Information Session in Castlegar on June 6 The Columbia River Treaty Local Governments’ Committee is hosting information sessions in seven communities-including Castlegar on Wednesday, June 6—to prepare Basin residents to take part in the provincial consultations on the Columbia River Treaty (CRT). The Province is beginning...

Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko added his voice today to the growing calls from his constituents demanding that the Conservative government reverse the cuts to the Community Access Program (CAP) hidden in the federal omnibus Budget Bill C-38 that will affect rural and low-income Canadians.   “CAP used to have more service...

Council faced a conundrum: the final Columbia-Washington design debate involved legally sensitive tender information, but council had to balance this with highly charged public relations on parking and sidewalk issues that had generated strong—and varied—public opinions.Ultimately, council debated their final design decision...

Egyptians are voting in the country's first free presidential election. The voting will take place on May 23 and 24, with a runoff on June 16 and 17 if necessary. Fifty million people are eligible to vote. While large queues have formed at some polling stations, the turnout seems to be lower than for the parliamentary...

Acclaimed Canadian author Erna Paris is the 2012 recipient of the WFM - Canada World Peace Award. The award, to be presented July 12 in Winnipeg, recognizes an outstanding Canadian whose work advances awareness and action in support of a more peaceful future for humanity. Paris (www.ernaparis.com) is the author of seven books...

By Erik Anderson in The Common Sense Canadian. Why has BC Hydro gone so Big?   Over the past few years a number of us have puzzled over this question. The Crown Corporation, in most people’s minds, was given its natural monopoly status in the belief that the Board and Officers will prudently manage Hydro’s ...

I recently had a very interesting meeting with a representative of Teck Trail Operations and learned something that I am not sure many people are aware of. Teck has been at the forefront of metals recycling since they developed the first lead-acid battery recycling program in Canada over 20 years ago. Today, battery waste is...

For a dialysis patient, healthy veins are a life line. But sometimes when Renal staff plan to create a permanent vascular access (called  an AV fistula) to facilitate the necessary blood flow for hemodialysis, they find a patient’s veins have been damaged from previous IVs or lab work. Renal staff have been working with...

Live roller derby action once again rolls into high gear as the ladies of the West Kootenay Womens Roller Derby League prepare to take to the track for “Tropicarnage”.  This double-header event coincides with Castlegar’s Sunfest, and won’t disappoint derby fans.  The Valley Vendettas are looking to tear into the Nelson Killjoys...

New Democrats are calling on the B.C. Liberals to defend the B.C. fruit industry by working with the federal government to keep the province free of genetically modified fruit. "The B.C. tree fruit industry produces healthy products that are world famous for flavour and purity.  Growers are concerned that this marketing...