Female firefighters steal the show in Firefighter Games, Kootenay teams take all three top spots
Area firefighters did the West Kootenay proud at the Third Annual International Firefighter Games in Pass Creek Sept. 3 and 4, with the Nelson team taking first place, Blewett taking second and Castlegar owning third, despite competing against 23 teams from as far away as Sechelt and Half Moon Bay. Perhaps one of the most...
Japanese visitors honour Doukhobor community for past kindness
Pastor Dr George Takashima from Lethbridge, Alberta, has been bringing tour groups to Castlegar to take in the history of the Doukhobors at the Doukhobor Discovery Centre for a number of years now. This year he came with a request to make a presentation to the Doukhobor people so a somewhat impromptu event was pulled together....
Sustainable Salmo film draws substantial crowd
Council chambers was filled to the brim last night as community members came to view the premiere of a three-minute film commissioned by the Village of Salmo titled Where all Roads Lead. The film was produced as part of the public consultation and asset mapping process planned for the development of a new official community...
Vancouver Aquarium's AQUAVAN will visit Rossland September 27-- 29
Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre’s mobile education program, AquaVan, will be visiting the Kootenays from September 13 – October 6, 2016. AquaVan will be delivering fully interactive and immersive educational programming with the goal of inspiring students to make positive changes in aquatic conservation. AquaVan ...
Charges laid in connection with the fatal motor vehicle crash involving Const. Sarah Beckett
Charges have now been laid against 28-year-old Kenneth Jacob Fenton in regards to the motor-vehicle-related death of West Shore RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett on April 5. The arrest was a result of a criminal investigation led by the RCMP Island District GIS with assistance from the Saanich Police Department who conducted the...
Lemon Creek trial to commence October 11
A provincial court judge in Nelson has set the start of a criminal trial stemming from a 2013 aviation fuel spill in the Slocan Valley for mid-October. Judge Robert Brown told lawyers attending a preliminary hearing by conference call that the trial will begin on October 11. The Executive Flight Centre, one of its employees,...
BC RCMP to be armed with Naloxone
Provincial Health officer Dr. Perry Kendall and director of police services Clayton Pecknold, co-chairs of the Joint Task Force on Overdose Response, have released the following statement. "We strongly commend the RCMP for proceeding with a national rollout of naloxone for both their member's safety, as part of their personal...
Selkirk College and Zellstoff Celgar Bonded By History and the Future
It’s a kindred bond that has provided an economic and social foundation for the West Kootenay over the last 50 years. Fuelled by the natural resources that drive the regional economy, Zellstoff Celgar and Selkirk College help define what it is to live in rural British Columbia. Both came to be in the 1960s, a time of great ...
Castlegar's Take Back the Night event slated for Oct. 6
Take Back the night is an international annual event which is locally organized by Castlegar’s Violence Against Women in Relationships (VAWIR) committee. The Castlegar VAWIR Committee welcomes you to join our annual Take Back The Night Event on Oct. 6. Take Back the Night is an international event with the mission of ending...
Made-in-Salmo bear-resistant solution for Village bins
The Village of Salmo has found a made-in-Salmo solution to the need to convert a dozen Village concrete garbage containers to bear-resistant bins at a fraction of the cost of purchasing new bear-resistant bins. The conversion was completed last week. All 24 Village containers are now bear-resistant. The request for proposals...
