In North America, ski resorts are mainly about Big Business - but the scene in south-western Canada is a downhome playground created by enthusiasts out of sheer love of the sport. The British Columbia ...

The Powder Highway of British Columbia is known world-wide for some of the most consistent snow for skiing and snowboarding. People flock here every winter to make fresh tracks. The people who live ...

There’s nothing like getting your ski legs ready with a whole bunch of early season powder days. RED Mountain Resort, located in British Columbia’s Kootenay mountains, is rolling into an early opening ...

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Serious adventurists gravitate to the outdoor playground of the Kootenay Rockies,and there is a burgeoning food scene there, too. Fuel your day in the mountains with delicious foodie finds, ranging ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Piles of pristine, pillowed powder and poutine — a mélange of fries, sauce and cheese – were just ...

“Faster! Go faster!” squeals my exhilarated six-year-old co-pilot as we ride a single-track roller coaster down nearly 300 metres of the mountainside, crisscrossing ski runs and blasting through ...

A pack of mountain bikers hurtle down a steep, gnarly decline , leaving dust in their wake. A couple rolls through a forest toward a picturesque alpine meadow; they hop off their bikes and pose for a ...

The B.C. government has signed an agreement that will transfer about 242 hectares of Crown land to the Ktunaxa Nation in the communities surrounding Cranbrook in the Kootenay Mountains. The ...

At some point in the middle of the night I woke up (I’ve got my reasons), flipped over, and opened the back curtain of my campervan. I was greeted with a breathtaking sight. The northern lights were ...