Kicking ax: Women compete in lumberjack sports

Make no mistake, these women kick ax. Their T-shirts even say so. They fling their throwing axes 20 feet into bull’s-eyes and race to obliterate pieces of wood with cutting axes, long saws and chain saws — all while in lipstick, polished nails and tight-fitting...

Canfor donates $9,000 to hospital ICU campaign

EKFH’s East Kootenay Regional Hospital ICU Redevelopment Campaign has received another major gift thanks to CANFOR. CANFOR’s East Kootenay Operations is dedicating $9,000 from its charitable giving program to support the hospital foundation’s fundraising effort to...

The Greenest Work Force: DALE BENCHARSKY’s Story

It doesn’t get better than this Dale Bencharsky “Helping people excel is the biggest kick i get out of my job.” Dale Bencharsky had no idea what kind of opportunity was knocking when he took a six-month accounting contract with Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries...