Open Letter to Premier Christy Clark
To The Editor: January 8, 2016 Premier Christy Clark PO Box 9041 Stn Prov Govt Victoria, BC V8W 9E1 Dear Premier Clark: The Province’s upcoming submission to the National Energy Board regarding Kinder Morgan’s TransMountain proposal provides an opportunity for your government to show leadership on B.C.’s economic and...
Women Grow Kootenay chapter opens doors in Nelson
The Hume room of the Hume Hotel in Nelson was packed with cannabis activists Thursday as Women Grow officially kicked off their Kootenay chapter. The event was hosted by Kaleigh Herald and Tanya Shelestynski of the Kootenays Medicine Tree, and featured talks by industry leaders Jim Leslie, Brynn Jones, Darrin Fiddler and...
UPDATED: Missing teen found
RCMP Cpl Jason Burndred has good news in the case of the missing person from Winlaw. In a media release Sunday afternoon, Burndred said 16-year-old Quinlan Kruse has been found after going missing Friday. "Quinlan Kruse has been located and is well," Burndred said in the release. Brundred said RCMP wanted to thank everyone ...
Significant spike in CBT community grant money
Community projects will be getting access to more funds this spring through Columbia Basin Trust’s popular Community Initiatives and Affected Areas programs. The Trust announced a 15-per-cent increase from $3.6 million per year throughout the Basin, to over $4.2 million per year for each of the next five years. “We are pleased...
Interior Health braces for wave of refugees — no word on numbers coming to West Kootenay region
While Interior Health is preparing to welcome a large number of refugees fleeing the crisis in Syria to Canada, and help ease the transition into new lives there, there is no word yet if any at all will land in the West Kootenay. “We know how many people are landing in Toronto but we don’t know what their destination is,"...
Investigations into local officer-involved fatal shootings still incomplete
The Independent Investigations Office is responsible for investigating two officer-involved fatal shootings in the region in the past two years. In a second interview, conducted this week (the first was in March of 2015, to read that story, click here ) the Source again asked why the investigations were taking so long (to put...
CBT Committee seeks applications for economic development funding
A local group has spent more than half of $600,000 allocated to meet community needs in the Lower Columbia, but is still looking for more economic development projects to support. Economic and tourism development were identified as the top community priorities during extensive public consultations last year by the Community...
Parenting Cafes to be offered in Greater Trail area
The Family Action Network knows that parenting is one of the most rewarding and challenging jobs that a person does in their life. Our philosophy is that it takes a ‘village to raise a child and families to raise a region’. To provide a venue for parents to come together, share strategies, strengthen parent voice and learn ...
Alarming stats in 2015 says West Kootenay Traffic Services
John Ferguson of the West Kootenay Traffic Services said police is concerned heading into the New Year after RCMP saw an increase in impaired driving charges in 2015. "Our impaired driving charges increased by 35 percent and our 1, 3 and 7 day alcohol suspensions increased by 100 per cent," Ferguson said in a year-end media...
Castlegar 2015 - Year in Review with updates
The top 10 stories of 2015 are determined, not by Source editorial staff, but rather by Google Analytics, based entirely on the number of reads each story generated. “I’m invariably startled by the results – sometimes because of stories that make the list, but usually because of the stories that don’t,” said Source editor...
