Just before 1 p.m., two groups of heli-skiers had concluded their skiing in a bowl area and were waiting near the treeline of the Clute Creek watershed, located on the eastern side of Kootenay Lake.

Beginning at 11 a.m. — and lasting until 6 p.m. — avalanche control work is planned between the west avalanche gate and the east avalanche gate in an area known as Kootenay Pass. Avalanche ...

Three people are dead after an avalanche near Kaslo in the B.C. Kootenays on Monday. Two groups of heli-skiers were in a staging area below the tree line of Clute Creek watershed after skiing ...

Two of the three men who were swept away in an avalanche in southeastern B.C. on Monday afternoon have now been identified.

Rogers Communications has locked out 26 former Shaw employees in the Kootenay region amid ongoing contract negotiations with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). Robin Neldia ...

Heli-skiing involves taking a helicopter to a mountaintop, then swooshing down backcountry terrain. It’s an adrenalin rush ...

A fundraiser for the family of Whistler pro snowboarder Jeff Keenan, who was killed in an avalanche near Nelson on March 24, ...