Kootenay Contraption contestants concoct canny creations
One hundred of the Kootenays' finest young minds recently put their brain power into action as part of Kootenay Contraption contest. Tasked with the open-ended assignment of coming up with an invention that either does something, addresses a need, or solves a problem, entrants from across the area sent in photos, drawings, ...
B.C. Hydro dishes the dirt on +$50-million project
The price tag for refurbishment of 12 spillway gates at Hugh Keenleyside Dam will exceed the $50 million mark, B.C. Hydro representatives told Castlegar city council Monday. Project manager Paul Klawer said the high cost means they must get approval from the B.C. Utilites Commission, from which they anticipate a reply by June 2010. From […]
Windstorm leaves a trail of damage
Storm warnings could not stop the devastation the wind brought to the Boundary region on Monday night and early Tuesday, Nov. 17. Wind gusts ranging from 50 to 70 kilometres per hour were seen in the last 24 hours around the area along with heavy rainfall. While the weather warning has now been lifted, the […]
Teck creates endowment for the Fort Shepherd Conservancy Area
Teck Metals Ltd. has donated $400,000 to create an endowment fund ensuring future management of the 964-hectare Fort Shepherd Conservancy area, which runs along more than 8 kilometres of the Columbia River, south of the city of Trail. The Fort Shepherd Conservancy Area is one of The Land Conservancy’s (TLC) model conservation properties and features […]
Castlegar cash in question - budgets underscore urgency of Celgar situation
Castlegar Mayor Lawrence Chernoff is still hoping Zellstoff Celgar will pay its delinquent $3.6-million tax bill for 2009 … before 2010 budgets become finalized, he said in an interview with The Source today. Also a member of the board of directors for the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK), Chernoff is helping in the preliminary […]
Tory MP candidate Hill ousts incumbent Zandee, Castlegar's Salekin remains riding president
Area Conservatives have given Rossland’s Stephen Hill the nod to take a run at re-capturing the riding in the next federal election, in a 161-to-132 upset over incumbent Tory nominee Rob Zandee. Members of the Conservative Party of Canada gathered in Grand Forks and Oliver, as well as at the Fireside Inn here in Castlegar, […]
RCMP clarify "stabbing incident" at Castlegar's Twin Rivers Elementary
A “stabbing incident” at Castlegar’s Twin Rivers Elementary was not as dire as rumours would indicate. Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Mike Mysko said police recieved a 9-1-1 complaint Tuesday at just after 12:30 p.m. indicating a 10-year-old student had stabbed another student. “The incident developed when a 12-year-old boy observed the young girl playing with a […]
Toxco begins fire clean up operations
Note: The following is a press release from Toxco, Inc.TRAIL, B.C., CANADA (November 9, 2009) – Toxco, Inc. has begun clean up operations from a primary lithium battery fire that occurred in one of the plant’s permitted approved storage building located at the BC site, on the evening of November 7, 2009. The fire occurred...
Toxco fire still smouldering
Photo by Randy Lebedow Castlegar fire crews were among those that responded to a spectacular blaze in Trail Saturday night. Fire chief Gerry Rempel said Castlegar sent both a crew and firefighting foam, but despite the best efforts of five different fire departments, the remains were still smouldering at 1 p.m. today. Details on the […]
RCMP refute Facebook postings; caution against using social media for crime reporting
Castlegar RCMP are cautioning residents that using Facebook as a method of reporting crime in the city is both dangerous and irresponsible – largely because heresay often gets the facts all wrong. Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff explains: “Claims made on Facebook of a female being chased by unknown assailants in the downtown core of […]
