By: Joaquin Sapien, Propublica Following the mass shooting in Connecticut, the Obama administration and lawmakers around the country have promised to re-examine gun control in America. ProPublica decided to take a look at what's happened legislatively in states where some of the worst shootings in recent U.S. history have...

Dear madames/sirs, Nobody can deny that our government needs to focus on the citizens that count. We cannot continue to spend money on education, health care and social services while the population using those services are barely  paying into the tax base. Less than 3% of children and teens attending school earn an income,...

As the new year begins, so do thoughts of resolutions. While most resolutions involve vows to exercise more and adopt healthy eating habits, BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) has three suggestions for resolutions that can make the world a safer place for you, your family and your community. Learn CPR. BCAS attends 2,400 to 2,800 ...

After a record snowfall in December, The Castlegar Source/Trail Champion received several phone calls from professional drivers, first responders and other area motorists expressing concern, and even outrage, over the condition of regional thoroughfares. A reader poll posted to both sites asking “Do you feel Emcon (the regional road maintenance contractor) is doing a good […]

The actions of as many as 200 intoxicated youth have BC Transit questioning the merit of continuing to provide free New Year’s Eve bus service in the Greater Trail/Rossland/Castlegar area. BC Transit corporate spokesperson Meribeth Burton said a scheduled 1 a.m. bus in Rossland New Year’s morning saw drunken teens behave in a manner so […]

The Mackenzie Brothers would be so proud, as a toque-related incident tops the holiday highlights released by Castlegar police. “Castlegar RCMP received 81 calls for service from Dec. 24 until Jan. 1,” said RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. “There were no notable spikes in any particular kind of crime. Christmas Eve and Day were relatively uneventful. […]

Readers have suggested at least two important questions since we published the budget analysis and initiated our “Budge the Budget” DemocracySTORM: to what extent are community and recreation organizations paying their own way? And can we compare our budget with that of other communities?In keeping with the budget analysis,...

It was a busy, but not  earth-shattering, holiday season for Trail RCMP, according to RCMP top cop Sgt. Rob Hawton. “There were 117 files between Christmas and New Years,” Hawton said. “It’s been a fairly steady, fairly busy period. But those are also mostly routine calls, nothing that really stands out.” He said routine calls […]

The Trail and District Chamber of Commerce now has a new leader at its helm, after the abrupt and somewhat controversial departure of former executive director Maggie Stayanovich (see http://trailchampion.com/news/update-chamber-president-offers-clarification-22206#.UOSh5uQ0WSo ). Incoming executive director Norm Casler, 50, was already at his desk this afternoon (Wednesday), ready to hit the ground running. “The best thing for […]

Saturday night saw a single-family home in the Gulch essentially gutted by fire, according to regional fire chief Terry Martin. He said the call came in 1:03 a.m. Dec. 29, after the residents of the rental home at 816 Rossland Ave. noticed smoke coming up from the stairwell. “They went and checked, and saw flames […]