Sign up for the Castlegar Gentleman’s Hockey League 2016-17 Season
The CGHL is a league that offers competitive hockey for all adult age groups at any level of hockey. They welcome all skill levels and offer a fun and safe way to play hockey competitively and meet new people across all age groups. “I’ve played in the CGHL for five years and it’s a great […]
Body of Quebec teen found near Nakusp
The BC Coroners Service is confirming that the body of a 19-year-old Quebec man who went missing near Nakusp has been found. Zacharie Blouin, 19, went missing the evening of July 27, and was reported missing to police July 28. “He was camping with friends at a forestry campsite near the 5600 block of Hwy 23 North, outside of...
City Abandons Boundary Extension Initiative
Following several years of discussions and negotiations, Trail City Council is abandoning the boundary extension initiative that would have seen the City of Trail’s southern boundary extended into Electoral Area ‘A’, including land from the city’s existing southern boundary through to the Columbia Gardens Industrial Park and...
Putting Your Garbage Out After August 15
CORRECTION: This notice originally mis-stated the time when people will be required to put garbage out for collection. The correct time is AFTER 5:00 am on the day of collection. The time has been corrected below. ________________________________________________________ Here's some advance notice: After Rossland City...
Jail Time for Counselling Tax Evasion
From the Canada Revenue Agency The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced on August 5 that Russell Porisky of Chilliwack, British Columbia, was sentenced on July 29, 2016, in British Columbia Supreme Court. This was the second trial for Mr. Porisky and his common-law spouse, Elaine Gould, as their first conviction on January...
COLUMN: From the Hill -- Site C and Treaty 8
On February 18th of this year a group of First Nations activists came to Ottawa to speak to the government about the Site C dam project on the Peace River. They met with myself and other MPs in the BC NDP caucus to discuss their attempts to delay construction of the dam until the concerns of their people were heard in federal...
EDITORIAL RANT: Rape Culture Sums Up Human Society, So Far
A reader recently commented privately about the recent "Rape and Consequences" article, and expressed dismay that Canada's "rape shield" legislation is not more effective at curbing defence attorneys' strategy of "whacking the victim" in court. Her comment made me think: our society's acceptance of "rape culture" is...
Shambhala results in 84 new drug investigations, multiple impaired drivers
Kootenay RCMP Traffic Services have been extremely busy this week as more than 12,500 people leave Shambhala, according to Cpl. Chad Badry. “Police have opened 84 illegal drug investigation files so far,” Badry said. “The majority of the investigations involved multiple types of drugs. Drugs that are known so far before...
Easy to view Perseids’ spectacular outburst this week
Forget the Olympics or the US presidential election. The big show this week is right above your head. The Perseid meteor shower is expected to put on a major display this week with more than 200 meteors flashing across the sky every hour on Thursday and Friday night. But you may have to be a bit of a night owl to see them...
Residents' report finds government’s feasibility study 'clearly inadequate'
After receiving no response from the provincial government, citizens opposed to closing the Balfour ferry terminal have gone public with the release of their own analysis of the government’s feasibility study. The Queens Bay Residents Association said the 12-page document finds the SNC-Lavalin study inadequate, biased and...
