Community

Police officers will trade their uniforms for cycling gear this weekend as the Cops for Kids Ride rolls through the Kootenays, raising money for children and families facing medical and other crises.

Tim Palmer, current Revelstoke city councillor is challenging Gary Sulz for mayor in this year's election.

With traffic expected to pick up over the final long weekend of summer, drivers across the Kootenays are being reminded that flashing amber lights at the roadside carry the same Slow Down, Move Over requirements as flashing emergency lights.

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District Board voted to deny third reading for a proposed rezoning to develop a large heli-ski resort near Revelstoke due to "overwhelming" public opposition. 

The Kootenay Savings Community Foundation is marking its 30th anniversary with $100,000 in grants for community projects across the Kootenays.

The Golden Cycling Club’s plan to build a timber-frame gazebo at the Reflection Lake trailhead has received support from Golden Council, although provincial tenure issues are holding up the project.

Wheels of Hope needs more volunteer drivers across B.C. to help cancer patients get to treatment appointments.

Young entrepreneurs in the Kootenays are turning ideas into action after two student-led social enterprises received funding through the Innovate for Impact youth pitch competition.

The Revel & Feast is returning this fall, inviting residents and visitors to discover more about the community through food, connection and shared conversations. 

Accidental drowning deaths in British Columbia have increased by more than 50 per cent compared with the same point last year, according to preliminary figures released during National Drowning Prevention Week.