Resident group garnering signatures to oppose pesticide use in city parks/play spaces
by Kyra Hoggan on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 3:00pm

A group of local residents is using three Facebook pages, an online petition, and several hard copy petitions to try to pressure the City of Castlegar to ban pesticide use in city parks and play areas.

Elise Bourgeois, a mother of three who lives right next to Millennium Park, said she opposes any kind of spraying at all.

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Recent News

City to review policy allowing mobile food vendors/restaurants

by Kyra Hoggan on 22 May 2013
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City to review policy allowing mobile food vendors/restaurants

An upset letter from a local restaurant owner has council considering the implications of the number of mobile food vendors they license in the city.

Element owner Florio Vassilakakis sent a letter arguing against allowing mobile vendors/restaurants (the food trucks you can see along Columbia Avenue), prompting city staff to write a report suggesting the current bylaw (which has been in place since 1980) be reviewed and updated.

Strengthening Our Relations - Regional Aboriginal Youth & Educators Conference

by Contributor on 22 May 2013
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Strengthening Our Relations - Regional Aboriginal Youth & Educators Conference
In May 2012, the Selkirk College community celebrated the unveiling of an Aboriginal Gathering Place at the school’s ​Castlegar campus.

Mother Nature raises havoc in West Kootenay

by Nelson Daily staff on 21 May 2013
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A wind gust flipped this portable tent on its roof Tuesday evening near Taghum. — photo courtesy Facebook

Environment Canada issued a rainfall warning for the West Kootenay Tuesday but it’s the wind surfacing during the evening that may have caused the most damage to property in the region.

Tuesday at approximately 6:49 p.m. a wind gust dropped a tree onto a house in the Shoreacres, a few kilometers west of the Highway 3A/6 junction.

In Taghum, 10 kilometers west of Nelson, a portable garage tent was flipped over by a gust of wind.

Regional News

Two overnight fire calls keep Nelson Firefighters busy

by Nelson Daily staff on 23 May 2013
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Nelson Fire Crews, seen here during a recent mock disaster exercise, were busy responding to a pair of fires Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. — The Nelsonn Daily photo

The Nelson Fire Department night shift was kept busy Wednesday and into Thursday, responding to two fires call-outs in a span of five hours.

The first call came in shortly before p.m. from the Kootenay Lake Hospital, prompting the department to send out a crew of even firefighters and two engines to deal with what could have been a major problem.

However, in the end smoke coming from the third floor of the facility proved to be from failed ballast from an older light fixture.

YRB advises motorists not to take Kootenay Pass Highway

by Nelson Daily staff on 22 May 2013
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The Kootenay Pass is experiencing winter-like conditions as of Wednesday afternoon. — Photo courtesy Drive BC

Marc Dale, Operations Manager / SE Kootenay District of Yellowhead Road & Bridge Ltd. is advising motorists to consider planning to travel another day or take the Kootenay Lake Ferry rather than take the Kootenay Pass after a storm dumped snow on the Southern Interior Highway.

"We are experiencing an intense weather system with heavy rainfall throughout the Kootenay’s which will continue through tonight and Thursday morning," Dale said.

Trail kids net professional filming gig for Silver City Days

by Kyra Hoggan on 22 May 2013
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Trail kids net professional filming gig for Silver City Days

Five Trail teens got the experience of a lifetime while bringing a whole new realm of publicity for Silver City Days' 50th anniversary this year.

City communication and events coordinator Andrea Jolly said she was surprised by the initiative shown by Grade 11 J. L. Crowe student Eric Gonzalez, 17, when he approached her offering his videography skills to the city.

“I thought that was impressive initiative, and he was very poised and professional,” she said.

Provincial & National

LETTER: 'Whipped' doc shows BC democracy as farce

by Contributor on 22 May 2013
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Dear editor,
 
Regardless of any particular election result, federal, provincial or municipal, certain truths remain self-evident. In the case of our two senior levels of government, excessive party discipline is slowly killing our democracy. In the May 14th BC provincial election barely 52 per cent of registered voters bothered to cast a ballot, down three per cent from 2009.

Supply management an antiquated way to sell milk, chickens, eggs and cheese

by Contributor on 20 May 2013
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Supply management an antiquated way to sell milk, chickens, eggs and cheese

by Jason Clemens and Alana Wilson, The Fraser Institute

There are few Canadians who understand agricultural supply management and how it affects their daily lives, which is a major reason why this outdated system has survived. It’s receiving greater scrutiny now, though, because it’s impeding trade agreements.

International

White House releases Benghazi emails

by Wikinews on 22 May 2013
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White House releases Benghazi emails

The United States White House released roughly a hundred pages of emails on Wednesday related to the September 11, 2012 attack on the United States diplomatic post in Benghazi,