LETTER: Glowing commendation for Safeway managers
I wish to express my heartfelt appreciation and gratitude to Erica (Gregory), the pharmacy manager and Brian (Bogle), the store manager, of our local Safeway in Castlegar for going above and beyond expectations. Due to human error, a component of my medication, which is vital to my well being and life, was not delivered to ...
Saskatchewan couple in plane crash near Nakusp identified
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of two persons who died after an air crash near Nakusp on Monday (April 11) afternoon as Lynndon Wayne Delisle, aged 58, and his wife Heather Lynn Delisle, aged 54, both of Wynyard, Saskatchewan. Delisle was the pilot of, and his wife the passenger in, a Rockwell 112 airplane....
COLUMN: My Job as Your MLA
While travelling around my constituency of Kootenay West and the province I am often asked “what does a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) do?” I decided to share with constituents what my job has entailed since February and the start of the winter Legislative session. The days are long, sometimes difficult but it is ...
Parents create petition after SD 20 proposes $200/yr fee for school bussing
Parents of students in School District 20 (SD20) have reached such a level of frustration with ongoing and relentless cuts to education funding in the area that they've started a petition, according to Rebecca McDonnell, president of the District Parent Advisory Council. “This our sixth year of deficits approaching $1 million,...
Doukhobor Cultural Association Donates to Selkirk College’s Peacekeeping Program
A $5,000 donation from the Doukhobor Cultural Association will help support students from around the world enrolled in Selkirk College’s Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping Program. Selkirk College, in collaboration with non-governmental organization Nonviolent Peaceforce, has begun the program, the first program of its kind offered...
Police investigating fatality at Whistler
Police are investigating the death of a woman on Whistler Mountain yesterday, according to RCMP Sgt. Rob Knapton. “RCMP received the call at approximately 3:30 p.m. on April 13, of the incident which occurred in the west ridge area of Whistler Mountain,” Knapton said in a press release this morning. “We attended to the scene...
Provincial health officer declares public health emergency due to rise in overdoses
A significant increase in drug-related overdoses and deaths has prompted provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall to declare a public health emergency. This is the first time the provincial health officer has served notice under the Public Health Act to exercise emergency powers. B.C. is the first province to take this...
Having no reservations: regional health board erases cap and moves ahead on preliminary KBRH upgrade planning
The bandage has been ripped off the regional health board’s reserve fund, exposing the long-standing scar regarding renewal of the region’s main hospital. The decision on whether to lift the cap off the West Kootenay Boundary Regional Health District (WKBRHD) board’s growing reserve fund passed in a board meeting late last ...
Spill at Teck Trail now contained, causes no risk to human health
On April 13, at just before 2 p.m., there was a hazardous materials spill at the Teck Trail Operations facility, according to Richard Deane, manager, Commercial Services and Public Affairs “It was a short duration discharge of water containing metals at our operation this afternoon,” Deane said. “It is believed to be the...
Scholar to Discuss Violence and Islam at Selkirk College Mir Lecture Series Event
Beheadings, suicide bombings and civil war. Horrific attacks in Brussels and San Bernardino. There is no shortage of examples of the violence that rocks the Islamic world. Shocking pictures and gruesome acts done in the name of religion seem to appear daily on our news feeds. The media hammers the point home—that Muslim...
