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On May 31, Lower Kootenay Band members gathered for a barbecue and information session at the health centre. (Photo by Sam Pike)

Lower Kootenay Band celebrates health services with open house

The Wilfred Jacobs building opened last year with a new health clinic

Indigenous artist Mark Jacobson poses with co-owners Sandy and Dirk Kunze in front of the Kunze Gallery. (Photo by Kelsey Yates)

Creston art gallery celebrates Indigenous collaboration inside renovated grain elevator

A grand opening for the elevator, Indigenous art studio was held on June 2

Columnist Margaret Miller is a longtime Creston Valley resident. (File photo)

Valley Views: Crossing the Stage

Students at Kootenay River Secondary School will soon be celebrating their achievements

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FILE - The Iron Sheik arrives at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles on July 15, 2009. The Iron Sheik, born Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, died Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at age 81. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
The Iron Sheik, charismatic former pro wrestling villain and Twitter personality, dies at 81
Prince Harry arrives at the High Court in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Prince Harry is due at a London court to testify against a tabloid publisher he accuses of phone hacking and other unlawful snooping. Harry alleges that journalists at the Daily Mirror and its sister papers used unlawful techniques on an “industrial scale” to get scoops. Publisher Mirror Group Newspapers is contesting the claims. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Prince Harry testifies the tabloids destroyed his childhood, but fails to recall specific stories
FILE - This May 14, 2018 file photo shows Chuck Todd at the 2018 NBCUniversal Upfront in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Chuck Todd leaving NBC political panel show ‘Meet the Press’ and being replaced by Kristen Welker
FILE - Workers on scaffolding repaint the NASA logo near the top of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., May 20, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
NASA talks UFOs with public ahead of final report on unidentified flying objects
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Three-year-old Deerat Kaur Chahal enjoys some time at Skaha Park. Her family and her are being deported if a reprieve isn’t given. (Mark Brett / Local Journalism Initiative Reporter)

Okanagan MP, community rallies to keep young family from being deported

Hardeep Singh Chahal, his pregnant wife Kamaldeep Kaur and daughter want to stay in Penticton

Three-year-old Deerat Kaur Chahal enjoys some time at Skaha Park. Her family and her are being deported if a reprieve isn’t given. (Mark Brett / Local Journalism Initiative Reporter)
Hope RCMP are looking into a serious spate of alleged hate crimes in Hope, just days into the community’s first Pride festival. (Kemone Moodley/Hope Standard/Megan te Boekhorst)

PHOTOS: Pride flag set on fire during night of alleged hate crime in Hope

Hope RCMP extend support to local LGBTQIA2S community following rash of crime

Hope RCMP are looking into a serious spate of alleged hate crimes in Hope, just days into the community’s first Pride festival. (Kemone Moodley/Hope Standard/Megan te Boekhorst)
Ella Moore is the 2023 Junior Citizen of the Year. (Photo by Corinna Cooke)

Creston announces 2023 Citizens of the Year

Demetre Karountzos and Ella Moore were chosen for their community involvement

Ella Moore is the 2023 Junior Citizen of the Year. (Photo by Corinna Cooke)
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Sekyiwa “Set” Shakur poses atop her late brother Tupac Shakur’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a posthumous ceremony in his honor on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Los Angeles. The late rapper and actor is pictured at right. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Tupac Shakur receives Walk of Fame star honor in the same month as birthday
Nanaimo RCMP have reported a man has died on June 7 after going into medical distress while swimming at Westwood Lake. (Black Press Media file photo)
Man dies after going into medical distress while swimming in Vancouver Island lake
Hope RCMP are looking into a serious spate of alleged hate crimes in Hope, just days into the community’s first Pride festival. (Kemone Moodley/Hope Standard/Megan te Boekhorst)
PHOTOS: Pride flag set on fire during night of alleged hate crime in Hope
Three-year-old Deerat Kaur Chahal enjoys some time at Skaha Park. Her family and her are being deported if a reprieve isn’t given. (Mark Brett / Local Journalism Initiative Reporter)
Okanagan MP, community rallies to keep young family from being deported
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Barb and Frank Wloka, owners of Wloka Farms Fruit Stand. (Submitted)

Wloka Farms: Thinning Fruit

By Barb Wloka Although it may seem contrary to the end goal,…

Barb and Frank Wloka, owners of Wloka Farms Fruit Stand. (Submitted)
Two people were swimming in the Goat River near Creston, June 7, and got swept away in the high, swift water into rapids. RCMP assisted in their rescue. (Photo courtesy RCMP)

Swimmers rescued from Goat River

On June 7, 2023, Creston RCMP assisted in a swift water rescue…

Two people were swimming in the Goat River near Creston, June 7, and got swept away in the high, swift water into rapids. RCMP assisted in their rescue. (Photo courtesy RCMP)
South Okanagan-West Kootenay MP Richard Cannings speaks Monday, June 5, in the House of Commons during an emergency debate about wildfires in Canada. (Parliment of Canada)

South Okanagan-West Kootenay MP leads ‘emergency debate’ in Ottawa over wildfires

MP Richard Cannings is calling on the federal government to increase its role in wildfire management

South Okanagan-West Kootenay MP Richard Cannings speaks Monday, June 5, in the House of Commons during an emergency debate about wildfires in Canada. (Parliment of Canada)
Special Olympics athletes attended the Law Enforcement Torch Run on May 28. (Photo by Kelsey Yates)

Creston RCMP raise over $3,600 for Special Olympics

The Law Enforcement Torch Run was held on May 28

Special Olympics athletes attended the Law Enforcement Torch Run on May 28. (Photo by Kelsey Yates)
Hibernation Dream, a carved wooden sculpture by Rossland artist Lars Baggenstos has been stolen. Photo: Castlegar Sculpturewalk

UPDATE: Missing bear finds its way back to Castlegar Sculpturewalk

The carved wooden sculpture by a Rossland artist had disappeared

Hibernation Dream, a carved wooden sculpture by Rossland artist Lars Baggenstos has been stolen. Photo: Castlegar Sculpturewalk
Eddie Petryshen stands next to an old-growth tree (photo courtesy of Wildsight)

Old-growth forest tour making rounds in the Kootenays

Participants can view the ancient trees up-close and learn about their environmental importance

Eddie Petryshen stands next to an old-growth tree (photo courtesy of Wildsight)
Cupping is a therapy used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. (Metro)

Natural Health Approach: Cupping

Cupping therapy offers a myriad of health benefits

Cupping is a therapy used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. (Metro)
Robert Lester (right) and photographer Jonathon Stone are on a 2,000 km journey down the Columbia River along with their team on the Columbia River Canoe Project. Photo: Jim BaIley

Columbia River Canoe Project portages past Waneta, paddles on to Pacific

Columbia canoe project a paddle in progress, highlights good and bad of natural resource extraction

Robert Lester (right) and photographer Jonathon Stone are on a 2,000 km journey down the Columbia River along with their team on the Columbia River Canoe Project. Photo: Jim BaIley
Everyone feels the need to be seen for their authentic self. (Pixabay)

Truest Reflections: I See You

‘I’ve noticed lately there has been a longing, a need to be seen.’

Everyone feels the need to be seen for their authentic self. (Pixabay)
Eddie Petryshen stands next to an old-growth tree (photo courtesy of Wildsight)

Old-growth forest tour making rounds in the Kootenays

Participants can view ancient trees up-close and learn about their environmental importance

Eddie Petryshen stands next to an old-growth tree (photo courtesy of Wildsight)
Poppies after a May 27 rainfall in Trail. Photo: Brenda Haley

Warm but wet May across the West Kootenay

Daily mean temperature records were broken on May 2, May 3, and May 4

Poppies after a May 27 rainfall in Trail. Photo: Brenda Haley
All photos from Sarah Fontaine’s Instagram: garnish_nailart.

Trail nail artist shines a light; makes Top 8 ‘World’s Star Nail Artist’ contest

Reel and photos: The next challenge for World’s Star Nail Artist is due June 12

All photos from Sarah Fontaine’s Instagram: garnish_nailart.
L-R: Herb Hammond, Chad Luke, and Corey Scott, the three guest speakers at this year's Kootenay Lake Summit on May 25. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

“A living fabric woven by water’ — Kootenay Lake Summit discusses forest and lake health

Speakers talked about salmon, forest practices, and how lakeside landowners can be shore stewards

L-R: Herb Hammond, Chad Luke, and Corey Scott, the three guest speakers at this year's Kootenay Lake Summit on May 25. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
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Cranbrook RCMP take ‘prolific offender’ into custody

Cranbrook RCMP currently have one of their most prolific offenders in custody…

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