Twenty-eight projects that support social well-being have been approved to receive over $1 million in funding through Columbia Basin Trust’s Social Grants. “Through these grants, we’re able to help social service organizations meet the needs of Basin communities and residents,” said Liz Gillis, Columbia Basin Trust Manager,...

Castlegar Search and Rescue (SAR) were kept on their toes this past weekend, when a training exercise morphed into a rescue call-out. Hayden Fetterly is a SAR member who, along with 17 others from Castlegar, Rossland, South Columbia and Grand Forks SARs, was at DAM Helicopters at the West Kootenay Regional Airport, practising...

Local leaders are divided in their reaction to the Provincial Liberals' 2016 budget. City councillor Deb McIntosh pulled no punches in a critique she posted on Facebook. “Balanced budgets are fantastic, but not when we allow a high level of child poverty and no changes to income assistance rates,” McIntosh wrote. “Fantastic...

In a budget that rewards the wealthiest British Columbians at the expense of all other citizens, Christy Clark maintained a billion-dollar tax cut for millionaires and created a slush fund with unfair MSP tax hikes. "This is not a budget for B.C. families,” said Katrine Conroy, MLA. “This budget continues the tax break for ...

"From-ruin-to-riches" may end up being the theme of the Kinnaird Bluffs story, after concerned residents banded together to save the site and are now contemplating loftier goals than mere preservation. Vince Hempsall, of The Association of West Kootenay Rock Climbers (TAWKROC), told Castlegar city council (at its regular...

Nelson Police are advising the public to be on alert after the department received a report overnight that three wolves being sighted in the Rosemont area.  The complainant the wolves were observed at approximately 5 p.m. and that the wolves were chasing a deer at the time. The Nelson Police Department would like to remind ...

Car crashes – one in Trail on Saturday and another in Castlegar Monday night – had onlookers concerned and asking The Source/Champion for follow-up details. A collision in Trail near the intersection of Goodwin Way and Highway 3B (near the mall) at just after 8 a.m. Saturday morning was characterized by one reader as looking...

RCMP said a woman and two friends were rescued early Monday (February 15) morning after getting stranded and off course in the Boulder Mountain area near Revelstoke. Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said in a media release the search was started by the woman's boyfriend reported the party overdue from a snowmobile outing near Revelstoke. ...

If building late-season drama was the goal, the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) schedule-makers couldn’t have planned it any more perfect. With time running out on the regular season, over the next two weeks the Selkirk College Saints and Simon Fraser University Clan will lock horns in three pivotal...

A new study shows a 38% increase in tourism revenue over the last decade, proving the sector is a major economic driver for the province. The study called “Value of Tourism in British Columbia: Trends from 2004 to 2014” is produced by BC Stats for Destination British Columbia. It highlights impressive long-range as well as ...