Castlegar chosen for regional climate change initiative
Columbia Basin Trust’s (CBT) leading-edge initiative, Communities Adapting to Climate Change, is wrapping up Phase 1 with two communities in the Columbia Basin now equipped with action plans on how to adapt to impacts of climate change at a local level…and three more ready to get started on new work, including Castlegar. “After months of […]
Castlegar Airport no more
Photo by Phil Markin: City council members unveil the new name, sign and logo what was once the Castlegar Airport. Monday night’s regular council meeting saw the final report for the Castlegar Airport – from now on, reports will speak to the progress and traffic levels of the West Kootenay Regional Airport, instead. This meeting’s […]
Celgar responds to court decision; confirms grant money
Celgar manager Al Hitzroth confirmed today that the mill he manages here in Castlegar has gotten the green light for $57.8 million in federal grant money through a program intended to help level the playing field after the U.S. announced $8 billion in black liquor subsidies for American pulp mills. Unlike the U.S. program, which […]
B.C. Chamber speaks to locals on HST
Photo: Castlegar Chamber of Commerce executive director Pam McLeod. More than a dozen local business interests were on hand Oct. 6 at the CBT Forum (across from city hall) to hear from Jon Garson, vice president of public policy development for the B.C. Chamber of Commerce, regarding the new Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). Representatives were […]
Walk the virtual walk: new Centennial to Columbia trail
This week the Telegraph's Andrew Zwicker took a stroll up the new Centre Star trail--so you don't have to! Actually, the intent was the opposite: to show you the splendor of the new trail and to encourage Rosslanders to give it a try. We're sure you'll agree: the trail is destined to be an integral part of our local...
B.C. government liable for negligence after Castlegar infant abused
In a decision brought by the B.C. appeals court Thursday, the provincial government is being held liable for negligence in a case involving a four-month-old Castlegar infant. The infant, now six years old, was violently shaken by his father on Sept 16, 2002, suffering permanent injury, and the child’s maternal grandmother is now seeking more […]
Growing the Rossland Music Scene - The Red Room Lounge Debuts in Rossland
Rossland’s slowly emerging music scene got another boost this week with the opening of another live performance venue in town. While not, strictly speaking, a new venue, the former lounge and restaurant in the Prestige Mountain Resort has been re-branded, renovated, renamed and will re-open tonight as the Red Room Lounge and...
Rossland boy suffers cougar attack
A five-year-old Rossland boy has been hospitalized, treated and released after a cougar attack in Stevens Country, Wa., yesterday Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), issued a press release saying the child was attacked and injured while hiking with his family on the Abercrombie Mountain Trail, along Silver Creek in the Colville National Forest […]
Rossland Measures its Progress towards Sustainability
The Rossland Sustainability Commission is gathering public input on how to measure the City’s progress towards our community vision of sustainability. The Sustainability Commission wants to know what questions Rosslanders think should be answered in order to produce a Sustainability Report Card for Rossland. For example, how...
Local MP speaks to possible election
Photo: NDP MP Alex Atamanenko Local NDP MP Alex Atamanenko said, in an interview today, that while he can’t predict the future, a federal election this fall appears likely. “It sounds as if there’s a strong possibility,” he said. “It also appears that nobody wants an election … but, on the other hand, if we have […]
