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2014-2018 Financial Plan process gets started, amid questions of public involvement

The 2014-2018 Financial Plan process has begun.  At this stage, City Staff recommended that Mayor Greg Granstrom appoint council members to committees, including Service Level Options, Community Development and Social Planning, and Recreation and Facilities.  It was also recommended that the Community Development and Social...

No easy decision concerning Redstone sidewalk stretch

What’s goes into making a sidewalk?  Quite a bit of Council discussion, apparently, based on what happened at this week’s Council meeting. A lengthy discussion centred around the application for a variance permit concerning a stretch of Redstone Drive from the Wagon Road to the clubhouse access road.  The applicant requested...

Cook site rezoning--the saga continues!

Another chapter was written in the ongoing saga of the proposed zoning amendment to the former Cook Avenue School site this week.  During Tuesday’s regular meeting of council, there was a request for decision concerning the public hearing that was held on September 23rd.  City Staff recommended that Council direct Staff to ...

Open house presentation showcases vision for a revitalised museum

Members of the community gathered at the museum on Tuesday for an open house and public presentation by Donald Luxton.  Luxton and his team, Donald Luxton & Associates, have been working with the Rossland Museum Gateway Project Advisory Committee since August to come up with ways to revitalize the site and reassert the ...

LETTER: Deer populations suffer despite what Ministry says

Updated Last July the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources announced that the province’s wildlife populations are healthy. The Ministry’s statement is a perfect example of what happens when governments turn their back on transparency and accountability. After all, any attempt at due diligence will quickly reveal...

Two major crashes mar local highways Wednesday

Two men ended up being arrested after two separate highway accidents yesterday afternoon, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. She said the first crash happened at roughly 2:35 p.m. on Highway 3A and Ootischenia Road. “A vehicle being driven by a 45-year-old Castlegar man was making a left-hand turn onto Ootischenia road...

Greenpeace activists block pipeline terminal; Kinder Morgan says minimal disruption

The one-day protest by Greenpeace at the Kinder Morgan Metro Vancouver facility on Burrard Inletis over. Activists have left the Kinder Morgan tar sands tanker dock following their day long protest said Greenpeace media spokesperson. "We came to make a point and draw attention to the tar sands and the threat they pose," said...

Councillor Sue Heaton-Sherstobitoff speaks to fire chief debate

Dear Kyra: Thank you for writing a rebuttal with regard to the hiring of a second deputy fire chief and the Fire Chief as the airport manager. It certainly has ignited a lot of dialogue in our community – which is great. Almost a year ago, council debated the merits of hiring a second deputy fire chief during our budget...

Councillor Sue Heaton-Sherstobitoff speaks to fire chief debate

Dear Kyra: Thank you for writing a rebuttal with regard to the hiring of a second deputy fire chief and the Fire Chief as the airport manager. It certainly has ignited a lot of dialogue in our community – which is great. Almost a year ago, council debated the merits of hiring a second deputy fire chief during our budget...

Genelle fire victims debunk rescue story

A couple who have lost everything in a mobile home fire Tuesday (October 15) are feeling further victimized by accounts (including one in The Source https://castlegarsource.com/news/trailer-fire-genelle-not-suspicious-26813#.Ul82PRDRUik) of two local men saving them from the fire. Ron, 74, and Joy, 68, Roshinsky say that's...

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