Proposed budget includes residential/commercial increases, public meeting scheduled
Residents got their first glimpse of Castlegar’s 2015 budget in a finance department report presented at city council’s regular meeting last night. The budget includes a tax increase of roughly $56 per year (roughly $4.67 a month) for the average household and a two-per-cent hike for commercial taxes. The total...
Free Professional Training in Conservation Leadership
25 KOOTENAY YOUTH GET FREE PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING IN CONSERVATION Polluted air and drinking water, species extinction, climate change. These are the terms that make headlines daily in BC. For youth in the Kootenay region, these terms are the rallying cry for their generation; the call to action. This summer, the ...
Early Childhood Education Gets a Boost at Selkirk
An increase to the provincial government’s bursary funding for students enrolled in early childhood education (ECE) programs will bolster Selkirk College’s ability to educate those interested in a rewarding career. At the BC Early Years Forum held earlier this month in Richmond, Children and Family Development (MCFD) Minister...
Nelsonites gather to discuss potential for community solar garden
Nelson is widely known as one the most progressive places in all of Canada, and now area residents could have the chance to add to that reputation by helping to build a community solar garden in the Queen City. Nelson Hydro and the West Kootenay Eco Society are hosting a Conversation Café at Oso Negro Wednesday (April 8 at ...
Police continue to investigate lucky Trail MVA
Police continue to investigate an unusual motor vehicle accident that occurred in Trail yesterday, according to RCMP Cpl. Mike Wilson. He said the call came in at roughly 3 p.m. on April 6. “A vehicle was going down the hill toward town on Highway 3B past the dump,” Wilson said. “The driver lost control, crossed into the...
Semi-vs-pick-up-truck collision sees fortunate ending
The good news outweighs the bad in regard to a semi-versus-pick-up-truck collision Tuesday morning on Highway 3A, according to Nelson RCMP Sgt. John Ferguson. He said the call came in at 7:02 a.m., and they responded to an MVA at Blewett Road and Highway 3A — between Bonnington and Playmor Junction. “The semi driver was...
Castlegar's own Squires brothers set new bar for community giving, despite tender years
When you think ‘hometown hero’, what comes to mind is rarely someone under the age of six. But Jaxon Squires, at five, and his brother Ryder, almost three, are confounding expectations and living up to the designation, selling their own toys to raise funds for the new BC Children’s Hospital. “They started in January – we...
Selkirk College Saints Bolster Defensive Corps with Pair of Recruits
With playing commitments from a pair of top-notch defenceman, the three-time defending British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) champion Selkirk College Saints have started to rebuild a key component to continued success. With the majority of the 2014-2015 Saints blueline contingent graduating this spring, the...
UPDATED: Teck officials confirm three injured in explosion at Greenhills Mine near Elkford
Teck Resources Limited reported that there has been an explosion at the Greenhills Coal Mine outside Elkford, sending three people to hospital. In a media release the mining company said that "a flash fire occurred in the dryer complex at Teck’s Greenhills Operation near Elkford British Columbia today at approximately 11:...
UPDATED: Local business owner starts fundraiser for nurse killed in Christina Lake MVA
Ed. Note: The following was submitted to the Source after a local nurse and Christina Lake resident was heading home from the funeral of a second nurse and her vehicle was struck by a falling tree, crushing the driver's side of her SUV (see coverage below). Hi, my name is Chantel Fullerton and there has recently been a tragic...
