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Midway border crossing on secret closure list

by Erin Perkins on 16 Dec 2011
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Map of Midway including the border; Courtesy of Castanet.net
A leaked government document about the future of Canada's border crossings -- including possible closure, reduced hours, sharing of facilities and remote monitoring --  lists Midway, Cascade, Nelway and Chopaka crossings.
 
The document, "Small Port Working Group - Initial Results and Paths Forward", was done collectively between Canada's Customs and Border Services Agency(CBSA) and U.S.

Want change? So you can whine ... or wine

by Kyra Hoggan on 08 Dec 2011
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Want change? So you can whine ... or wine

 Making the switch to online media two-and-a-half years ago was like a crack in the dam – the changes in my life have been coming fast and furious ever since.

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This is a good thing, and largely something I’ve chosen – Gandhi wasn’t blowing smoke when he said, “Be the change you want to see in the world”.

LETTER: Getting poverty on the election radar

by Andrew Zwicker on 25 Apr 2011
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LETTER: Getting poverty on the election radar

 Dear Editor,


We are writing to ask your readers to help us make poverty an issue in this election campaign.  We know the Harper government has the needed funds to reduce poverty, but instead it has chosen to spend billions of our tax dollars for things like the G-8/G-20 Summits, reduced taxes for large corporations, fighter jets and other “big ticket” items which don’t benefit people struggling, and all too often failing, to raise their children and make ends meet.

SD20 Board of Education draft difficult budget

by Andrew Zwicker on 22 Apr 2011
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35 people attended the public board meeting at the Trail Middle School

 How do you cut $1.2 million out of a School District's annual budget while having as little effect on the students' learning experience as possible? The board of SD20 grappled with that question Monday evening as they continued their budgeting process.

Rebels, Leafs

by Nelson Daily Sports on 09 Feb 2012
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Rebel coach Steve Junker will be looking for offensive production from sniper Stuart Walton (7) when Castlegar hosts Nelson in a home-and-home series beginning Friday in the Sunflower City. — Bruce Fuhr photo

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoffs don’t start for another few weeks but this weekend the Nelson Leafs and Castlegar Rebels will definitely try to build some momentum when the two clubs meet in a home-and-home series beginning Friday in the Sunflower City.

The teams, scheduled to meet in the first round of the Murdoch Division playoffs, have split the regular season series right down the middle with each team winning three times, including a road victory.

Council tables resolution requiring criminal record check for election candidates

by Kyra Hoggan on 09 Feb 2012
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Council tables resolution requiring criminal record check for election candidates

A resolution demanding criminal records checks of people running for public office do not make it out of council chambers at Monday’s regular council meeting.

The resolution, which mayor Lawrence Chernoff brought forward to send to the Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Governments, or AKBLG (to go, if successful, to the union of BC Municipalities and thence to the provincial government,) was sent back to committee for alternative wording.

The resolution would not prevent a candidate with a criminal record from running for office, but would require the public disclosure of any criminal record.

Al Hitzroth resigns as Celgar boss

by Kyra Hoggan on 09 Feb 2012
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Hitzroth pictured with with Cherie Hanvold, managing director of finance & administration.

After a five-and-a-half-year tenure at the helm of the city’s largest commercial venture, Al Hitzroth will be bidding Zellstoff Celgar adieu.

Hitzroth, Celgar’s 55-year-old managing director, Operations & Technical, told The Source today that his final day will be February 24, as he relinquishes Celgar’s top spot to current director of strategic initiatives Kevin Anderson. Hitzroth will then be heading to New Brunswick to take on a new and exciting challenge within the pulp industry.

City invites IHA spokesperson to public meeting to discuss ER closure

by Kyra Hoggan on 09 Feb 2012
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Councillor Deb McIntosh

The City of Castlegar is asking Interior Health Authority (IHA) spokesperson Diane Gagnon to attend the public portion of city council’s next meeting, to discuss the unscheduled closure of Castlegar’s emergency ward last Saturday.

This, after city officials received a letter of apology for the poor communication before, and during, the closure.

Castlegar man gets second drug conviction after police raid

by Castlegar Source on 09 Feb 2012
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Castlegar man gets second drug conviction after police raid

A Castlegar man is facing a second drug conviction in as many months, after a drug raid Feb. 7.

Nathan Blaine Dean, 26, was arrested and convicted on Jan. 23 of this year, after police found 87 marijuana plants and 11 pounds of packaged marijuana in a Rossland residence.

Dean was busted again on Feb. 7, after police executed a warrant on a home in rural Castlegar, finding a recently-dismantled grow operation as well as about six ounces of packaged marijuana bud.

Police shut down teen party/provide extra security for teen dance

by Kyra Hoggan on 09 Feb 2012
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Police shut down teen party/provide extra security for teen dance

Police are focussing efforts to curb underage drinking in Castlegar, after a party last weekend saw two teens arrested for public drunkenness, and a dance at the Element in December saw five teen arrests.

Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff said a house party in the 900 block of Lynnwood Cr. In the Oglow subdivision last Saturday drew as many as 150 teens – and not a few neighbourhood complaints.

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