Kootenay youth hit high note for Haiti, raising $44,000
The Kootenay Youth Haiti Relief Benefit concert held on Jan.30 at the Brilliant Cultural Centre was a huge success, with close to $22,000 raised for the Canadian Red Cross. More than 900 people from all over the West Kootenay area shared their compassion and concern for the nation of Haiti by attending this standing-room-only...
Kootenay kids' Haiti fundraiser this weekend
Youth groups from all across the West Kootenays are sharing their compassion and concern for disaster stricken Haiti by banding together to hold a fundraising event at the Brilliant Cultural Centre on Jan.30 at 7 p.m. Admission is free, but donations will be collected and passed on to the Canadian Red Cross for the Haitian ...
Castlegar art gallery seeks submissions
The Creative Edge Gallery in Castlegar is currently accepting submissions for its spring show, Mixed Pallets, scheduled for April 17. Artist collectives are significant to the artist's practice in part because of the increased collective intelligence made possible by the cross-combination of multiple creative minds and...
Vote for YOUR favourite Inukshuk as city celebrations draw near
Photo by Kyra Hoggan: Castlegar Mayor Lawrence Chernoff shows off his own eight-foot Inukshuk creation at the city's Winterfest event, to inspire locals to create and submit their own Inukshuks to compete in the city's Olympic torch celebrations. Click here (or go to https://castlegarsource.com/image/tid/141 ) to cast your ...
Cash prizes offered in youth writing contest
Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) in partnership with Selkirk College are hosting free writing workshops on January 29 and 30 for those interested in submitting short stories to CBT's SCRATCH Writing Challenge. "The SCRATCH Writing Challenge is an opportunity for youth to take part in a creative writing experience that could lead ...
Selkirk offers live performance of Souvenir
Photo by Alana Hardyn: The Selkirk College music faculty Selkirk College willunite once again at the Capitol Theatre on January 29 to celebrate andpromote the release of the first album in its 21 year history withSouvenir LIVE. From left to right, Mark Spielman, Paul Landsberg,Steven Parish, Darren Mahe, Laura Landsberg,...
Castlegar gets 'Greased'
Grease is the word in Castlegar this month as the Castlegar Community Services Society (CCSS) hosts a sing-along showing of a now-classic popular musical movie. Julie Leffelaar, CCSS board member and event organizer, said the ever-popular movie Grease, starring Olivia Newton John and John Travolta, will be ever-so-much more...
Saving Kootenay's Rose
Long time Grand Forks resident Gary Gilbert and his partner Tani Schwartz are reaching out for help. Help to save Tani’s daughter Rose in her continuing struggle with a little known condition called gastroparesis. Some of you may remember her story, for others this may the first time you have heard about Rose. A year-and-a-half...
CBT photo contest winner announced
Ed. Note: The following is a press released issued by the Columbia Basin Trust:Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) would like to congratulate George Hopkins from Revelstoke in being selected by Basin residents as the winner of CBT's Show Us Your Basin photo contest.Mr. Hopkins submitted an image of a westbound steam train crossing a...
Time change for Monday night at the Movies
Mark your calendars for a date change in the next Monday Night at the Movies film! Summer Hours will be shown on Nov. 23 at 7p.m. in the Kootenay Centre Cinemas in Castlegar. Directed by Oliver Assayas and starring some of France’s finest actors, including Juliette Binoche of Chocolat fame, Summer Hours is a magnificent film...
