Air Miles Detour & Meghan Trainor: Nelson!
The Air Miles Detour contest is on and 5 Canadian cities are vying for the chance to win a free concert from a for-real pop star! The Koots’ own, City of Nelson, made the cut! The hub of the West Kootenay is battling against Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Morin-Heights, Quebec, Mulmur, Ontario and Port Hawksbury, Nova […]
Imagine Working, Investing & Living in the Kootenays!
New partnership launched to attract investment and a diversified workforce to the Kootenays. Invest Kootenay and Work West Kootenay have joined forces to create one dynamic new platform to showcase the Kootenays: Imagine Kootenay. Imagine Kootenay (IK) focuses on highlighting the region as a great place to work, and excellent area to invest and an […]
Rossland Artist Featured On Silver Coin Series
Originally posted by Sheri Regnier of the Trail Daily Times Capturing a moment of wonder in the Canadian Rockies has a Rossland artist’s vision engraved onto a newly minted coin. Stéphanie Gauvin’s rendering of B.C.’s Tower Peak in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park is the first painting recreated in a four-piece silver coin series by […]
Hikes in the Kootenays – Waterfalls Edition
With all there is to see and do in the Kootenays, hiking is often at the top of the list for most folk, residents and visitors alike. Getting out into the vastness of our wilderness outdoors, where peaks loom and pristine, turquoise lakes beckon is an activity that promotes ecological consciousness, good health and […]
FortisBC Moves Ahead With Plans To Build Operations Centre
FortisBC, looking to build something updated, more energy efficient that will better serve the needs of the area, is going ahead with plans to build a Kootenay Operations Centre.