Selkirk College Saints Head Into Post-Season with High Expectations
The British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) season begins in September, but it’s what happens in March that provides the most lasting memories. The Selkirk College Saints and the Vancouver Island University Mariners drop the puck on the league’s semi-final series starting Friday and a season’s worth of toil has...
Selkirk College Hosts Admission on the Spot
It has never been easier to start at Selkirk College with an event called Admission on the Spot that aims to help soon-to-be students with the application process. In three events hosted on March 12 in Trail, March 13 in Castlegar and March 14 in Nelson, those with their sights set on post-secondary will be able to have their...
OP/ED: Things that go bump in the parking lot, lessons learned
Asking for people to send me their thoughts at the end of last week's article resulted in one of the largest responses I've ever received. Ultimately, the overwhelming choice of advice was to report the offending driver to ICBC and the police. Fewer people were willing to shrug their shoulders and carry on with life while two...
BC SPCA lottery for animals in need is back and bigger than ever
Buying a lottery ticket can help B.C.’s most vulnerable animals. With the return of the BC SPCA Lottery for animals in need, you can win big by helping abused, neglected and injured animals and potentially, put thousands of extra dollars in your pocket. This year’s Lottery is the biggest ever with $100,000 to be won PLUS up...
Expand your art collection with Sculpturewalk!
Which of Castlegar’s downtown sculptures has caught your eye? In just over a month Castlegar Sculpturewalk’s 2018 sculptures will be taken down, so now is the time to purchase or lease one of these beautiful works of art and keep it in the Kootenays! “2018 was our biggest year yet, and there are so ...
Acclaimed Nisga’a Poet to Discuss Residential Schools in Indigenous Literature
Selkirk College’s Indigenous Services Department and the Mir Centre for Peace are proud to present Nisga’a author Jordan Abel, speaking at Selkirk College Castlegar Campus on March 16. Abel will explore what it means to be Indigenous, what it means to be an intergenerational survivor of residential schools, and what it looks...
Selkirk College Students Seek Input for Fruitvale Livable Village Action Plan
Selkirk College second-year Integrated Environmental Planning (IEP) Program students are helping the Village of Fruitvale further develop goals and initiatives identified in its Official Community Plan. The 21 students in the cohort based out of the Castlegar Campus will hold a public open house to present their Fruitvale...
Forum: State of the Kootenays: An Economic Update slated for next month in Castlegar
Castlegar & District Economic Development and the Chamber of Commerce will be hosting an exciting event on April 11. The event, titled the State of the Kootenays: An Economic Update, is Castlegar & District’s Economic Development’s first ever Economic Forum. The event will be on April 11 from 6 - 8.30 p.m., with a...
Smoking causes fire in local apartment building
Smoking appears to be the cause of a fire in a Trail apartment building Friday afternoon, according to KBRFR Chief Dan Derby. "Firefighters responded to a mattress fire at the Groutage apartments," he said in a press release issued Saturday. "(The) fire was contained to the area of origin (and) was caused by smoking activity....
Byers, Buskey Power Smoke Eaters To Game #2 Victory In Merritt
The Trail Smoke Eaters used a two-goal effort from Mack Byers and a 32-save performance from Donovan Buskey to earn a 5-2 victory in Game #2 of their Interior Division Quarterfinal against the Merritt Centennials and even the series at 1-1 on Saturday night at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. For the second time in as many...
