Pine Avenue temporary closure extended to April 21
Update: April 15, 2021 - The temporary road closure of the 1100 block of Pine Avenue has been extended to Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Thank you for your ongoing patience and cooperation. Previous coverage: Beginning on Monday, April 12, 2021 there will be a temporary road closure of the 1100 block of Pine Avenue for the new...
Weekly Update - Columbia Avenue Redevelopment - Phase 2
Over the last week, construction focused on establishing the 6th Avenue detour, completing water tie-ins between 18th and 21st Streets, milling asphalt and installing water main between 21st and 24th Streets, and patching curbs, sidewalks, and pavement. In the next week, you can expect to see: Concrete pouring and finishing...
City and Selkirk College Completing FireSmart Vegetation Management
The City of Castlegar, in partnership with the Selkirk College Forestry Program, is conducting FireSmart vegetation management activities on City-owned forested land at 14 Avenue and 26 Street. This area is near the Waterline Road and adjacent to the Kinnaird Park Community Church and is an ongoing project started in 2019. ...
$2 billion to support thousands of new homes for middle-income families
The Province is providing an additional $2 billion in development financing through B.C.’s HousingHub to finance the construction of thousands of new homes for middle-income families. “For too long, hard-working middle-income families have been priced out of the housing market, and the pandemic pushed prices even higher,”...
Improvements, new equipment and more spaces coming to over 80 facilities in Basin communities
Families in the Columbia Basin will soon have more child care options, and children will have better and safer places where they can play, build new skills, grow their imaginations and run about as they develop their bodies and minds. That’s because over 80 child care facilities in about two dozen communities are adding to ...
Editorial: About that elderly Rossland couple and their COVID-19 fine
Readers will have seen a news item about a couple who crossed the border after getting medical services in the United States, and were accused of not following required procedures, and were issued a fine for $3,450 for their “non-compliance.” But there is much more to that story, and readers should know what really happened...
Castlegar, Pitch-in & Clean-up the City
The City of Castlegar is inviting the community to help clean-up the City April 18-26 as part of 2021 PITCH-IN week. This is the 54th annual PITCH-IN community clean-up across Canada. In 2020, over 1 million Canadians participated in the program, cleaning up over 5 million pounds of litter. PITCH-IN is the largest environmental...
100K to secure 100-year future for Iconic Rossland Church: Community Spirit required!
For the last eight months, St Andrew’s United Church in Rossland has been undergoing major development works as part of a $344,000 renovation project funded by a Built Heritage Columbia Basin Trust grant. Having been unsuccessful in its latest grant bid to finish off the works, it is calling on its community to dig deep and...
Crash near Sicamous claims two lives
A two-vehicle head-on collision on Highway 1 seven kilometers east of Sicamous has claimed two lives, according to BC Highway Patrol Sgt. Chad Badry. "On April 6, 2021, just after 1 p.m., BC RCMP frontline members from Sicamous Detachment and RCMP Traffic Services responded to a report of a serious two vehicle head-on collision...
Prescribed burn near Slocan, within Ponderosa FSR area
The BC Wildfire Service will be supporting the Slocan Integral Forestry Cooperative, in conducting a prescribed burn covering up to 150-hectares within the Ponderosa FSR area to help reduce wildfire threats and restore ecosystem health and resiliency. The burn site is about eight kilometres south of Slocan and ten kilometres...
