Earth week garbage trolling cleans the Granby River
Over 60 people, from children to seniors, chipped in to clean up the Granby River on Sunday, Apr. 25 in recognition of Earth Day. The clean-up has been taking place for over 16 years organized by the Boundary Conservation group and the Granby Guides, and this year the Kettle Granby (KGB) Fly Anglers organized their […]
Kootenay Retailer Contributes to International Success Story
Way back in September of 2003, a quiet and unassuming woman approached a series of retailers in the Kootenays with products for sale. She stopped at the Kootenay Co-op Specialty store in Nelson and they ordered her gourmet smoked salmon. This was repeated again in Crescent Valley at Evergreen Natural Foods and then at Ferraro […]
RCMP request public assistance in fire investigation
The Castlegar police are asking anyone with information regarding a fire Thursday to come forward. RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff said police got the call around 6 p.m. Thursday evening to attend the 1000 block of Highway 3 (the highway heading toward Grand Forks). “There was a fire in the field behind the property owner’s house,” she […]
Local newspaper owner wins prestigious Jack Webster Foundation fellowship
The recipients of the prestigious Jack Webster Foundation fellowships for 2010 have been announced and we here at Lone Sheep publishing are proud to announce that Mona Mattei, owner and editor of the Boundary Sentinel in Grand Forks, is a winner along with reporters from Global TV, the Vancouver Sun, and CBC News. Mattei will...
Forest minister to hear Castlegar concerns
Castlegar mayor Lawrence Chernoff will be leading a delegation to the coast this week to speak to Forest and Range minister Pat Bell regarding the job losses in the Arrow-Boundary Forest District Office. The Castlegar office is losing 15 of its 60 jobs in what the provincial government is billing as a “workforce adjustment”. “We’re […]
RCMP: Harassment charges for local man; home reno gets explosive
A local homeowner got a potentially explosive surprise when she found what appears to be an ancient bomb hidden within her wall. Castlegar Sgt. Laurel Mathew said the woman was renovating a very old home, removing drywall, and found several items apparently left there a very long time ago. “One of the items was a […]
KEEPING IT REAL: The real HST fight is to save our democracy
I will sign the anti-HST referendum petition. That doesn’t mean I think the HST is a bad way of regulating our tax structure or bettering our economy: it does mean I see protection and preservation of the integrity of our democratic system as a much higher priority. Right from the start, I have always said I was willing to […]
R.C.M.P. bust big grow show in Fruitvale
On April 17, 2010 members of the Trail RCMP with the assistance of the Regional General Investigation unit executed a search warrant on a residence on Balsam Road in Fruitvale. A large, sophisticated indoor marihuana growing operation was located inside the residence, along with a loaded handgun and rifle. 843 plants were seized along with several pounds of […]
Interfor's Castlegar mill to re-open
It’s official! Interfor is gearing up to re-open its Castlegar mill this summer, according to Interfor chief forrester Ric Slaco. “We are preparing for a potential July start-up of the mill on a reduced operating basis,” he said. Slaco was not available to comment further as to why this start-up is possible and whether the […]
MLA/MP speak out against forestry cuts in Castlegar
Fifteen Ministry of Forest staff from the Castlegar office have been laid off in the latest round of job cuts by the provincial government. This type of closure proves that the Campbell government has given up on forestry, says Katrine Conroy, MLA for Kootenay West. These 15 job losses were a part of a total […]
