A 25 year-old time capsule that was stored in the vault of the Grand Forks City Hall basement in August of 1987 will see the light of day during the regular city council meeting next week. The public is invited into council chambers at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 4 to witness the opening and […]

A good friend of mine just had her 40th birthday. Her birthday request – for a small group of friends to go on a three-day hiking excursion up Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park. The kind of adventure where you pack EVERYTHING you will need to survive in the wilderness for several days into a ginormous 30-pound backpack and...

Recent comments by Coun. Cary Fisher and Coun. Jill Spearn—regarding Brenda Trenholme's appeal to subdivide her Happy Valley property—taste like a slice of logical swiss cheese on a slab of imagination tofu. And you'll need a pinch of salt for the cracker too. Sure, sure, everyone's in favour of local agriculture. Just not ...

Over 150 Canadian and US battle engineers are pulling out of Trail and Castlegar after Wednesday’s traditional close-of-exercise pig roast, according to Canadian Forces Major Dan Thomas, at the end of EXERCISE KOOTENAY CASTOR, a joint training exercise with combat engineers from Washington and Trail, Chilliwack and Vancouver. Thomas said the two-week exercise was “hugely […]

Bar a blaze that destroyed a Genelle home and injured a firefighter (see: http://castlegarsource.com/news/fire-destroys-home-genelle-injures-firefighter-20525#.UDaiV8GPWSo), the tri-city area remains relatively unscathed during a hot, dry fire season this year, even though several smaller fires have started this past week – including one at the Zellstoff Celgar pulp mill. Southeast Fire Centre’s Karlie Shaughnessey said there was a […]

A bunch of local kids between the ages of 13 and 15 are donating their time and musical talent to garner donations of money and school supplies for the Community Harvest Food Bank. Food Bank manager Deb McIntosh said she’s impressed and touched by the efforts of students from Supercat Studios, who will be staging […]

We actually have three iconic buildings in Rossland, and while I was writing about the courthouse and Bank of Montreal building, I was thinking the whole time about the other building that we see in all kinds of postcards and local artwork: the red roofed church on First Avenue.  This is a pretty cool church, if I do say so...

"It's going to look like a construction site for the next three or four weeks until the windows and doors come in," said Doug Halladay, president of Branch No. 14 of the Royal Canadian Legion.  The front wall of the main hall will be all glass—except for the supporting pillars—and will face out onto Washington street. The...

Shoppers at last Thursday's Mountain Market were treated to the remarkable talent of 15 year old Laela Heidt as she played the toonies right out of their pockets. She's been singing seriously since she was 10, but the story goes back further than that. "When I was first brought back from the hospital, my grandma—who didn't ...

Shambhala Music Festival is sad to inform the passing of one of our patrons in the early hours of Sunday, Aug. 12. At approximately 5:20 a.m., a patron collapsed in the food court. Several patrons in the area quickly notified first aid services. First responders rushed to the scene and at that time found him […]