Old-fashioned carnival promises timely fun for Castlegar
City council, at its regular meeting Monday night, approved a $500 grant to support an old-fashioned carnival slated for Castlegar’s downtown core Aug. 7, raising money for the Community Harvest Food Bank and giving residents yet another reason to congregate downtown. Council heard the event will include on old-fashioned spaghetti feed, and ice-cream social, a […]
Fire season underway in Southeast Fire Centre
To date the Southeast Fire Centre has had 44 fires, which have burned 75 hectares. Of these 44 fires, 31 were person caused and the rest were caused by lightning. A few fires of note this season include: the 39 hectare fire that occurred on April 26 in the Lake Enid area (west of Wilmer), the 13.5 hectare fire in Wardner on...
Is Rossland up for the challenge? Family Time city challenge
Family Time Connections (FTC), a project of Shore Counselling Society was given the task to create a Family Day for Nanaimo, BC on Vancouver Island. Even though provincially this idea has been rejected multiple times, the four ladies of FTC took on the challenge to get this done in Nanaimo. Family Day, much like Mother’s Day...
Testimony indicates murder was to "stop the anti-Christ"
The sacrifice of 12-year-old John Fulton as a way to stop the anti-Christ didn’t work, according to Kimberly Noyes, accused of the second degree murder of Fulton in Grand Forks in August of 2009. For the first time in a trial that has lasted two weeks so far, the court heard the full details […]
Canada announces $9 billion plan to purchase 65 F-35 fighters
Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay announced on Friday morning a 9 billion Canadian dollar plan to buy 65 F-35 fighters. It would be the largest military purchase in the history of Canada. "I'm convinced the F-35 is good for Canada, good for Canadians, good for the Forces and good for Canadian industry," said MacKay...
80-year-old woman rescued after 48-hour+ ordeal
Betty Lyons, 80, was reported missing to the Grand Forks RCMP after she failed to return to her home in Calgary. She left Grand Forks on Monday, July 12 at approximately 10 a.m. Grand Forks RCMP conducted the investigation but LYONS was not located. On Wednesday, July 14, at 4 p.m, Lyons’ vehicle was spotted down […]
VIDEO TOUR: Forbidden secrets of the BOM
Having long been a fan of architecture and historic buildings, and made even more curious about our lovely Rattenbury-designed landmark building after seeing the new Shine Salon that is now housed there, I was lucky enough to get a tour of the interior of the whole Bank of Monteal building last week. As an added bonus, Fletcher...
RCMP: Dog victorious in dog-vs-truck-thief altercation; numerous impaired violations
Castlegar RCMP have laid several charges against a Trail man after an incident that occurred in the early morning hours of July 12. At approximately 3 a.m, Trail RCMP received a report of a truck that had just been stolen from the Tech Metals parking lot. The vehicle was spotted by two Castlegar officers, and […]
WALKING THE WALK: Down on Kerby's farm
Thirty-five years ago, Bob and Judy Kerby purchased a house on a 11-acre farm overlooking Rossland’s picturesque Happy Valley. Judy, who hailed from Vancouver, had always dreamed of having a farm and living a sustainable lifestyle, and the spot they found boasted an orchard of 80 fruit and nut trees planted back in 1916 and...
Open fires restricted within Southeast Fire Centre
Effective at noon July 5, 2010 all medium and large-sized open fires are prohibited within the Southeast Fire Centre’s jurisdiction to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety. Specifically this prohibits: Burning waste, slash or other material, whether piled or unpiled, that is larger than 0.5 metres in height or 0.5 metres in width. More […]
