A rally is scheduled tomorrow at City Hall for those who wish to show support for striking city workers of CUPE 2262. The rally, scheduled for 3 p.m., should see as many as 30 striking union members, as well as members of other union travelling to Castlegar from other communities to show their solidarity. Members of the public...

Consumers will be greeting the New Year with another hike in utility rates, according to a press release issued by FortisBC on Dec. 1. “FortisBC has received regulatory approval for a 3.5 per cent interim rate increase for electricity customers to take effect January 1, 2015,” the release said. “The rate increase is interim...

A newly-elected city council was sworn in at council’s regular meeting Dec. 1. Incumbent mayor Lawrence Chernoff and incumbent councillors Kevin Chernoff, Dan Rye, Florio Vassilakakis, Susan Heaton-Sherstobitoff, and Deb McIntosh, as well as newcomer Bruno Tassone, were sworn in during an official ceremony conducted by Judge...

Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior, and Linda Worley, RDKB Area B Director, witnessed firsthand area residents’ dissatisfaction with CP’s response to their ongoing concerns with the recent addition of night trains on the local Castlegar to Trail run. In September, CP Rail implemented the decision to redeploy locomotives...

The Hugh Keenleyside Dam had to reduce flows over the weekend, after wind broke log booms upstream of the dam, leaving hundreds of logs free-floating down the river toward the dam. Over 100 bundles (each bundle is a semi-truckload of logs) came loose on the Arrow Lake and broke through the log booms at the dam and generation...

Throughout the Columbia Basin, many educators, volunteers, community groups and organizations dedicate themselves to enhancing environmental well-being through education. As a supporter of these efforts, Columbia Basin Trust has earned an award from the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication. It received...

In lieu of Winterfest, which was cancelled this year due to the city’s current labour dispute, the Pass Creek Regional Exhibition Society and Dirty Diggers will be putting on an Old Fashion Country Christmas at Pass Creek Fairgrounds on Dec. 20 from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. City councillor Dan Rye said he thinks it's terrific...

Interior Health launched a new campaign Monday to encourage all adults in the region to get tested for HIV. The “My Health Is Sexy” campaign uses intimate images to convey the message that knowing your HIV status is an important part of a healthy sex life and a good relationship. Campaign materials include a website, as well...

What is a thinking person to make of the new landscape of sexual consent? Since October 26, when Jian Ghomeshi left the CBC under a cloud of uncertain meaning, things have moved very fast indeed. On Parliament Hill, two NDP women have brought messages to the Liberal leader about two of his MPs and he has suspended said MPs,...

Summer is the season when property owners notice bats in their buildings. They may find guano on the deck, hear bats in the walls, or smell a build-up of guano. The Kootenay Community Bat Project (KCBP), funded by the Columbia Basin Trust and the Columbia Valley Local Conservation Fund, has received hundreds of calls over the...