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Eleventh in Greg Nesteroff's series of West Kootenay-related lists.

A local church group is planning to launch a national petition, asking the Canadian government to cut down on its bottle water use.

Kootenay Christian Fellowship will miss Friday’s deadline to buy the old Savoy Hotel for low-cost housing, but isn’t giving up.

The Kootenay Lake school district has released a breakdown of six-year completion rates at its Nelson high school, after figures from the Ministry of Education released late last year showed slumping rates around SD8.

Site manager Bill Kootnikoff leads a group of Grade 5 students from Blewett Elementary on a tour of the Nelson transfer station.

After a school year full of new discoveries, honing skills and exploring techniques, the current crop of Kootenay School of the Arts students bring the sum of their toil to the public at their annual year end shows.

Capitol Theatre manager Neil Harrower (left) and local signmaker Brian McLachlan celebrate the installation of the new marquee Thursday morning.

Tuesday’s federal all-candidates forum in Nelson will feature some one-on-one debate.

If an amendment to the city’s fire prevention bylaw makes it past third reading and adoption, residents looking to add flames to their yard maintenance routine will pay $10 for a permit.

Jamie Hertz found himself in the bottom four of Top Chef Canada’s premiere, but will be part of episode two.