B.C. Chronic Wasting Disease count climbs to 9 after another case confirmed

Another case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been confirmed in a white-tailed deer harvested near Jaffray, marking the ninth confirmed case of the disease in the province. This newly confirmed case was detected through testing of hunter-harvested animals within an established CWD management zone in the Kootenay region. All confirmed cases in the province […]

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World Cup podium result overjoys B.C. freestyle skier battling for Olympic return

Six years is a long time for an elite athlete between World Cup events. To get on the podium in a race after what she’s been through left Vernon’s Elena Gaskell exhilarated. Gaskell was third Friday, Jan. 9, at the women’s freestyle skiing slopestyle World Cup event in Aspen, Colo. (Slopestyle is where athletes ski

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