Construction begins on Castlegar SPCA facility
Work is now underway on the BC SPCA’s new West Kootenay Community Animal Centre in Castlegar. The new 4,250-square-foot facility, to be located at 124 Heritage Way (west of the airport), is expected to open by June 2018. “We are extremely excited about the new centreand are grateful to the provincial government, the Columbia...
Selkirk College Instructor Focussed on Change in Cambodia
The West Kootenay may be half a world away from Cambodia, but for Selkirk College Instructor Sarah Youngblutt the troubled Asian nation never escapes her thoughts. For most of the year, Youngblutt can be found at Selkirk College’s Trail Campus helping inspire learners seeking a second chance through the Academic Upgrading...
Potential pot production prompts public participation
The public will soon get a say in how they feel about a medical marihuana production facility on the surplus airport lands, after council voted unanimously to move forward with the public hearing process. During their regular meeting last night (Monday), council received a report by Planning and Development Director Phil...
Tip o' the hat to local Castlegar CIBC staff after MVI last week
Castlegar CIBC employees are receiving kudos from the Fire Chief after their management of the aftermath of a single-vehicle crash. According to Fire Chief Sam Lattanzio, the call came in at 1:52 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. “A customer of CIBC inadvertently hit his gas pedal, accelerating instead of braking,” Lattanzio said. ...
Gray Creek Pass re-opens
The Gray Creek Pass Forest Service Road has re-opened after the back country forest fire closures, and construction of a bridge replacement between September 2 and 29, 2017. Forestry posted this route between West and East Kootenay as CLOSED but intrepid souls continued to drive past the barricades, only to...
Local cop pivotal in Castlegar group's escape from Vegas gunman
A local retired RCMP officer played a huge role in getting six Castlegar residents to safety during the mass shooting in Las Vegas Sunday night. Jo-Ann Bursey, a local realtor, and her husband, retired RCMP Const. Wally Bursey, were part of a group of eight people attending the country music festival (six were from Castlegar...
Trail woman in jail after drug bust
A Trail woman is in police custody after a drug raid last month, according to a press release issued by Trail RCMP Acting Sgt. Darryl Orr. “On Sept. 22, the Trail Crime Reduction Unit with the assistance of Castlegar Crime Reduction Unit and Regional General Investigation Section executed a search warrant granted under the ...
OP/ED: Selkirk Students' Union launches manual for student activism
The Selkirk College Students’ Union has launched a manual for students’ union organisers. The Fundamentals of Students’ Unionism provides student activists and organisers a framework to understand students’ unionism and the student movement. “Students are more in debt now than ever in the history of British Columbia and...
Selkirk College Mir Lecture Series Welcomes Avi Lewis
One of the nation’s most ardent climate change activists will visit the West Kootenay as part of the Selkirk College Mir Centre for Peace Lecture Series. Canadian documentary filmmaker and former journalist Avi Lewis appears at Nelson’s Capitol Theatre on Friday, October 13 where he will speak about climate justice and the ...
RCMP attend fatal accident near Grand Forks Tuesday
An accident near Grand Forks on Highway 3 has claimed the life of three people police said in a media release. At approximately 3 p.m. Tuesday, October 3, Grand Forks RCMP and RCMP West Kootenay Traffic Services attended to a head-on collision on Highway 3. Police arrjved to a two vehicle head-on collision, 9 kilometers West...
