTER

Special Avalanche Warning Issued for Mountainous Areas of BC Interior Many popular snowmobiling and backcountry skiing areas included in warning Jan 14, 2010, Revelstoke, BC: The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is issuing a Special Avalanche Warning for the Northern Rockies, the Cariboos, Eastern Monashees, the Selkirk Mountains and the Purcell Range.

NELSON RESIDENTS FACE HUGE INCREASE IN ALZHEIMER’S CASES, COSTS Jan 14, 2010 - A new national study says Nelson residents face huge economic and social costs in dealing with dementia in the coming decades.

Green Homes and Renovations Conference Early Bird Registration Ends January 15th The early bird registration fee for a full conference package for the Building Sustainability Green Homes and Renovations Conference ends Friday, January 15th, 2010.

Blackmore sues province

TMTV file video/photo -Jan 13 - Polygamist leader suing BC government Globe and Mail Winston Blackmore during a press conference in the community of Bountiful near Creston, BC January 8, 2009. GLOBE AND MAIL Vancouver, BC — The Canadian ...

BC students safe in Haiti quake zone TONIGHT Jan 13 - TMTV FOR GLOBAL TV & CBC TV @ 6PM and CBC NATIONAL/WORLD NEWS @ 10PM CBC.ca Jan 13 - A group of 17 BC high school students ... The Grade 12 students are from Mount Sentinel School in South Slocan, ...Quest students are safe in Haiti. Click here for more information.

Toxco Looks To Prevent Future Plant Explosions

TRAIL BE EXPLOSION CLICK HERE FOR RAW VIDEO TRAIL, BC Jan 13 -(CP) -- A Trail, BC battery recycling plant is calling in some outside help to avoid a repeat of a spectacular explosion and fire in November. ...

Parents of a West Kootenay School await the fait of there children in Haiti - TONIGHT Tuesday, Jan 12 @ 11PM TMTV on Global TV - 17 students from Mount Sentinel High Jr-Sr School near Nelson BC arrived in Haiti just hours before the earthquake.

B.C.’s Endangered ‘Reindeer’ Threatened by New Mining Rules Jan 12, 2010 - Vancouver, B.C. –The B.C. government has created new, relaxed rules for the mining industry that allow exploration companies to log and road-build in designated mountain caribou habitat that is off-limits to forestry companies, BC environmental groups revealed today.

ARNE BACKSTROM & JESS MCMILLAN WIN THE CANADIAN FREESKIING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN REVELSTOKE, B.C. Revelstoke, British Colombia—January 12, 2010—Following the qualifier round on Thursday, World Tour round 1 on Friday, and a weather day on Saturday, athletes on stop #2 of the Subaru Freeskiing World Tour were amped to show their prowess on Revelstoke Mountain Resort’s famed Mac Face.

GRECIAN RUNWAY, PRETTY PROM DRESSES & STANLEY HUMPHRIES 2010 GRADS = FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR! CASTLEGAR BC – On Thursday January 14, 2010 at 7pm SHSS grads will be producing a fundraiser to knock your socks off!

Avalanche Awareness Days Fernie Alpine Resort this Friday January 6, 2010, Revelstoke, BC: Come join us for Avalanche Awareness Days at Fernie Alpine Resort this coming Friday, and you’ll have a front-row seat as Fernie’s snow safety team demonstrates the use of explosives to trigger controlled avalanches within the resort boundary.

A New Year for Sustainability January 6, 2010 - A Green Homes and Renovations Conference is coming January 29 and 30, 2010, to Kimberley, BC, presented by Wildsight with partners the Columbia Basin Trust, Kootenay Rockies Innovation Council, City of Kimberley, City Green and the BC Heritage Branch.

Alberta Victim Recovered From Mount Mackie

TMTV/BCTV Kootenays Jan 5, 2010 - for Global TV & CBC TV - The Trail and Greater District RCMP Detachment have confirmed that the deceased victim from yesterdays avalanche has been recovered from the Mt. MACKIE area in the West Kootenay region near Rossland British Columbia.

B.C. avalanche warning issued The Canadian Avalanche Centre in Revelstoke, B.C., has issued a special avalanche warning for the mountainous rural areas of the province's South Coast area.

Experts stabilizing snow before recovery of Alberta man killed in BC slide

The Canadian Press TMTV/BCTV Kootenays for Global TV & CBC TV - Jan 5, 2010 - 12 noon ROSSLAND, BC — Avalanche technicians are working on the slopes of Mount Mackie, in south central BC, trying to reduce the threat of more avalanches in an ...

Unusual avalanche conditions reported in BC after death of Alberta skier
The Canadian Press ROSSLAND, BC — The Canadian Avalanche Centre has issued a warning about unusual slide conditions in BC - one day after an Alberta man died in an avalanche. ...

Alberta man perishes in Mt Mackie avalanche TMTV/BCTV Kootenays for Global TV & CBC TV - Jan 04, 2010 - The Trail RCMP have confirmed a man in his early 30's from Alberta is deceased, after being buried in an avalanche this afternoon while skiing in the Mt Mackie area near Rossland.

Emergency crews responding to avalanche in Mt Mackie area - TMTV/BCTV Kootenays - The Trail RCMP and area Search and Rescue Team are currently responding to the report of an avalanche received at around 3:30 pm this afternoon in the area of Mt Mackie. The report was called in from a snowmobiler, with RCMP and SAR attempting to reach the area themselves by snowmobile this afternoon.

Avalanche & search for missing snowmobilers Jan 4, 2010 4:00 pm - An avalanche in the Murphy Creek area near Rossland BC has has searchers looking for missing snowmobilers.

Snowmobiling fatality near Golden BC Dec 31, 2009 - a 58 year old female, visiting from the United Kingdom, died as a result of injuries sustained while snowmobiling in the back country, near the Beaver Foot Forest Road area, east of Golden. More: Snowmobiling

CRASH KILLS ONE INJURES OTHERS Dec 31, 2009 - a northbound vehicle with two occupants from Winlaw, B.C. lost control and crossed the center line into oncoming traffic. More: CRASH KILLS

Last minute spots for the Canadian Freeskiing Championships! Revelstoke Mountain Resort has been given two more entry spots into the Canadian Freeskiing Championships qualifier to give away to Revy locals.

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT HIGHWAY 3A - 4:30 PM Wednesday Dec 30, 2009 - Reports of a vehicle crash at Beasley on Highway 3A has resulted in injuries. RCMP are telling the public "that the highways are a sheet of ice". The highway is currently closed in both directions from Brilliant to Nelson to all traffic but should be open to one lane by 5:30PM. SEE DRIVE BC FOR UPDATED ROAD REPORT: http://www.drivebc.ca/details.jsp?eventId=89822

NEW YEAR BEGINS WITH NEW CELLPHONE RULES VICTORIA – B.C. drivers have one more day before they must abide by a new law that brings in a full ban on hand-held cellphones and texting while driving. NEW CELLPHONE RULES

NELSON’S GREEN ALTERNATIVE TO HEAT & COOL CITY Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 TMTV for GLOBAL TV - AIRING ON GLOBAL TV NEWS @ 6PM - The City of Nelson, B.C., Canada is considering exploring the possibility of using Kootenay Lake as a source for heating and cooling parts of the city, as a green alternative to traditional heating and cooling technologies. TMTV VIDEO FOR GLOBAL TV: Nelson's green alternative energy

Survivor, families struggle with aftermath of avalanche that killed eight AIRING MONDAY Dec 28, 2009 ON GLOBAL TV - Jeff Adams' tormented mission drove him again and again to the mountain ridge that spewed deadly waves of snow last December. Survivor

Avalanche risk warning issued in western parks Dec 28, 2009 - Anyone heading out to the backcountry in Banff, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks is warned that the risk of avalanche is increasing...

B.C. ice climbers survive 'very close call' one year after avalanche killed eightan avalanche shot over the heads of a pair of climbers,” Parks Canada reported in an avalanche bulletin issued Sunday. More: B.C. ice climbers survive

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Debuts Upgraded Ski Hill DEC 28, 2009 TMTV/BCTV Kootenays ) -- The newly upgraded ski hill at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort is opened last weekend, providing a better family-friendly ski experience than ever before.

Polygamist predicts opponents will be 'damned' Globe and Mail Winston Blackmore makes his way into a press conference in the community of Bountiful near Creston, BC

Efforts made to save grizzlies from trains Dec 26, 2009 - Wildlife and railway experts will be thinking outside the boxcar this winter to come up with ways to reduce the number of grizzly bears that are killed by trains that rumble through the Rocky Mountain national parks straddling the B.C.-Alberta border.

Bank robber hails cab and goes shopping TMTV/BCTV Kootenays Dec 24, 2009 Fernie BC Canada - The suspect had attempted to make his get away via a cab and began running errands with his alleged newly acquired funds. More: Robber Goes shopping

Youth Against Cell Phones TMTV/BCTV Kootenays New Denver BC Dec 24, 2009 - In our community of New Denver Area, it is true: we have high school students that do not want cell phone service. More: Against Cell Phones

Teck Resources must pay legal fees TMTV/BCTV Kootenays - Colville Washington USA - Dec 24, 2009 Canadian mining firm Teck Resources must pay the $650,000 legal expenses of two members of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation who sued the company over its pollution of the Columbia River.

Survivor of avalanche that killed eight near tiny BC town still ...

Click here for last years search footage on YouTube The Canadian Press SPARWOOD, BC — Jeff Adams barely survived being buried beneath waves of snow last December in a thundering series of avalanches that ripped him from his ...

BC Hydro stiffens security for Olympics

TMTV photo - CBC.ca (CBC) BC Hydro will beef up security during the Olympics at its dams and transmission ... The Brilliant Dam near Castlegar may be a long day's drive from the ... VIDEO: Dams of Kootenay River

CBT PRESENTS $60,000 TOWARD HANNAH CREEK BIATHLON ENHANCEMENT PROJECT

Candlelight Vigil in Nelson for Geoff Meisner

PHOTO OF GEOFF MEISNER MISSING SINCE NOV 27 - A candlelight vigil will take place at 6pm to 8pm on Friday the 18th of December 2009 outside a local business known as The Gym Bag (to the right of Pharmasave on Baker street in Nelson) The Vigil is being Held in honour of Geoff Meisner the 33 year old Husband and Father of four that is missing from Kelowna last month. Some organizers will be selling Candles and donating 5 dollars to the Meisner Family for his 4 children. According to police, Meisner was last seen by his wife on the morning of Nov. 27. She had dropped him off at his vehicle, which was parked at the Orchard Park Mall in Kelowna BC. Meisner is Caucasian, stands 6-1, weighs 275 pounds, has a muscular build and is bald. He was last seen in blue jeans, a white T-shirt and a brown hoodie. Anyone with information is asked to call 1-250-762-3300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Tony Parsons departs ON GLOBAL TV DEC 16, 2009 Global BC anchorman Tony Parsons is set to leave the country's top-rated supper hour newscast. Tonight Dec 16, 2009 will be his last broadcast. More

Deer plague BC Kootenay town of Grand Forks ON GLOBAL TV DEC 16, 2009 Deer Plague Kootenay Town - CBC.ca - Canada The British Columbia community of Grand Forks has been overrun by hundreds of deer, and just what to do about the out-of-control population is dividing ...More

"Don't Go for Gold," Conservation Groups Tell B.C. Government New Flathead Gold Strike Claim Sparks Widespread Concern in B.C. and the U.S.

KLH Redevelopment Construction Begins NELSON BC DEC 14, 2009 TMTV/BCTV Kootenays – Construction on the expanded emergency department and CT Scanner suite at Kootenay Lake Hospital $15.3 million Redevelopment Project begins today.

New Year’s Eve RAVE opening and party at Arts Station Kick off the new year in style, with images, music, dancing. . . and Wildsight. Fernie, B.C. Dec 14, 2009 TMTV/BCTV Kootenays — The Flathead RAVE Photo Exhibit opens at the Fernie Arts Station on New Year’s Eve.

Otis the smiling Mountie makes another big seizure

RCMP Police Service Dog Otis (The smiling mountie) sniffed out the bud! more

Imagine Our Future - What will Nelson be like in 2030? Grab your pencil, paintbrush or camera, and begin to Imagine Transition. What will Nelson be like in 2030? What does the path look like to get us there?

BC community loses fight to ban cellphones Global TV - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Airing Wednesday Dec 2, 2009 TMTV on Global TV - Residents of New Denver, BC, will soon be able to join the rest of the world after Telus got ... communities of Silverton and Rosebery and across Slocan Lake. TMTV Video for Global TV - No Cell Phones Please

Not-guilty plea expected in autistic boy's death TMTV Video/photo - AOL Canada - A woman accused of murdering a 12-year-old autistic boy in Grand Forks, BC, last August is expected to plead not guilty, according to Crown prosecutors. ...VIDEO Accused murderer of Grand Forks BC Boy in Nelson Court

City of Nelson launches 2009 citizen survey The Mayor and City Council want to know what residents think about the value of services provided by your local government.

Sneak Peak Weekend! Saturday November 28-29^th Revelstoke Mountain Resort is opening early! November 27, 2009 – Revelstoke, BC: Get ready for some awesome early season conditions as Revelstoke Mountain Resort (RMR) prepares to open ahead of schedule for a Sneak Peak Weekend this Saturday November 28 and Sunday November 29^th.

Highway re-opens after crash Two people walked away from a crash that sent the cab of their truck plunging almost 60 metres off the side of a southeastern B.C. bridge.

Semi-trailers crash in southeastern BC, sending one rig off the Donald Bridge TMTV News video - The Canadian Press - A 150-kilometre stretch of Highway One between Golden and Revelstoke has been closed until further notice. Crews hope to have the route reopened by noon. ...

BC battery recycling plant to conduct reviews, enhance safety ...

TMTV for Global TV noon & 6pm news - Nov 25, 2009 U.S.-based Toxco, Inc. is more than 80 per cent cleaned up following the Nov. 7 blaze CLICK HERE FOR RAW VIDEO ON TMTV'S YOU TUBE CHANNEL Oilweek Magazine - TRAIL, BC - A Trail, BC battery recycling plant that exploded in a spectacular fire earlier this month will conduct an incident and facility review and ...

Community Plan Review for RDCK Electoral Area ‘F’ Nelson, BC – November 25, 2009 – The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK), along with the Area ‘F’ Director, Ron Mickel and his Review Committee is reviewing the Area ‘F’ Community Plan and Zoning bylaws, and invites public participation. Area ‘F’ Project website: www.rdck.bc.ca/f-review

New Literary Contest Announced Fernie, B.C. – The Fernie Writers Conference and Oolichan Books announced a new literary contest last week. Coffee Shop Author is a writing contest with a twist; the premise of the contest is that the bulk of the work be done at the writer’s local coffee shop.

Glacier Resorts travesty leaves taxpayers on the hook—who knew? Wildsight - Kimberley, BC, Canada Invermere, BC —A year and a half ago, Glacier Resorts Ltd. started punching a road through the alpine to access what public groups are calling a “dubious ...

Snowmobiler injured in avalanche TMTV PHOTO - Nov 19, 2009 Four snowmobilers barely survived an avalanche in the Frisby Ridge area in the Kootenays that left two of them trapped under the snow while their friends frantically tried to rescue them late Tuesday afternoon.

Kootenay regions most talented landscape photographers launch party Greg Osadchuk is one of the Kootenay regions most talented landscape photographers and on November 20th he will launch an exclusive showing of his work at Nelson’s Elephant Mountain Gallery More photos and story

CAC to offer guidance and knowledge for managing risk in avalanche terrain Coming out of one of the worst winters on record for avalanche fatalities in Canada, the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is offering a full day workshop

Friday on CBC's Fifth Estate

(CBC TV- 9 p.m Nov 13, 2009.), Linden MacIntyre peers through the mist and fog of Nelson, B.C., and discovers the region is a hotbed for extreme sports enthusiasts and aficionados of a certain crop called "B.C. bud." http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/ More on Sam Brown on TMTV Click here for TMTV Video & interview on YouTube

EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA! Combined H1N1 and Seasonal Flu Clinics for Kootenay Boundary The clinics will provide H1N1 vaccination to those at highest risk of serious complications (see below) from H1N1 flu virus, as well as the seasonal flu shot to those 65 years and older and those at risk of health complications from the flu.

New cell tower brings coverage to Lake Koocanusa Media Newswire Nov 13, 2009 Cranbrook, BC th TELUS turned up a new $1000000 cell tower this week at Lake Koocanusa, ensuring residents and travellers in the area have access to the ...

Short circuit in battery may have sparked fire

Globe and Mail The fire that broke out late Saturday afternoon was the fourth since 2000 at the industrial site outside Trail, BC, that required the assistance of the ... CLICK HERE FOR RAW VIDEO

Volunteers’ dedication leads to unveiling of unique veterans’ statue This Remembrance Day, the City of Trail will be honouring those who have served our country but the community will also be recognizing the relentless volunteer efforts of many of its citizens. At the ceremony, members of the Trail branch of the Royal Canadian Legion will unveil the town’s much-awaited cenotaph statue – a project largely attributed to the town’s dedicated volunteers. This event to be broadcast by TMTV on Global TV news @ 6PM Nov 11, 2009

Man dies in hot springs near Nakusp TMTV/BCTV Kootenays Nov 10, 2009 - A man from Taylor BC is dead after soaking in the hot springs near Nakusp, BC.

New B.C. rules for off-road vehicles CBC - Drivers of all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and dirt bikes in B.C. will be subject to new rules being phased in over the next two years, the provincial government announced Tuesday. More: New rules for off

Trail battery-recycling fire leaves burning questions

TONIGHT TMTV ON GLOBAL TV & CBC TV -NOV 9, 2009 CBC.ca The company that operates a lithium battery recycling facility near Trail, BC, that was engulfed in a spectacular blaze over the weekend says it's ...

Fire erupts at BC battery plant

CLICK HERE FOR RAW VIDEO TONIGHT @ 6PM ON GLOBAL TV & CBC TV NOV 8, 2009 TRAIL, BC -- Firefighters were battling a blaze Saturday night at a battery recycling plant in southeastern British Columbia. The large fire broke out at ...

Explosions and fire tear through battery recycling plant in Trail, BC The Canadian Press - TRAIL, B.C. TRAIL, BC — A huge fire has burned through a battery recycling and electronic waste plant south of Trail, BC A spokesperson at the Kootenay-Boundary ...

More than 5500 wild animals killed by drivers on BC highways last year
Vancouver Sun ... about 23 km west of Creston, where 18 animals died — 12 deer, four elk, ... Highway 97 in the Okanagan and Interior, Highway 3 in southern BC, ...

Highway line painters agree to new contract in BC National Union of Public and General Employees ... Union (BCGEU/NUPGE) who work for Lafrentz Road Marking Ltd. Lafrentz marks highways from the Thompson Cariboo to the Yukon border and the Kootenays. ...

BC Mounties say fugitive may be headed to Calgary A Canada-wide warrant of arrest, for Attempted Murder, has been issued for 51 year old Kevin William WINTERSCanoe.ca By SUN MEDIA Mounties in Cranbrook, BC, believe a fugitive wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for attempted murder may be headed to Calgary. ...More: F ugitive

Fully Focused: Robert Fagan CTV Olympics The Cranbrook, BC, native has been on the World Cup circuit since 2001 when he placed eighth at his first World Cup race in Tignes, France. ...

East Kootenay 2009 traffic fatality numbers Courtesy East Kootenay Traffic Services

RCMP East Kootenay Traffic Services on the 2009 traffic fatality numbers and the pending high crash season months of November/December. Causal factor of Speed Relative to Road and Weather Conditions. More: 2009 traffic fatality numbers

Woman raped by masked suspects in Cranbrook TMTV/BCTV Kootenays Nov 5, 2009 - RCMP are asking the public for assistance - Cops are hunting for several masked rapists who turned Halloween into a real nightmare for a local woman.

Canada's secret slopes - Kootenays on CNN Travel CNN - Nov 5, 2009 - Just outside of town, Whitewater's unpretentious ski area consists of a dirt parking lot, two lifts, a handle tow, and a small lodge.

Crown-owned Waneta Expansion hydroelectric project is given red light The Canadian Press CASTLEGAR, BC — The Waneta Expansion hydroelectric project in the BC Interior near the US border has been halted by the provincial government's Columbia ...

RCMP and BC Coroners Service investigate death of Creston man as “In Custody Death” TMTV/BCTV Kootenays Nov 4, 2009 - The RCMP Southeast District Major Crimes Unit is investigating the death of 61 year old Creston resident Marvin Gene Asmunt. Mr. Asmunt passed away on September 18th, 2009 at the Creston Hospital.

Cranbrook Shooting TMTV/BCTV Kootenays Nov 4, 2009 - Cranbrook RCMP spent the weekend investigating the shooting that occurred outside the Sam Steele Inn More: Cranbrook Shooting

New poll reaffirms local support for Flathead park Wildsight - Kimberley, BC, Canada
... 638 people in the East Kootenay communities of Sparwood, Elkford, Fernie, ... 77% feel it's important that some areas in southeastern BC be set aside as ...

Twelve Alleged Drug Traffickers Charged In West Kootenay Boundary TMTV/BCTV Kootenays Nov 2, 2009 - a three month investigation lead by the Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment General Investigation Section culminated with Warrants for Arrest being issued for 12 alleged drug dealers from throughout the West Kootenay/Boundary More: Drug Traffickers Charged

Social investing counts its dividends in a different currency Globe and Mail - When the financial meltdown began pummelling the investments of the Osprey Community Foundation in Nelson, BC, the foundation's ...

RCMP seek to identify possible witnesses in John Fulton murder case

TMTV/BCTV Kootenays Oct 31, 2009 -7PM The RCMP Southeast District Serious Crimes Unit who are continuing their investigation into the murder of 12 yr old John Fulton, are currently attempting to identify any and all witnesses that may have been at the Gables housing complex in Grand Forks between Saturday August 15th and Monday August 17, 2009.More: RCMP seek

House fire kills 20-year-old woman in Cranbrook BC Oct 31, 2009 - TMTV/BCTV Kootenays - At 2:40 a.m., on October 31st, the Cranbrook Fire Department and the RCMP were called to the scene of a house fire on 4th St. Northwest, in Cranbrook.

11 YEAR-OLD GIRL STRUCK BY POLICE CAR IN CRANBROOK Parkland Middle School in Cranbrook

TMTV/BCTV Kootenays CRANBROOK, BC Oct 31, 2009, 5PM – Investigators face the key question of whether a policeman was driving without due care and attention when he ran down an 11-year-old ...MORE

TRAIN INCIDENT IN NELSON TMTV/BCTV Kootenays Oct 30, 2009 - The CPR train heading east out of Nelson was stopped for a couple of hours after the train engineer thought he may have struck someone walking on the tracks. RCMP dog team, Nelson City Police along with Nelson Fire and Rescue searched the soccer field and Lakeside Park area by Kootenay Lake but found no one with any injuries. CPR Police have been notified and will continue the investigation. The train blocked one of the entrances to the mall area but has since moved. The incident was called in at the same time power was knocked out to much of Nelson and the north shore, making residence believed it was a train crash or derailment, but that was not the case. The power outage and the stopped train was un-related.

Woodbury Resort Burns to the Ground

Woodbury Resort burned to the ground early Thursday morning. More Woodbury Resort Fire Photos

The great BC real estate bust Redstone Resort, Rossland BC Globe and Mail In Nelson, nestled in the Kootenays, price increases briefly touched 500% .At Cranbrook's Wildstone—another billion-dollar-plus development that has had its problems—onetime nhler Joel Savage applied the same formula. ...

Deadly sledding? Edmonton Sun Oct 26, 2009 The Revelstoke, BC centre sets training standards and maps avalanche conditions for Canada's western mountain ranges. "We've got a long way to go with ...

The snow has arrived on southern interior highways! Oct 26, 2009. 9am - Snow is falling on many of the highways in the Kootenays. The snow has reached below the expected 800 meter mark and started covering the highways early this morning. The snow level is expected to rise this afternoon but the higher passes could see as much as 20cm of snow by the end of today. BC Highways cams - Southern interior

PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER COCKPIT FIRE TMTV/BCTV Kootenays Exclusive, Oct 21, 2009 - An Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-300, flight QK-8216 from Cranbrook, BC to Vancouver, BC on Tuesday had already descended towards Vancouver and was 30 minutes east of Vancouver at 10000 feet, when the crew declared an emergency, reporting a fire in the cockpit. The crew requested a straight in approach to one of the runways. The crew managed to contain the fire, the smoke dissipated, the outer pane of the left hand windshield shattered however leaving only the inner pane intact. The airplane was cleared to land and touched down safely with emergency services on stand-by. The runway was closed for several minutes.

Cell phone while driving to be outlawed in 2010 Oct 21, 2009 - Solicitor General Kash Heed has introduced a bill banning the use of handheld cell phones while driving. Motorists will be forced to use a hands-free device. The new law will take effect on February 1, 2010. Watch the Early News on Global BC for more on this story or go to www.GlobalTVBC.com More info: BC Gov Press Release

Officers won't destroy grizzly

The Grizzly was estimated to be over 6 feet in height. Calgary Sun - Jeff Hebert and Ken Scown, both of Nelson, BC, were camping in the East Kootenays when the grizzly attacked them in their tent about 10:20 pm last Wednesday ...

ANCIENT FOREST OF THE UPPER INCOMAPPLEUX VALLEY – CALL FOR PROTECTION (Left) Guy Gentner, NDP Government Relations critic with VWS director Craig Pettitt beside one of many huge old growth cedars found in the Incommapleux.

WEST KOOTENAYS, BC Oct 19, 2009 – Two NDP MLAs, Michael Sather and Guy Gentner, are calling upon the provincial government to take the initiative to protect BC's rarest inland temperate rainforests. They are making the call after a tour of the Incomappleux River valley in southeastern BC hosted by the Valhalla Wilderness Society (VWS) on Friday, October 16. SEE: ANCIENT FOREST

Flathead visit by UN scientists complete Wildsight .. investigate potential mining activities in the Flathead River Valley wrapped up their fact-finding tour at a meeting in Fernie, BC, in late September. ...

TWO NELSON MEN ATTACKED BY GRIZZLY Oct 16, 2009 - TMTV Breaks the story for Global TV National & top story for Global BC & CBC TV @ 6PM

TMTV's video on Global TV Jeff Hebert (left ) and Ken Scown with bandages on their arms telling their story to TMTV. Bear attacks two sleeping BC men (CBC TV STORY) Two Nelson, BC, men are recovering from wounds suffered in a grizzly bear attack earlier this week. Jeff Hebert and Ken Scown were on a hunting trip....

Ken & Jeff show their ripped tent after a grizzly attack.

BC LEGISLATORS TOUR ENDANGERED PRIMEVAL RAINFOREST WITH SCIENTISTS WEST KOOTENAYS, BC 2009- On Friday, October 16, a group of scientists, legislators and environmentalists will visit a rare, primeval forest under threat of clearcut logging. The forest is in the Upper Incomappleux Valley near Revelstoke. The Incomappleux has trees that are upward of a thousand years old in approved cutblocks. MORE BC LEGISLATORS TOUR ENDANGERED

Holiday Train hits the rails again The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train hits the rails again this November, visiting over 110 communities in eight states and six provinces. In the last decade, the Holiday Train has help raise $4 million and 2 million pounds of food for local food banks. Holiday Train website

MORE GRAIN TO BE TRANSPORTED BY SAILBOATS IN PROJECT'S YEAR TWO Image via: Jon Steinman, Deconstructing Dinner

October 14, 2009 - NELSON - When Canada's first Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project for grain generated international attention last year, it was unexpected that some of that monumental harvest from the Creston Valley of British Columbia would be transported to shareholders by sailboat! MORE GRAIN TO BE TRANSPORTED

Fire Prevention Week 2009 Community Wide Fire Drill! And Dinner with the Firefighters! F/F Martin Ouellette, Capt. Rick Maida, Sparky the Fire Dog, F/F Bob Patton, and Panago’s manager Paul Schellenberg encourage Nelsonites to join in the Community Fire Drill on Oct 13^th, at 6:30 pm.

This year Nelson will be celebrating Fire Prevention Week from October 11 – 17, 2009. (Don’t be confused by other communities; they will be holding FPW one week earlier!) More: Fire Prevention Week 2009

Thousands of Marihuana Plants Seized From Outdoor Grow Operations OCT 10, 2009 (Submitted by RCMP) During the summer of 2009, the Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment General Investigation Section lead an intensive investigation into the outdoor marihuana grow operation industry in the West Kootenay/Boundary

"STOP THE GRIZZLY HUNT" Charlie Russell, veteran grizzly bear conservationist holds press conference in Nelson Airs Thursday @ 11PM and Friday 6PM TMTV on Global TV TMTV/BCTV Kootenays - Oct 8, 2009 - Charlie Russell, the veteran grizzly bear conservationist who has worked with bears all over the world, held a press conference in Nelson Thursday evening to condemn the Kootenay grizzly hunt. He was joined by Fred Easton, a founding member of Greenpeace, and Julius Strauss, a former British war correspondent who now runs a small eco-tourism lodge in the west Kootenays. All three believe that the era of the grizzly hunt is over and that the provincial government should recognize the will of the majority (78 percent at last count) and ban it. They also announced a new website http://www.stopthegrizzlyhunt.org + Recent story from TMTV BCTV Kootenays

Recycling isn’t radical; it’s just what we do here in the Kootenay Boundary October 19 - 25, 2009 is Waste Reduction Week in Canada but really, here in the Kootenay Boundary we don’t need a special week to celebrate what we are already doing.

City of Nelson receives planning grant from the provincial government The City of Nelson has received a planning grant from the provincial government through the Built Environment and Active Transportation Community Planning Grants

Seasonal Flu Clinics for Seniors Start this Week Free Seasonal flu vaccine clinics for seniors 65 and older and those living in long-term care facilities ONLY will run from October 13 to November 9.

Upcoming Food Safety Planning Workshops in southeast BC “British Columbia’s food processors will have plenty of support in strengthening their food safety systems, to ensure food products in British Columbia are amongst the safest in the world, thanks to the recently-signed Food Safety Systems Implementation (Processor) Program.

OPEN FIRES PERMITTED THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST FIRE CENTRE Effective at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 7 October and until further notice, Category 1, 2 and 3 open fires, including fireworks and burning barrels, are permitted throughout the Southeast Fire Centre.

BC a Bad Place to Be a Woman? TheTyee.ca - Michelle Mungall, MLA for Nelson-Creston, said she would prefer to put questions ... but could not since the BC Liberal's disbanded the ministry in 2001. ...

New Girls Only Cat Ski Tours and Family Tours at Island Lake ... First Tracks - Salt Lake City, UT, USA Fernie (BC), Canada - It's just for the girls this winter at Powder Cowboy and Island Lake snowcat skiing near Fernie, as both operators have scheduled new ...

KMBR Architects Planners Inc. to design third major project for College of the ... Canadian Architect KMBR Architects Planners Inc. has been selected to design a third major project for the College of the Rockies in Cranbrook, BC, led by partner in charge ...

BC Mounties join US manhunt for teen on crime binge The Province - The 18-year-old from Washington is a “person of interest” in a recent break-in at the unmanned Creston Airport in southern BC, where two planes were moved ...More...B C Mounties

West Kootenays raise $29,229 at Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure West Kootenay, B.C.,: The West Kootenays were awash in a sea of pink this morning as pink-clad runners and walkers took steps to create a future without breast cancer at the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure at Castlegar & District Recreation & Acquatic Centre in Castlegar.

Expected Increase in H1N1 Activity Means Residents Need to Remain Vigilant

Oct 5, 2009 - Submitted BCTV Kootenays - While the majority of the cases of the H1N1 flu virus seen in the Interior Health region and across British Columbia have been mild, the public still needs to be mindful of taking action and precautions to protect themselves from the virus this fall and winter.

Dead endangered fish were electrocuted THE CANADIAN PRESS TRAIL, BC — Two dead sturgeon that were found in the Columbia River this summer were likely electrocuted when a power ...

BC ski resorts see increased bookings as skiers avoid Olympic Mountain The Canadian Press - VANCOUVER, BC — Call it Olympic aversion or the Whistler skier spinoff, ... Erik Kalacis, general manager of Red Mountain near Rossland and close to the ...

Delta Resuming Non-Stop US Air Service to BC's Kootenay Rockies First Tracks - Salt Lake City, UT, USA Cranbrook (BC), Canada - Delta Airlines will again this ski season offer non-stop ... to Kimberley Alpine Resort and is an hour from Fernie Alpine Resort. ...

Selkirk's Catface project honoured Canadian Mining Journal - BRITISH COLUMBIA — Vancouver's Selkirk Metals has won an environmental ... 33rd Annual British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium held in Cranbrook, BC. ...

West Kootenays lace up for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure Hundreds of breast cancer survivors, their families, friends and supporters are lacing up for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure, Sunday, October 4, 2009 at Castlegar & District Recreation & Aquatic Centre to help create a future without breast cancer.

Self-taught teen pilot may to be blame for stolen Cessna The Spokesman Review - Spokane, WA, USA Authorities think the same thief or thieves stole handguns, food and beer from the Creston, BC airport about 30 miles from Bonners Ferry last week and tried ...

Revelstoke Moves Up The Ratings Fast Track Ski Holidays North America's newest ski area, Revelstoke in British Columbia, has reached number five in an annual US magazine survey of the continent's most popular ...

'Who'll give me a hundred thousand?' National Post ... 40 new luxury condominiums at Lake Windermere Pointe in Invermere, BC Bidding starts at $85000 for units that were previously priced at up to $589900. ...

Flathead history Wildsight - Kimberley, BC, Canada By Ted Ralfe, Fernie In the September 24 issue, the President of the East ... mining in BC expressed in the 1970s and 1980s, turned out to be unwarranted. ...

Lake Windermere Project puts unfounded rumour to rest Wildsight Invermere, BC —A rumour that a “special interest group” suggested a “boat ban” on Lake Windermere even made it as far as Calgary before the Lake Windermere ...

Home sharers needed Over 100 people in the Kootenays take part in the Homeshare program already but more are needed in all areas of the region. Nicholson is also looking to set ...

Ski resort sets helmet rule after Richardson death The Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Six months after actress Natasha Richardson ... Mount Tremblant in Quebec; Panorama Mountain near Invermere, British Columbia; ...

Spawning Channel – Highest Egg Count on Record Oct 1, 2009 - In 2008 the kokanee egg-to-fry-survival rate was record breakingly high at Hill Creek Spawning Channel at 69.4%. Hot on the heels of that record-setting year comes 2009 with a new record for the number of kokanee eggs deposited. More Spawning Channel

LOCAL ARTIST CHOSEN TO CREATE PROMINENT RAILING It’s a railing. Or is it art? The City of Nelson and its Cultural Development Commission (CDC) believe that it can be both, and are confident that the people of Nelson will agree

Eagle Pass Heliskiing and Mustang Powder Combine Forces First Tracks Revelstoke (BC), Canada - British Columbia's Eagle Pass Heliskiing and Mustang Powder snowcat skiing have joined forces for combined packages to ski and ...

Plane stolen from Airport The Spokesman Review The Creston, BC airport reported burglaries over the weekend that saw handguns, food, beer and other supplies stolen, along with an attempt to take another ...

IH Releases Call for Tenders on $15.3 Million KLH Redevelopment NELSON BC CANADA Sept 30, 2009 – An expanded emergency department and CT Scanner suite for Kootenay Lake Hospital are another step closer today, as Interior Health released the call for tenders for construction on the $15.3 million Redevelopment Project.

RCMP IDENTIFY JET SKIER WHO DIED IN KOOTENAY LAKE September 29, 2009 From BKR - Mountain FM - The body of 41 year old local Randy Geist was recovered from about 40 feet of water Monday morning by specialist dive team. He went missing after an accident Saturday afternoon. A by-stander swam from shore and was able to save the female passenger.

Unemployment jumps Canada.com On a percentage basis, the city of Cranbrook saw the highest increase in the year-to-year EI beneficiaries at 165.2%. Nationally, the number of people ...

YVR video project showcasing BC News1130 The featured cities are; Campbell River, Castlegar, Cranbrook, Fort St. John, Kamloops, Kelowna, Nanaimo, Penticton, Port Hardy, Prince George, ...

TMTV/BCTV Kootenays - Saturday 6:20pm Sept 26, 2009 - There has been a jet ski accident on Kootenay Lake. Reports are a female has been taken to hospital with undetermined injuries while Nelson Search and Rescue, along with the RCMP are searching the waters for another victim. The incident happened in the 6 mile area, near McDonalds Landing north of Nelson BC late this afternoon.

Jumbo snow job Calgary Herald Jumbo Glacier Resort, a proposed year-round ski hill in BC's East Kootenays, deserves a resolution. If approved, it would be the first resort in North ...

Saturday's WHL Roundup The Canadian Press Tigers 4 Ice 2 At Cranbrook, BC, Mark Isherwood had a goal and three assists and head coach Willie Desjardins earned his 300th career victory in Medicine ...

An eagle looks over its shoulder as it watches to pick off the spawning kokanee Photo Credit: http://kootenay-lake.ca copyright © Alistair B. Fraser

TMTV Photo© - James Oler heading into Creston BC court house earlier this year. Bountiful It is next to Creston, BC, near the US border. Prof. Campbell has spent some of the past two summers in Creston and Bountiful, conducting research and ...More B ountiful misconceptions

Autumn in the Purcells The Spokesman Review - Spokane, WA, USA ... one mountain road in the Purcell Mountains of British Columbia to a blaze of ... the Glacier Creek forestry road northeast of Kaslo and Kootenay Lake. ...

Nelson B.C. Author Enters Movie Business (Nelson, BC). The novel Sounding Line by Nelson writer Anne DeGrace, recently published by McArthur & Co., has been optioned to Gregory Mackenzie of Impatient Pictures Ltd, by Morty Mint of Mint Agency

It's long past time to approve glacier resort Calgary Herald Much controversy has dogged his dream of building a European-style resort on a nest of glaciers in the Purcell Mountains, an hour west of Invermere. ...

The next step on polygamy Times Colonist Polygamy is approved by many religions, including a fundamentalist breakaway Mormon sect in the Creston area. Religious freedom is guaranteed in the Charter ...

Bountiful's lost day in court Globe and Mail Winston Blackmore, the religious leader of the polygamous community of Bountiful located near Creston, BC, Polygamy should get a full airing in court. It is regrettable, but that will now have to wait.

Fernie Re-Clears Runs for Coming Ski Season First Tracks Fernie (BC), Canada - Fernie Alpine Resort officials launched a quarter-million dollar (CAN) run improvement program this summer that included heavy brush ...

Groups to voice opposition over mining projects Lethbridge Herald A trio of BC environmental groups will have about 45 minutes today in Fernie to state their case against mining exploration and development in the Flathead ...

TMTV file video/photo - THE CANADIAN PRESS/ VANCOUVER, BC - Sept 23, 2009 A BC court decision has quashed ... More

'Nameless' BC resident denied essential services Sept 22, 2009 - A resident of the Kootenays region of southeastern British Columbia says that since 2003 she has been prevented from obtaining the necessities of life by bureaucratic incompetence in the BC government.

Wildsight and Y2Y grateful for new signs at Kootenay Pass Wildsight - Kimberley, BC, Canada By Dave Quinn Creston, BC — Wildsight and the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative are applauding the BC Ministry of Transportation and ...

School District 5 Board Speaks Out About Cuts Following the September 15th Board meeting, School District 5 Trustees have weighed in on the government’s budget announcements of various education cuts and the challenges it presents for the school years ahead.