B.C. offers increased protection for those at risk of family violence
Government is acting to ensure greater safety and protection of those experiencing or are at risk of family violence, by using professional process servers for delivery of protection orders at no cost to applicants, in all regions of the province. This change means more than 1,000 applicants will no longer need to arrange for...
Paper pushes jet fuel trial back months
The work preparing volumes of evidence is pushing the start of the Lemon Creek fuel spill trial well into the new year. Lawyers for all the involved parties gathered by conference call before Judge Robert Brown in a Nelson courtroom Tuesday morning. The trial was also delayed back in November of this year as both crown and ...
November the mildest on record, but cold weather is coming
November’s mild weather is going to look pretty good next week as Mother Nature whips up some cooler weather for the region during the next week. Environment Canada forecasts temperatures as cold as minus 9 C with snow during the end of the week. That’s in stark contrast to November says Ron Lakeman, Weather Forecasterfor the...
Police seek public's assistance to locate missing man
The Elk Valley Regional RCMP is seeking the assistance of the public in their investigation of a missing person. On Saturday (December 3) , Jeremy Roy Scott Wellman was reported missing to the RCMP. The 32-year-old man was last seen at around 7 p.m. on Friday (December 2), when he went to get gas in Fernie, BC. Wellman is ...
Radon testing available for Trail residents and public buildings
Interior Health has donated 44 radon kits to the Trail Area Health and Environment Committee (THEC) and City of Trail to springboard a campaign to encourage homeowners and municipalities to test their buildings for radon before the end of 2016. “Everyone should get their home tested. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer […]
Refugee Family Arrives From Syria
Exhausted from three days of travelling from Turkey, a young refugee couple from Syria has arrived in Rossland with their baby son. When their plane landed in Castlegar on November 29, Teysir and Heba Misto and their baby were welcomed by members of the West Kootenay Friends of Refugees, with the help of a young Arabic-speaking...
Fundraiser in front of City Hall to take international giving to new heights
Castlegar Rotary is taking fundraising to new heights, with an event this Friday that's sure to make participants high on giving. The event, slated for Dec. 2 from 4:45 to 5:15 p.m. in front of City Hall, will see a scissor-lift race, putting some of our finest citizens 30 feet into the air in a race to the highest dollar...
Monday mayhem lights fire under emergency crews
Castlegar firefighters earned their keep and then some Monday, with eight calls spanning the course of about 14 hours, according to fire chief Gerry Rempel. Rempel said the first call came in at 4:25 a.m., for a two-vehicle MVA in the 2700 block of Columbia Avenue. Ambulance and RCMP were on scene when fire crews arrived. The...
What Does the UN Have to Do With Nelson?
The West Kootenay Global Awareness Network (WKGAN) and The BC Council for International Cooperation (BCCIC) met with community leaders in Nelson recently to discuss the new United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how our community is tackling them. In September of 2016, 193 nations signed the agreement, moving...
IIO says Castlegar/Slocan shooting investigations in final stage
Two long-standing investigations, the length of which have caused some outrage in the region, may finally be drawing to a close, according to Independent Investigations Office acting director of public engagement and policy Marten Youssef. Both investigations involve officer-involved fatal shootings, the first of Slocan...
