Castlegar wins award for Celgar Pavilion at Millennium Park
The City of Castlegar was one of six communities to receive Community Recognition awards from Wood WORKS! BC at the annual Union of BC Municipalities Convention in Victoria this week, in honour of the Celgar Pavilion at Millennium Park. "We congratulate these six local governments for their visionary initiatives which resulted...
Public meeting slated to discuss water and sewer rates
A public open house next month will be one of the final steps in seeing user-pay water and sewer services in Castlegar, as water-meter installation in the city nears completion. Director of Transportation and Civic Works Chris Barlow says the city is nearing the end of a process that involved roughly 2,700 homes and has been...
Refugee family safely landed in Castlegar Tuesday
This Tuesday the Castlegar Refugee Project Team was thrilled to greet a Burmese refugee family who arrived safely, after travelling for more than 24 hours from Kuala Lumpur. The young couple originally fled their Chin State in Myanmar and applied for refugee status in Malaysia. They have been waiting in crowded conditions in...
Fitness apps more effective when they are personalized — UBC study concludes
When fitness apps include personal touches such as individualized goals and contact with a ‘real live trainer’, users tend to exercise more consistently, a UBC study concludes. Mary Jung, an assistant professor in UBC Okanagan’s School of Health and Exercise Sciences, recently completed an eight-week study that examined the...
RCMP collar alleged child predator
A proactive online investigation by the BC Integrated Child Exploitation (BC ICE) Unit has resulted in charges of Making Child Pornography and Arrangement or Agreement to commit a sexual offence against a child. On March 10, 56-year-old Ronald Gardner, of no fixed address, was arrested and subsequently charged with the above...
National Seniors Day celebrations come to West Kootenay
For the second year in a row, BC Transit, the City of Nelson, the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary and the Regional District of Central Kootenay are proud to celebrate National Seniors Day in West Kootenay. On Friday, September 30, 2016, BC Transit and its operating partners will take part in the second Annual Nelson ...
COLUMN: From the Hill - The High Cost of Getting a University Education
On May 5th, the Parliamentary Budget Officer released a report titled, Federal Spending on Postsecondary Education. One of its findings was that Canadian college and university students come from disproportionately wealthy families—about 60% of students are from families in the top 40% of income. That’s perhaps not surprising, but a related find was: the federal […]
Trail seas cadets join Nelson neighbours on Kootenay Lake
Recently, cadets and staff took to Kootenay Lake by the Big Orange Bridge at the Interior Cadet Nautical Site located in Nelson BC. The cadets were from 81 Hampton Gray Corp in Nelson and 131 Kootenay Corp in Trail. During the weekend the cadets were taught basic sailing skills under supervision of qualified […]
Last week to enter BCSPCA Wildlife-In-Focus Photography Contest
Foxes, eagles and bears – oh my! These are just some of the stunning animals spotted in the BC SPCA’s eighth annual Wildlife-In-Focus Photography Contest, which is only open for entries until Friday (September 30). Featuring a new platform and a brand-new look, photographers are going wild to capture the best of British...
Fernie Search and Rescue assist in rescue of injured biker
Fernie Search and Rescue successfully removed an injured woman from the trail called Eric's Trip Saturday, September 24. Search and Rescue officials were called to assist the injured mountain biker from the trail located adjacent to the Mt. Fernie Provincial Park Saturday afternoon. Mt. Fernie Provincial Park is located a...
