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Local party reps react to federal budget and looming election

by Andrew Zwicker on 23 Mar 2011
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L to R: Stephen Hill, Alex Atamanenko, Bryan Hunt

With an election appearing imminent after the three opposition parties all renounced the Conservative’s budget on Tuesday, the Telegraph set out to get reactions and thoughts from the three (to date) declared Southern Interior candidates. Note: At present there is no liberal candidate declared for the riding.

Going out on top: George Grey calls it a career after taking home three gold medals at nationals

by Andrew Zwicker on 23 Mar 2011
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George Grey on top of the podium at the 2009 Haywood NORAM at Black Jack - Andrew Zwicker photo

In a town mostly known for its alpine sports champions, George Grey has helped put Nordic skiing on the map both locally and nationally. As he crossed the finish line in Canmore last week for the last time in his competitive career, Grey was, needless to say, a little misty-eyed as he embraced his father in a show of thanks for helping him through a world class career.

Grey closed out his eleven year run of international racing in the true spirit of a champion.

March 2011 is for the dogs, as are Mother Nature and groundhogs

by Allyson Kenning on 23 Mar 2011
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March 2011 is for the dogs, as are Mother Nature and groundhogs

I usually look forward to March, but I have to say this month has been hideous. I am beginning to think that Mother Nature is playing head games with us and that Groundhog Day should be banned.

Joe Hill Rocks out The Miners’ Hall with Wicked Local Talent & Calls for New Volunteers

by Allyson Kenning on 23 Mar 2011
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Dan Charron & Sidekick Peter LeBlanc

Last night, the 23rd, Joe Hill Coffee House event at the Miners’ Hall was a rocking night of lively music indeed. The line-up included the Golden City Fiddlers, who opened the show with some foot stomping pieces, and ended with local folksters Dandelion and the Ditchweeds, who played an energetic set much appreciated by the crowd.

Arena too expensive, councillor suggests

by Erin Handy on 22 Mar 2011
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Arena too expensive, councillor suggests
Welcome to Canada, where even the most battered-looking small-town arena has a formidable hold on the heartstrings of citizens. But could maintaining such a structure prove too costly? One city councillor suggests so.
 
“We're being nickel and dimed on the arena,” said councillor Laurie Charlton at a lengthy committee meeting March 7, where city staff provided a number of documents regarding the community's looming infrastructre needs.

High school feature film turns art into reality

by Nelson Daily editor on 22 Mar 2011
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L.V. Rogers High School students (from lefy) Matt Howroyd, Alecia Maleschko, Olivia Bogaard and Susannah Rebar spoke to City council about the feature film production, Project Turquoise Snowflake, and its scope Monday night — Timothy Schafer photo.

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily

Art will emulate reality as the students of LV Rogers secondary school are moving into the filming stage of their environmental-themed feature film.

City Centre demolition to begin Monday

by Kyra Hoggan on 21 Mar 2011
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City Centre demolition to begin Monday

It's been a long battle, but the City of Castlegar has finally cleared the various court cases and has the green light to tear down the City Centre Motel downtown. 

In a decision released today (March 21), B.C. Court of Appeals upheld an earlier court decision empowering the city to proceed with demolition of the dilapidated City Centre building.

An Empire of Strawmen take the crown as the West Kootenay’s top web-designers

by Contributor on 21 Mar 2011
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Lone Sheep Publishing's own David Livingstone(right) and Shane Hainsworth accept 1st place in the 24hr WebDev Showdown

 They came, they saw, they ingested excess amounts of caffeine and ultimately (despite a few baggy red eyes) they conquered. While others may have been enjoying the new snow in the mountains, hanging out with family or simply relaxing over the weekend, three local web-development teams spent all night Friday and most of Saturday, designing, coding and building new websites for deserving non-profits and emerging small businesses. Indeed the first 24 Hour WebDev Showdown put some of the region's best web designers to the test.

Coyotes take bite out of Rebels to grab 2-0 lead in KIJHL final

by Nelson Daily Sports on 21 Mar 2011
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Coyotes take bite out of Rebels to grab 2-0 lead in KIJHL final

By The Nelson Daily Sports

The Castlegar Rebels came close, but not close enough to knocking off the Osoyoos Coyotes.

The Desert Dogs scored a pair of one-goal wins on home ice to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Kootenay International Junior Hockey Final.

Corey Allen’s goal early in the third period proved to be the winner as the Coyotes edge the Kootenay Conference Champs 3-2 Sunday in the South Okanagan City.

Electric Grapevine: Caught in the headlines

by Nik Green on 20 Mar 2011
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Electric Grapevine: Caught in the headlines

A scroll through Yahoo the other morning left me rather confused over the priorities in which mainstream media use to line up our daily news feed. A headline speaking about the importance of getting some folks to safety in the aftermath of the tsunami seemed reasonable to me until I looked further into it.  

“Twilight Stars moved to safety.”  

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