To save or not to save a distressed skunk? It was a pretty big question for Michael Jeffery near Nelson, B.C. On Saturday morning, the poor animal was found stumbling on the road with a beer can stuck ...

DriveBC is also reporting highway closures on Highway 3B north of Rossland, Highway 3 east of Salmo, Highway 3A north of ...

A Royal Canadian Geographical Society-supported expedition has added to the inventory of known caves in a little-explored region It all started with a simple question: is there unexplored karst in the ...

The storm that rocked the low-lying regions of the West Kootenay triggered numerous explosive storm slab avalanches up to size two at all elevations across the region’s mountains, according to ...

A boat in a nearly dried-out creek is pictured. Low water levels in and around the Arrow Lakes in the West Kootenays are leaving some residents concerned that B.C. Hydro isn't doing enough to protect ...

Recommended changes to provincial riding boundaries in the West Kootenay are mostly getting thumbs-up from observers — but some are concerned. Last month, the B.C. Electoral Boundaries Commission ...

Snowpack levels in B.C.’s West Kootenay region have climbed to 215 per cent of normal as the spring melt continues to build. Since May 15, the region’s average snowpack has risen from 128 per cent of ...

To get up the steep mountain slopes in the backcountry near New Denver, B.C., skiers and snowboarders spend strenuous hours using special gear to ski upwards toward the reward of one untouched run ...

The B.C. SPCA has taken 40 dogs from a West Kootenay sledding operation that it says were facing numerous animal welfare concerns. The animals were seized on Tuesday, the SPCA said in a statement, ...

There were no reported wildfires in B.C.’s Coastal region on Wednesday, as an evacuation order was lifted for Silverton in the Slocan Valley. There are wildfires of note in the Cariboo, Kamloops and ...

This arrested blockader and others attempted to prevent logging of an island of unprotected forest at the north end of Kootenay Lake. Photo by Louis Bockner. After spending weeks at the soggy blockade ...