WestJet has asked representatives of the West Kootenay Regional Airport Advisory Committee to meet with airline staff later this month to discuss why WestJet should come to Castlegar (see also: http://castlegarsource.com/news/westjet-clarifies-invitation-19383). Castlegar mayor Lawrence Chernoff, Nelson mayor John Dooley, city manager John Malcolm and former MP (and air traffic controller) Jim Gouk will be among the […]

For more than two terms (six years), it's been rare if not outright unheard-of to see a council vote split exactly down the middle, but tonight saw two such votes as well as an issue that prompted a 4-2 split. The division began over the issue of the Cobra Climb stairs in Kinnaird near 10th Avenue - councillor Deb McIntosh ...

The tri-city area will bid farewell to a local icon Friday in the gymnasium of the Cominco Arena at 11 a.m. BC Ambulance Services Trail Unit Chief David Martin, 57, died of chronic lymphocytic leukemia on May 25, after a decade-long battle with the disease. Martin’s wife, Myrna, said Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital staff displayed […]

There was a time when we talked about the “two solitudes” in Canada, referring to a divide between French and English Canada.  Although differences still exist between our two founding cultures, they are now more often celebrated than not.   Over the past few years, however, I have seen “two new solitudes” emerge.  Let’s call...

Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce executive director Pam McLeod is not unaware of the irony of winning Kootenay Business Magazine's 'Influential Women in Business Award' barely a month before, herself, hosting the Chamber Business Excellence Awards - but she's good with the irony, in this case. McLeod was presented...

Ahhhh, spring is now, finally, here. It’s a time of year when thoughts turn to love …which makes me giggle now, as I look at my husband. He’s possibly the last guy in the world I ever would have pictured myself with, no matter how carried away I was with Spring Fever, and I am […]

In June of 2010 Selkirk College marked the beginning of construction on their Castlegar campus Aboriginal Gathering Place with a ceremonial blessing and ground breaking. On May 24, 2012 they celebrated the official opening of the facility with over 100 invited guests in attendance. “The Gathering Place project was initiated...

Ed. Note: The following is a press release issued by the government of B.C. Premier Christy Clark, along with Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government were joined by local families at the Vancouver Aquarium today to announce that B.C.'s Family Day will take place on the second Monday in...

Vernon author, educator and musician John Lent, an instructor at Nelson's former Notre Dame University, will launch his new novel, The Path to Ardroe, at Nelson's Oxygen Art Centre, 320 Vernon St. (alley entrance), on Friday, June 15 at 7:30 p.m. The launch, part of Oxygen Art Centre's Presentation Series, is free and open ...

This is one door-to-door campaign you don't want to miss out on - when Suzanne Fordyce is done offering you a free personal consultation, you'll know how to conserve water (read: save money) without sacrificing garden quality ... and you'll get free stuff, to boot! The CIty of Castlegar hired Fordyce as part of its WaterSmart...