Castlegar's Patrick Zubick named as year's top goalie by SIJHL
The Superior International Junior Hockey League announced Wednesday that Castlegar’s Patrick Zubick, now with the Dryden GM Ice Dogs, has been named the SIJHL’s top goaltender for the 2016-17 season. “Zubick garnered the laurels over fellow top goaltender award finalists Michael Lenko of the English River Miners and Ryan...
CBT commits $1 mill for Alliance for Literacy over next two years
Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) ensures that communities have access to the literacy programs and support services they need. Their unique regional approach will continue to have Columbia Basin Trust’s support with another two-year funding commitment. “This is a unique arrangement in the province; it’s a regional...
Selkirk Enactus Club embarks on community clean-up project in Castlegar
Selkirk College students are undertaking a community clean-up project through their Enactus Club, according to Enactus spokeswoman Ivy Chen. Che said a group of students from the Enactus Club at Selkirk College will collect garbage from the roadsides leading to Selkirk College and the section of Highway 3A called ‘Airport...
SPCA unveils design for new $2-mill Castlegar facility
The British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BC SPCA) unveiled plans for its new, $2-million West Kootenay Community Animal Centre in Castlegar at a special event on March 21 at the Castelgar Complex. “We are extremely excited about the new centre and are grateful to the provincial government,...
Selkirk College Instructor Builds on Rwanda Relationship
The next chapter in the growing relationship between Selkirk College and Rwanda’s Nyundo School for Music has been written. Earlier this month, Selkirk College Contemporary Music & Technology Program instructor Gilles Parenteau traveled to the African nation to spend seven days in the classroom with Nyundo students. It’s...
Wet weather triggers mudslides in RDCK
The incredibly wet spring weather continues to wreak havoc on area roads in the Regional District of Central Kootenay with reports Thursday of slides near New Denver and Ainsworth. Early Thursday, the RDCK reported a mudslide near New Denver that cut off five homes from access near Highway 6. The slide occurred south of New...
New campsites, park rangers expected for Kootenay-Boundary region this year
The province will be increasing the number of rangers in the field and campsites in the parks of the Kootenay-Boundary region this year, says an Environment department spokesperson. David Karn said employing more ranger staff will not only improve the ecological integrity and safety in the region’s parks, it will create...
RDCK activates Emergency Operations Centre — Deer Park Road Closed
Heavy water flow forced the closure of the Deer Park Forestry Service Road northwest of Castlegar said the Regional District of Central Kootenay in a media release Tuesday. The heavy water flow caused part of the road to slide into the lake at kilometre 7.2. The road has been deemed unsafe for travel by a geotechnical expert....
Column: Time to change tune of that song
Last week I decided to write this column about income tax. Not only is it tax time for all of us, but the KPMG tax scam story was in the news, and the Liberals had just voted with the NDP on our opposition day motion to rid Canada of tax measures that benefit only the very wealthy.
UPDATED: Mudslides slow traffic on Highways 3, 6, & 31
DriveBC is now reporting a mudslide on Highway 6 south of New Denver Sunday afternoon. Traffic has been reduced to single alternating with information that motorists can expect delays. Mudslides slow traffic on Highways 3, 31 DriveBC reporting that Highway 3, 10 kilometers west of Creston, is now open to single lane alternating...
