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Coliform in Nelson water

Coliform in Nelson water

Nelson May 25, 2017 / 11:48 am

Residents of Nelson have been told for the second time this month to boil their tap water before drinking it. The city issued the boil-water notice Wednesday...

Kootenay on flood watch

Kootenay on flood watch

Nelson May 23, 2017 / 7:44 pm

Okanagan Lake isn’t the only body of water in the Southern Interior causing worry. Emergency officials in Nelson say they’re concerned rising waters...

Cops nab window smasher

Cops nab window smasher

Nelson May 23, 2017 / 12:42 pm

A 25-year-old man spent much of the long weekend in a Nelson jail cell after smashing storefront windows in the city’s downtown early Sunday. Police say...

'So chunky and cute'

'So chunky and cute'

Cranbrook May 17, 2017 / 7:30 pm

A baby weighing nearly 14 pounds was born on Monday, the largest the Cranbrook hospital had ever seen. Shawn Tyson Williams Burgoyne was 13 pounds, 9.5 ounces...

Polygamy verdict looms

Polygamy verdict looms

Cranbrook May 15, 2017 / 2:35 pm

A date has been set for a verdict in the trial of two British Columbia men accused of polygamy. A B.C. Supreme Court judge in Cranbrook will issue her ruling...

Polygamy trial wraps up

Polygamy trial wraps up

Cranbrook May 5, 2017 / 7:15 pm

The trial of two fundamentalist church leaders charged with polygamy wrapped up in B.C. Supreme Court on Friday with the Crown arguing the bulk of marriage and...

'No evidence' of polygamy

'No evidence' of polygamy

Cranbrook May 5, 2017 / 6:22 am

The defence in a trial of two Mormon fundamentalists charged with polygamy has questioned the reliability of religious records and evidence supporting the...

Polygamy case a wrap

Polygamy case a wrap

Cranbrook May 4, 2017 / 12:32 pm

The prosecution in the trial of two B.C. men accused of having multiple wives has wrapped up its case. Winston Blackmore is the head of a religious group in...

Polygamy trial 'not fair'

Polygamy trial 'not fair'

Cranbrook May 2, 2017 / 6:45 am

A lawyer whose client is on trial for polygamy is arguing that evidence in the case was collected amid confusion over the legality of Canada's laws on...

Kootenay housing crunch

Kootenay housing crunch

Kimberley Apr 26, 2017 / 11:13 am

Residents of Vancouver and Victoria are already coping with near-zero vacancy rates, and now the mayor of a city in southeastern British Columbia says his...

Didn't know wife was 15

Didn't know wife was 15

Cranbrook Apr 25, 2017 / 5:55 am

The trial of a British Columbia religious leader charged with polygamy heard Monday that the accused told police he didn't know a teenage girl's true...

Multiple same-day marriage

Multiple same-day marriage

Cranbrook Apr 19, 2017 / 4:24 pm

Dozens of marriage certificates, some citing two wedding ceremonies occurring on the same day, were entered as evidence today at the trial of a fundamentalist...

Mormon expert testifies

Mormon expert testifies

Cranbrook Apr 19, 2017 / 11:43 am

An expert in the history of the Mormon church says fundamentalists who practise polygamy would have to leave all but one of their wives if they wanted to join...

Slide residents can go home

Slide residents can go home

Kaslo Apr 18, 2017 / 8:53 pm

Most residents of Kaslo ordered from their homes Monday night after a landslide will be able to return tonight, but some may not be allowed back for up to a...

Polygamy not-guilty pleas

Polygamy not-guilty pleas

Cranbrook Apr 18, 2017 / 11:13 am

The trial of two men from a fundamentalist sect that condones plural marriage began with not guilty pleas being entered on charges of practising polygamy. The...

Slide forces evacuation

Slide forces evacuation

Kaslo Apr 18, 2017 / 9:51 am

UPDATE: 9:50 a.m. A reception centre has been set up for residents affected by the evacuation in Kaslo. The local emergency operations centre says it's too...

Accused polygamist trial set

Accused polygamist trial set

Cranbrook Apr 17, 2017 / 2:17 pm

A decades-long legal battle culminates in British Columbia on Tuesday with the start of a trial for a breakaway Mormon leader charged with polygamy. Winston...

Tried together in polygamy

Tried together in polygamy

Cranbrook Apr 12, 2017 / 1:34 pm

A single trial will be held for two men from Bountiful who are charged with polygamy. The lawyer for Winston Blackmore, who is accused of having two dozen...

Killing pesky pigeons 101

Killing pesky pigeons 101

Cranbrook Apr 11, 2017 / 4:24 pm

A teacher at a Cranbrook high school was suspended after letting a student kill some pesky pigeons. Scott Naegeli, a technology education teacher at Mount Baker...

Shambhala lineup revealed

Shambhala lineup revealed

Salmo Apr 5, 2017 / 2:23 pm

Thousands of electronic music fans eagerly awaited the release of the headliners for the 20th anniversary of Shambhala, B.C.'s longest running electronic...