Women's Roller Derby returns Saturday in Castlegar
The West Kootenay Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby League resumes play Saturday in Castlegar with the Inglorious Bashers evert at the Community Complex. First act on the Inglorious Bashers Derby card is the Nelson Killjoys taking on Trail’s Bad News Betties at 6 p.m. The feature show follows with Slocan Valley Vendettas and the Nelson […]
OP/ED: When gender stereotypes become a day-to-day reality
Prologue: This column is loaded with sexual stereotypes and may offend some readers, which bothered me a bit while I was writing it. I realized, however, that there also seems to be a small bit of truth to most stereotypes (that’s what made them stereotypes in the first place). And that is, in my opinion, […]
Two Pass Creek residents arrested after grow-op bust
Two Pass Creek residents were arrested after a grow-op raid yesterday, according to RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. “On July 25, members of the Castlegar Detachment Crime Reduction Unit with assistance from Castlegar Detachment General Duty and Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment GIS executed a search warrant issued under the Controlled Drugs and Substance Act on the […]
Emergency Response Centre slows, recovery efforts full speed ahead
The Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) will lower its activation level from Level 2 to Level 1 as of this weekend and begin to focus on long-term recovery and assistance for Johnsons Landing residents and others affected by flooding, sloughs or landslides, the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) announced Thursday. While the RDCK will remain […]
Trail Allstars edged out of playoff round, semi finals go Friday
It will be Beacon Hills playing White Rock and Dunbar battling Hastings as the B.C. Little League Baseball Championships enter the playoff stage Friday at Andy Bilesky Park in Trail. The final playoff spot was detemined Wednesday when Beacon Hills of Victoria pounded Trail pitching for 10 first inning runs en route to a 13-11 […]
UPDATE: July 17/18 floods have been included as qualifying events for flood relief funding
Finally, some good news for a region beseiged by calamitous weather events – the province’s Disaster Financial Assistance Program has designated overland flooding from June 3 to 12 and June 22 to July 2 as “qualifying events”, meaning home owners and small business owners may qualify for between $1,000 and $300,000 in relief funding to […]
Celgar sentenced for 2008 spill
On July 25, Zellstoff Celgar Limited Partnership was sentenced in B.C. Provincial court for depositing acutely lethal effluent into the Columbia River, and for other offences under the Environmental Management Act. The sentencing is the result of a conviction on February 16, 2012, following an eight-day trial. Zellstoff Celgar Limited Partnership was fined a total of […]
Third body found at Johnsons Landing
The body of a third victim has been recovered from the site of the Johnsons Landing mudslide, the BC Coroners Service has confirmed. The body of Rachel Webber, 17, was recovered by searchers at about 6 p.m. on July 25, the first day of the resumption of recovery efforts. Webber was located near the front […]
MP Alex Atamanenko to attend a "potluck for democracy" in Rossland on Tuesday
Do you feel Canadians are being led down the proverbial garden path by our federal government? Do you wish there were some way you could have more influence on Ottawa's decisions? And what's all this about moving our riding boundaries? Rossland politicos, mark down July 31, 6 p.m., for a "food for thought" potluck with our ...
Celebrating the West Kootenay Spirit of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The quadrennial Spirit of Innovation Awards are on again and KAST—the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology, the award organizers—want nominations for individuals, organizations, and businesses whose hard work exemplifies West Kootenay innovation and entrepreneurship.“The innovation, intellectual capital, and...
