LETTER: Winterfest committee cancels annual event
The Winterfest Organizing Committee regrets to inform our community that the 19th Annual Winterfest Family Celebration has been cancelled due to planned labour action by striking CUPE City workers during the event. The Committee decided to cancel the event after hearing that some participants would not continue in the event...
Jazz returns to the Old Fire Hall following the launch of new community funding model
Rumors are true, Jazz has returned to the Old Fire Hall in Rossland! After many years languishing empty, the historic Fire Hall was filled with anticipation on November 14th as patrons awaited the return of the much loved Old Fire Hall Trio. Candlelight created dancing shadows on the timbers, reflections in the large windows,...
Frog wins People's Choice at Sculpturewalk Gala
“Northern Leopard Frog” by local Krestova artists Kevin Kratz and James Karthein, won big at the 2014 Castlegar Sculpturewalk Awards, taking home both the coveted People’s Choice Award and the Artistic Merit Award. This is the first time ever that a sculpture has won in both categories, and the second time that Kratz & ...
Selkirk College Joins Effort to Dig Deeper into Opportunities for Rural Policy
Selkirk College has entered a partnership with leading post-secondary institutions from around the world in a project that aims to enhance prosperity in rural regions. Brandon University was recently awarded a seven-year $2.5 million grant from the federal government’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)...
Mad Piper Entertainment — connecting business to entertainers
When Johnny McCuaig got into the music business, say about 22 years ago with The Johnny McCuaig Band, he figured he was either on top of the world, or would be booking his penthouse suite very soon. However, years into the game the Nelson native realized there is a lot that goes into a career in music, and if there was someone...
Indie author brings know-how to Kootenay writers
The world of indie publishing (also called self-publishing) can seem overwhelming. Print or e-Book? Webpage or blog? And what about social media marketing? Fortunately, there’s help. Award winning indie author Kristene Perron has done it all, and she’ll share her knowledge in a special two-day workshop November 15 and 16 at...
Nature in Flux: Biodiversity and Invasive Species-Juried Art Exhibition
The Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee is hosting a Juried Art exhibition, with the theme of invasive species and biodiversity. The exhibition will be open to the public from October 10th to November 8th 2014 at the Kootenay Gallery of Art, in Castlegar. This exhibition is intended to raise the profile and public...
MLA and MP join forces to offer congrats on Communities in Bloom win
BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko and Kootenay West MLA Katrine Conroy join in congratulating the City of Castlegar on winning the 2014 Communities in Bloom International Challenge. Castlegar received 5 Blooms and competed against other cities across Canada and in Ireland for the overall win in the small category (less...
UPDATED: Petition to save Pass Creek Fall Fair
The link to sign a petition letting the RDCK know you'd support taxpayer investment to save the Fall Fair is here: http://passcreekfair.com/ Previous story: The 19th Annual Pass Creek Fall Fair last weekend was, by all accounts, a screaming success … but will this popular regional event still happen next year? That’s not ...
Work in the age of anxiety
Working Canadians, from blue collar workers to middle class professionals to hamburger flippers are facing the worst economy insecurity, most stressful working conditions, the slowest increases in real income and the most cynical anti-worker governments literally since the 1930s. At the same time the 1% and the powerful...
