Teens - We want your input! Are you a youth between the ages of 13 and 19? Are you sometimes feeling bored around Castlegar? In fact, there is a lot to do or be a part of in our area, but sometimes it is hard to find out about these wonderful things. And that is why we want to help you. How do you ask? A website. Simple....

 Columbia Basin Trust (CBT), in partnership with Selkirk College, is hosting free writing workshops for youth aged 15 to 29 on Feb. 27 in Trail, Nelson and Castlegar for those interested in submitting short stories to CBT’s SCRATCH Writing Challenge. “These workshops are a great learning opportunity for all aspiring writers,...

The Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA) is inviting individuals of all artistic disciplines - as well as arts, culture and heritage organizations - to apply for funding provided by Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) under its Arts, Culture and Heritage granting program, which was recently awarded $550,000 for the 2010/11 fiscal...

It’s time to start creating! Applications for Castlegar Art Walk 2010 are now available. “We’re trying something new this year”, said Jacquie Hamilton, who volunteers with the Art/Walk Committee – “we’re circulating the information about Castlegar's 2010 Art Walk via email instead of using Canada Post.” Artists who want to ...

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...

Castlegar Garden Club and Castlegar Communities in Bloom are partnering to sponsor this event at Twin Rivers Park on May 15 from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Showcasing the abundance of local gardening talent and nature resources is a prime focus. Growing plants and gardens (wild and cultivated), farming, food production, growing organically, along with the […]

Rick Mercer’s Rossland Winter Carnival episode aired Tuesday evening on CBC. Watch it here. Also, over the weekend, the Telegraph caught up with Mercer on his cell phone for a quick chat about his time in the Mountain Kingdom.

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 ...

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...

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 ...