City holds its breath for Kraft Hockeyville annnouncement
The big day's almost here – this Saturday, we'll be finding out if Castlegar is a semi-finalist in the Kraft Hockeyville competition, and in the running for $100,000 of arena upgrades and the opportunity to host an NHL exhibition game. This means lobbying support from far outside city boundaries, as the winning community could...
Friday sees Saints start playoffs with home game at Complex
After finishing the 2013/14 regular season on a nine-game winning streak and grabbing first place in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League standings in their final game, the Selkirk College Men’s Hockey program is looking to carry over their late-season success into a first round playoff match-up against Thompson Rivers...
Mayor/councillor say four-year term is a mixed bag
It's official – B.C. will now be the final province in Canada to adopt four-year terms for municipal councils, mayors and school district representatives. Castlegar Mayor Lawrence Chernoff, himself a council veteran completing his third term as mayor and having served on council since 1987 (with a three-year hiatus) said it's...
Canada’s network of young and aspiring ecological farmers comes to the Kootenays!
The Young Agrarians will be hosting their first Kootenay-wide gathering for young farmers in Crawford Bay on March 15-16. The event will bring together 40-60 farmers, food producers, and homesteaders... plus all the region’s major food and farming initiatives! Farmers will share their stories, take part in workshops, demo ...
Warfield crisis averted due to "textbook" emergency managment, says chief
A potential very volatile situation near Warfield yesterday had minimal impact because of emergency crews' textbook management of the crisis, according to Kootenay Boundary Region Fire Rescue Chief Terry Martin. Martin said they got the 9-1-1 call at 1:30 p.m., informing them that a tanker truck containing 24,000 litres of ...
Guilty plea in GF court over weapons charge
A Kelowna man has been convicted in Grand Forks’ provincial court of smuggling and the possession of weapons without a license. Robert William Nicholson pled guilty to the charges on Feb. 18. Nicholson was the subject of a weapons seizure last year on Nov. 21 when he tried to cross at the Cascade border crossing by Christina...
What is the Soul for? What were you born to do?
“...there’s no myth that holds our culture more firmly in its grip than that you are the result of your parent’s conditioning, just as you are the result of their bodies. That so permeates our thinking that we forget that our "calling" may have a completely different source. The soul may be responsible to a calling that is ...
Police appeal to public after break-and-enter costs local business thousands
Thieves have absconding with thousands of dollars of property from a local business, according to RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff. "Sometime during the evening of Feb. 21 and the early morning hours of Feb. 24, a business located in the 100 block of Hughes Road was broken into," she said. "Investigation has revealed that the ...
LETTER: Rethink water meters
Dear Editor, Water is of utmost significance to all of us. We are vulnerable if we don't have access to clean affordable water. So, water is worth thinking and talking about. Following are some points I wish to share for consideration: Control the water, and you control the people. Water is needed for survival. And, water...
Results are in for Greenwood's water
Greenwood has placed third again the municipal water category at the 24th annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting. The best tap water in the world came from Clearbrook, British Columbia. It’s their third time winning in that category. Santa Ann, California won second and Greenwood came in third. All but one of the...
