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Boundary Similkameen projected winner addresses Saturday victory
The NDP's Roly Russell saw 48.22% of votes compared to runner-up BC Liberal Petra Veintimilla with 36.68%. -
Teck Reports Third Quarter Financial Results
Depreciation and amortization turned a third-quarter gross profit of $14-million into a $7-million loss at the Teck Trail Operation. That's still a 13-million dollar improvement from the year before. Teck also reported a company-wide profit. -
RCMP and U-S Authorities Team Up in Massive Drug Bust
Two men arrested near Creston are in custody in connection with the seizure of over 275 pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine by U-S Border officers. The five duffle bags of drugs worth about $2.8 million were found after the suspects jumped the border. -
West Kootenay EcoSociety reacts to Saturday election results
The EcoSociety says John Horgan's BC Government has spent twice as much on oil and gas subsidies as it has on it's entire climate program, that’s $998 million dollars on oil and gas and just $484 million trying to cut carbon pollutions. -
Nelson Councillor addresses pandemic affect on mental health, supports
The simplest step you can take is checking in on friends or family that you don't often hear from; the pandemic can discourage people from reaching out and further isolate them. -
Bountiful Woman Writes Book About Her Life
The author of "Balancing Bountiful" calls the book her coming of age as a woman. Mary Jayne Blackmore describes growing up in the polygamist community near Creston, getting married at 17, then divorced, leaving, travelling abroad and returning to Bountiful as a single mother of two. -
New KAST program aims to help businesses enter digital economy
The Digital Economy: Rapid Response-plus-Resiliency program, or DER3 for short, aims to help make kootenay businesses more profitable and flexible in responding to COVID-19 challenges. -
Katrine Conroy addresses General Voting Day landslide victory
Elections BC hopes to have final election results by November 16th but Conroy says "she's in"; any mail-in ballots will only change the percentage for this riding and Conroy says she’s officially been declared. -
Brittny Anderson addresses General Voting Day victory, final counting
Elections BC says Anderson received 39.86% of votes on Saturday compared to runner-up Nicole Charlwood for the BC Green party with 32.94%. They hope to deliver final results by November 16th.
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