Castlegar Fire Department conducts two-hour rescue of trapped cat
The Castlegar Fire Department received a request this morning shortly before 10 a.m. of a cat trapped in a hole in a concrete wall, according to Fire Chief Gerry Rempel. “Upon arrival it was found with only its head protruding through the six-inch concrete,” Rempel said, adding they tried coating the fur with baby oil, to no...
Meet Jungle, the Search Dog
Meet Jungle, the black lab. He's a validated Avalanche and Wilderness Search Dog and a volunteer member of the Rossland Search and Rescue (SAR) group. He and his principal friend and handler, Andy Lewis, are ready and willing to devote their time and energy as a team to find missing people -- even if those people have been...
Selkirk College Saints Sweep Weekend Series with Eagles
If the Selkirk College Saints hope to capture a fifth straight British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) title, they will do it with depth. Flowing into the form that has seen the Saints become the gold standard in the league over the last few years, the Selkirk College squad beat the Eastern Washington University...
Arry Dhillon wins city council by-election by just 10 votes
Preliminary election results have Arry Dhillon winning the Castlegar council by-election seat by a margin of just 10 votes. Preliminary results are: Arry Dhillon, 692, Cherryl MacLeod, 682, Janna Sylvest, 398 and Tyler Maddocks 72, with 1844 voters and 134 new registrations. “That's just enough that I can feel comfortable –...
Local youth wins first-ever 'Beauty Award'
The Castlegar Gentleman’s Hockey League is proud to announce Kadrian Klimchuck as the inaugural winner of the CGHL Beauty Award. The award is given to a SHSS Graduate that has played their final season of Castlegar Minor Hockey, has at least a C+/ B average, plans to attend Selkirk College in the fall and submits […]
Special meeting may see city net grant for airport expansion
At a special meeting Friday at 12 p.m., city council unanimously voted in favour of applying for a grant that would help fund an expansion of the West Kootenay Regional Airport. The reason for the urgency and special meeting, according to city CAO John Malcolm, is that applications for the grant, offered by the BC Rural...
New Partnership: National Ski Academy and RED
We are proud to announce that RED Mountain’s Legacy Training Centre has been designated The National Ski Academy’s ‘Official Western Canadian Training Centre’. RED Mountain and Rossland are steeped in skiing history, tradition, and culture dating back to the late 1800’s. In 1968 RED hosted the first World Cup race ever held in Canada. The Red […]
RDCK firefighter remuneration report expected to increase fire service costs across regional district
The heat could be turned up on taxation in West Kootenay rural areas if recommendations from a firefighter remuneration report are accepted by the regional district board next month. The Regional District of Central Kootenay board of directors is expected to deal with a report compiled by the Central Kootenay Regional Fire Chiefs’ Association that […]
$18.9-million investment in Selkirk College creates jobs, supports trades students
Selkirk College in Nelson will soon be better equipped for training of well-paying middle-class jobs of as a result of a federal and provincial investment of $16.18 million. The investment, which comes in addition to $600,000 in federal funding for the project from Western Economic Diversification Canada, started paying...
Applications for Waneta Terrestrial Compensation Program now available
The Waneta Expansion Limited Partnership (WELP), a partnership between Fortis Inc., Columbia Power Corporation and Columbia Basin Trust, is accepting applications for the 2017 Waneta Terrestrial Compensation Program (WTCP). This program will provide a total of up to $50,000 to projects in the Waneta area that promote conservation...
