What would happen if a lightning strike, errant cigarette butt or careless campfire sparked a fire that got out of control and threatened Rossland? If you had asked City Hall that question a year or even a month ago, you would have likely gotten some surprised faces or shoulder shrugs for answers. “We’ve always had one...

Smoke funnelling into Castlegar is most likely from an almost 2,000-hectare wild fire near Galena Bay in the Regional District of Central Kootenay, as well as another, of almost 8,000 hectares, on Terrace Mountain in the Central Okanagan, according to the Southeast Fire Centre. The Galena Bay fire was caused by lightning, while the Terrace […]

George Grey, a cross-country skiing star on both the national and international circuit, made an appearance before Council Monday night. In light of his qualification for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, he presented a delegation requesting a sponsorship from the City of Rossland to help him on his way to Whistler. Grey, who...

Bear Aware is pleased to announce the installation of eight bear proof garbage cans in Trail and two in Rossland. The steel cans were purchased by Bear Aware with a grant from the Provincial Bear Smart program. One can was purchased by Teck.   The bear-proof cans are similar to the receptacles now seen at many BC Parks...

Rossland business got a new leader in the battle for economic development this Monday as Julie Harper took the reins as the new executive director of the Rossland Chamber of Commerce. A transplant from Vancouver, Julie has been living and loving the Rossland lifestyle for the past two years and has high hopes for using her ...

Castlegar Mayor Lawrence Chernoff, at city council's regular meeting Monday night, unveiled a four-point plan to deal with the fallout of Celgar refusing to pay its municipal tax bill. Celgar's move left the city with a roughly $2.8 million budget shortfall and a legal battle to cope with, and Chernoff said he feels it's...

On July 12, 2009, at approximately 9:00 p.m. a male in his mid 20's attended the Trail & Greater District Detachment to report that he had been assaulted in his residence in Trail earlier that morning and his girlfriend abducted by the assailant. Apparently it was over money that he allegedly owed. He had also been assaulted...

Celgar executives told The Source today they had “no other option” than to take their municipal taxation issue to court, contending there was simply no other way to get City of Castlegar representatives to listen to their concerns. Al Hitzroth, general manager of Celgar’s Castlegar mill, said in the almost three years he’s been at […]

A welcoming beacon and an institution on Columbia Avenue, Ronnie Mah has been a friendly face in downtown Rossland for over 20 years. Often the only store open on a dark main street, Ronnie is going into his third decade of business as a dedicated and hard working entrepreneur. This week I sat down with the owner of Best Food...

The City of Castlegar is on the horns of $3.6 million dilemma, as Zellstoff Celgar has refused to pay municipal taxes for 2009, as well as taxes for other levels of government that are invoiced on the city bill, all of which were due at the close of business July 2. (City taxes are $2.785 […]