Saints get Glass in goal
The Selkirk College Men's Hockey program is pleased to announce a playing commitment from goaltender Steven Glass (Saskatoon, SK) to attend Selkirk College and compete for the Saints beginning in the 2014/15 B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League season. Glass is a 6-foot-1, 175 pound netminder who joins the back-to-back BCIHL ...
Castlegar's Kris Stanbra wins prestigious Courage to Come Back Award
Imagine this – you're 28 years old, married just a year-and-a-half, with a terrific job and loving family and friends – you've got it all. You're driving from Castlegar to Barrier to visit family, turn to negotiate an S-curve ... and see a car driving straight toward you in your lane. You're thrown from your vehicle, land on...
68-year-old Castlegar man facing child porn charges
A 68-year-old Castlegar man has been charged with possession of child pornography and making available child pornography, according to RCMP Cpl Debbie Postnikoff, who added the Castlegar Crime Reduction Unit and Castlegar RCMP Detachment executed a search warrant at the man's home on April 16. "The man was arrested and later...
UPDATED: Bike used in hold up of Kootenay Currency Exchange now in police possession
Nelson Police are reporting officers have found the bike used in the April 11, armed robbery of Kootenay Currency Exchange. Detective/Constable Nate Holt said in a press release the bicycle is now in the possession of Nelson Police and will be returned to the owner in the coming days. D/Cst. Holt said NPD would like to thank...
Selkirk College to Celebrate Class of 2014
Selkirk College will pay tribute to its past and send students off into promising futures at the annual Graduation Ceremony in Castlegar on Friday. A total of 765 students will graduate from the regional college this spring. Friday’s ceremony is expected to include up to 275 students who will receive diplomas or certificates...
COMMENT: An effective trade policy
It is interesting that any time trade is debated in the House of Commons New Democrats are always accused by the Conservatives of being “anti-trade”. However, as our Trade critic, Don Davies stated in the Jan. 29th debate on the proposed Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement, we believe thatCanadians recognize the importance...
GF mom speaks at international global summit
In Grand Forks, Laranna Androsoff is known as the Aboriginal Family Support Worker at Boundary Family and Individual Services Society (BFISS) and as Trinity’s mom. But earlier this month she got wider recognition for the latter. Androsoff was invited to speak at the 2014 Global Summit on Childhood in Vancouver. There she sat...
LETTER: Gilpin grasslands need protection not for quad use
It was upsetting to read the current description of the Gilpin Grasslands as a recreation area by the Grand Forks Quad Bike Club. Gilpin is an extremely important wildlife ecosystem, a point validated by three provincial governments and two land conservancies, all who have left an important footprint on Gilpin. The grassland...
Trail RCMP report man who left KBRH against doctors orders located late Saturday night
RCMP has good news in the case of a man who left the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Saturday afternoon against doctors orders. Trail RCMP report that Alex Willness, 19, was found late Saturday night in the Trail area. Willness had left the hospital early Saturday afternoon. Trail RCMP released a bulletin to local media...
RCMP report woman's body recovered from Columbia River
Trail RCMP are reporting that a body of a woman has been recovered from the Columbia River Friday (April 18) at approximately 7 p.m. The body was recovered with the assistance of Search and Rescue near the Trail Airport. RCMP would not confirm the body is that of a missing Slocan Park woman, last seen in the Trail area Tuesday...
