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Kootenay Employment Services running pilot program

Kootenay Employment Services running pilot program

A new pilot program to help people with disabilities gain work skills is being co-ordinated by Kootenay Employment Services (KES) in Creston...
Children and family development minister visits Creston

Children and family development minister visits Creston

On June 22, MLA Mary McNeil returned to Creston wearing a different political hat, that of minister of children and family development...
UPDATE: Body of volunteer in Creston search and rescue effort recovered

UPDATE: Body of volunteer in Creston search and rescue effort recovered

An unidentified 28-year old female West Kootenay volunteer BC Search and Rescue technician drowned on Wednesday afternoon while her crew was attempting to recover a vehicle in the Goat River...
Former Kootenay-Columbia MP promotes fossil find

Former Kootenay-Columbia MP promotes fossil find

When retired Kootenay-Columbia member of Parliament Jim Abbott arrived in Creston on June 21, he appeared to be just a guy with a box of rocks...
Targeted skills spots at KES going fast

Targeted skills spots at KES going fast

East Kootenay businesses and non-profit organizations can help increase the potential of their low skilled employees through government-funded training...
HST referendum deadline now Aug. 5

HST referendum deadline now Aug. 5

Two-week extension in response to postal service delays
Vancouver riot review gets underway

Vancouver riot review gets underway

Former Vancouver Olympic boss John Furlong and former Nova Scotia deputy attorney general Doug Keefe have been appointed co-chairs of a review into the June 15 Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver.
MLA Pat Pimm quits caucus after arrest

MLA Pat Pimm quits caucus after arrest

Peace River North MLA Pat Pimm has resigned as a parliamentary secretary for natural gas development and quit the B.C. Liberal caucus after being arrested in a domestic dispute at his home Sunday.

‘Not much excitement’ for Creston RCMP

RCMP Staff Sgt. Gord Stewart’s last week in the commanding officer’s chair in Creston won’t go down as his most dramatic one...
Creston RCMP searching for missing woman

Creston RCMP searching for missing woman

Creston RCMP are asking for the public’s help in locating a woman who has been missing since June 18...