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 ...

At the end of this month, the Selkirk College music faculty will uniteonce again at the Capitol Theatre to celebrate and promote the releaseof the first album in its 21 year history with Souvenir LIVE. Last year, the faculty came together at the Capitol to raise funds forthe production of the CD entitled Souvenir. Now, […]

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,...

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...

Being privileged enough in a small town to see the new film Avatar on its opening weekend at our hometown theatre, the Gem, I couldn’t resist writing a review of this amazing film. What is most impressive is the use of new technology that allows director James Cameron to seamlessly move from real-life filming to […]

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...

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...

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...

Inspiring Minds Fine Art is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by Mirja Vahala and her students, opening on Nov. 27 and continuing November 28 and 29th.Vahala’s love for the natural world come together in this exhibition of landscape paintings: mountains of solid rock soaring to the sky, the quietness of a...

Castlegar outdid itself in this year's Communities in Bloom (CiB) competition, according to organizer Darlene Kalawsky, who returned Sunday from this year's annual CiB conference.“We did well – increased our score over last year,” she said. “We got four blooms, like last year – but we were just 1.5 points off getting five...