Thanks to the system moving through south of the 49th parallel, the Special Weather Statement for the West Kootenay has been cancelled by Environment Canada. There will still be periods of rain, with snow level at 1000 metres. Tuesday, increasing temperature has snow level rising from 1000 to 2000 metres near noon with the ...

On the eve of the most tragic day, Irene Lanzinger, President of the BC Federation of Labour, released a statement marking the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women — December 6. December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women in Canada. Established in 1991 by the...

With marijuana legalization becoming a near inevitability, many organizations are gearing up to prepare the next generation of leaders for the cannabis industry. Women Grow, located in the Front Street Emporium offices in Nelson, is a collective of industry trailblazers looking to “connect, educate, inspire and empower the ...

That’s right! Only two more sleeps until the city’s premiere holiday hoopla Friday night, an event designed to delight all ages and kick off the holiday season in Castlegar. It all starts at 5:30 p.m. with the Rec Rockers (dancers between the ages of three and five) taking the stage to wow the crowds and warm them up for the...

Some confusion is plaguing residents after the Castlegar and District Recreation Commission unveiled a draft master plan at two open houses on Monday. The plan (which can be viewed in its entirety online by clicking here ) is a weighty document of 212 pages, and includes the majority of the options on the Castlegar wish-list...

Castlegar RCMP are continuing to investigate a business break and enter that occurred overnight on Nov. 28. Suspects broke into the business by entering through an adjacent business' wall. The business' alarm activated and the suspects fled with no merchandise. On Nov. 30, at approximately 11 a.m,, Castlegar RCMP responded ...

A 56-year-old Castlegar woman has been criminally charged after a witness saw her allegedly being cruel to an animal and called the RCMP, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. “Investigation revealed that the cat had been suffering from medical issues,” she said. “It appears the animal had been suffering from the medical issues...

A former Castlegar resident has found a fun and enviro-friendly fashion to add some pizazz to her grey winter landscape. Carina Pilla-Falkman lived in Castlegar for 37 years before moving to her current locale, about 15 minutes up the mountain from Salmon Arm (“Basically, in the middle of nowhere,” she said) – but lots of her...

Dear Editor, In response to Deb McIntosh’s recent letter re: the Community Harvest Food  Bank’s struggles to assist families and individuals living in poverty, we suggest it is high time that our wealthy province makes  some meaningful policy changes so that the families of one in five children in BC don’t have to be dependent...

While many world leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Barack Obama, and the 40,000 delegates are in Paris at the UN Climate Change Conference, approximately 500 took to the streets of Nelson Sunday to participate in the Walk with the World. "It’s obviously a huge issue not only to our community...