Creston Valley

Teacher Ki Louie, school counsellor Michael Fischer, and KRSS principal Brian Hamm pose with a sturgeon-nosed canoe. (Photo by Kelsey Yates)

Creston students take to the water for counselling in canoes

C’inaxata program harnesses healing power of nature

 

Tammy Bradford manages the Creston Museum, which has received a provincial grant for a project entitled 40 Years 40 Voices. (Photo by Kelsey Yates)

New exhibit opening at Creston Museum

40 Years, 40 Voices will showcase what’s important to the people of the Creston Valley

 

Jason Louie is the elected Chief of the Lower Kootenay Band. (Photo credit Brian Lawrence)

Yaqan Nukiy brings 30th annual traditional powwow to Creston Valley

The event will celebrate 30 years of resilience

 

Members of Lower Kootenay Band at an early Blossom Festival Parade. (Courtesy of Creston Museum archives)

Creston Valley Blossom Festival celebrates 82 years

The long weekend will be filled with family-friendly festivities

Members of Lower Kootenay Band at an early Blossom Festival Parade. (Courtesy of Creston Museum archives)
Firearms and ammunition were reported stolen from a Creston business on May 17, 2023, following a report of a break and enter. (Phil McLachlan/Black Press Media File)

Firearms and ammunition stolen from B.C. business

Creston RCMP called to a break and enter at local sporting goods store

Firearms and ammunition were reported stolen from a Creston business on May 17, 2023, following a report of a break and enter. (Phil McLachlan/Black Press Media File)
Robert “Felix” Unger has been reported missing. (Submitted)

Creston RCMP looking for missing person

Robert “Felix” Unger may have travelled to Abbotsford

Robert “Felix” Unger has been reported missing. (Submitted)
The Creston RCMP have located wanted man Chad Meszarosi. (RCMP file photo)

Wanted man arrested by Creston RCMP

Chad Meszarosi had a warrant with 32 separate charges

The Creston RCMP have located wanted man Chad Meszarosi. (RCMP file photo)
Jack and Gladys Webb shared 61 years of marriage. (Submitted)

100 Years: Creston resident looks back on a century of love and family

Jack Webb celebrated his 100th birthday on April 30th

Jack and Gladys Webb shared 61 years of marriage. (Submitted)
(Photo by Wayne Walker)

Live sketch comedy Middle Raged coming to Creston stage

This hilarious comedy stars Geri Hall and Gary Pearson exploring life between 30 and 65

(Photo by Wayne Walker)
The dairy cows at Kootenay Meadows frolicked on the green grass for the first time since winter at the spring turnout on April 22. (Photo by Kelsey Yates)

PHOTOS: Creston celebrates arrival of spring with dancing cows

The dairy cows were let out to pasture for the first time since last fall

The dairy cows at Kootenay Meadows frolicked on the green grass for the first time since winter at the spring turnout on April 22. (Photo by Kelsey Yates)
The American bullfrog is the largest frog species and has a voracious carnivorous appetite, eating everything from crayfish, water beetles, snails, dragonfly larvae, small fish, and occasionally small birds, rodents, and other amphibians. (Photo by Terry Anderson)

Expert team leaps to action to protect Creston Valley’s endangered leopard frogs

Collective efforts needed to stop invasive American bullfrogs from damaging local ecosystem

The American bullfrog is the largest frog species and has a voracious carnivorous appetite, eating everything from crayfish, water beetles, snails, dragonfly larvae, small fish, and occasionally small birds, rodents, and other amphibians. (Photo by Terry Anderson)
John Kennedy is the latest winner from the Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program. (Submitted)

Creston angler turns 52 fish heads into cash prizes

John Kennedy won $1,000 in gift cards from the Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program

John Kennedy is the latest winner from the Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program. (Submitted)
The proposed new boundaries for Kootenay Central. (Map from Elections BC)

New boundaries, name change proposed for Nelson-Creston riding

The new Kootenay Central would include Nakusp, New Denver, and Silverton

The proposed new boundaries for Kootenay Central. (Map from Elections BC)
Creston tattoo artist poses with some of the participants of Paps and Tats. (Photo by Gerry Eyre)

Paps and Tats: Lower Kootenay Band promotes cervical cancer screening with free tattoos

Local Creston tattoo artist offered free ink with pap smears

Creston tattoo artist poses with some of the participants of Paps and Tats. (Photo by Gerry Eyre)
A bald eagle flies into its nest on the edge of the Kootenay River. (Photo by Kelsey Yates)
A bald eagle flies into its nest on the edge of the Kootenay River. (Photo by Kelsey Yates)
Calgarian Pat Kelly is the most recent winner of the Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program. (Submitted)

Calgary angler hooks a winner in Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program

The initiative aims to help recover the endangered kokanee salmon population

Calgarian Pat Kelly is the most recent winner of the Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program. (Submitted)
An Alberta father was apprehended in Riondel for abducting his child from Red Deer. (Photo by Anna Burns)

Alberta father accused of alleged child abduction after fleeing to Creston

The man had taken his child from Red Deer, contrary to court order

An Alberta father was apprehended in Riondel for abducting his child from Red Deer. (Photo by Anna Burns)
From left to right: Lower Kootenay Band council members Chad Luke, Cherie Luke, Nasukin Jason Louie, and Creston town councillor Denise Dumas get ready for an icy plunge into the Kootenay River on Feb. 3. (Photo by Kelsey Yates)

Polar Plunge: Lower Kootenay Band takes a dip in icy waters

The sun may have been out on Feb. 3, but it did…

From left to right: Lower Kootenay Band council members Chad Luke, Cherie Luke, Nasukin Jason Louie, and Creston town councillor Denise Dumas get ready for an icy plunge into the Kootenay River on Feb. 3. (Photo by Kelsey Yates)
Living Lakes Canada is seeking public insight to understand concerns and priorities around freshwater. The Columbia River was very low at Gyro Park Beach in Trail, Jan. 23, 2023. Photo: Trail Times

Help Lower Columbia-Kootenay stewardship streamline freshwater priorities

Living Lakes Canada has 3 in-person meetings, 1 Zoom meeting and online survey to participate in

Living Lakes Canada is seeking public insight to understand concerns and priorities around freshwater. The Columbia River was very low at Gyro Park Beach in Trail, Jan. 23, 2023. Photo: Trail Times
Thomas Linthorne. (RCMP photo)

UPDATE: Wanted man found by Creston RCMP

Thomas Linthorne was arrested on Jan. 18

Thomas Linthorne. (RCMP photo)