Creston News

The B.C. government has announced the first round of consultations with local First Nations and residents for the Columbia River Treaty starting next week.

In West Kootenay, Highway 3 will be resurfaced from Kootenay Pass Summit to the east chain-up and from Canyon Lister Road to East Arrow Creek Road, a total of 9.2 kilometres, with concrete roadside barriers replaced along the route to improve safety.

In West Kootenay, Highway 3 will be resurfaced from Kootenay Pass Summit to the east chain-up and from Canyon Lister Road to East Arrow Creek Road, a total of 9.2 kilometres, with concrete roadside barriers replaced along the route to improve safety.

Winston Blackmore shares a laugh with six of his daughters and some of his grandchildren in 2008 near Creston, B.C. A federal government lawyer has dismissed suggestions that the Canada Revenue Agency is out to get polygamous leader Winston Blackmore in the same way that U.S authorities closed in on 1920s Chicago gangster Al Capone.

A special forum was held at the Sparwood Chamber of Commerce on April 17 for Member of Parliament David Wilks to update residents and media on the 2012 federal budget.