Selkirk College takes action on doctor shortage
Selkirk College announced today that it is helping provide a proactive solution to the rural doctor shortage in Canada. After nearly two years of study and preparation, the college has launched its Rural Pre-Medicine Advanced Diploma and Associate Degree Program. Based out of its Castlegar Campus, the program will offer...
IBEW Local 213 agrees to FortisBC 'Binding Interest Arbitration' offer, with conditions
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 213 Business Manager Rod Russell said Wednesday the union is willing to accept the recent offer of "Binding Interest Arbitration" from FortisBC to end the five-plus month labour dispute. However, some conditions are attached to the recent IBEW Local 213 counter proposal ...
Make your vote count, and support local kids contributing to their own education
Blueberry Creek Community School (BCCS) Hub needs community support to win a Christmas Decoration Contest on the Home Depot Facebook Page. With one facebook vote from you, the City of Castlegar can come together and put a $5,000 gift card under the tree for BCCS Hub and their new Community Kitchen initiative. Blueberry Creek...
Toonies for Tots Campaign to complete the toddler playground
Completion of the toddler playground at Kinsmen Park is in sight, and a call is out to the public to help make it happen. A Toonies for Tots donation jar campaign is being launched this month at local businesses and the library to help raise funds for the project. The addition of a fire engine to promote imaginative play will...
Trail issues release regarding BV opting out of recreation agreement
The Beaver Valley (BV) Recreation, Parks and Trails Committee has informed the City of Trail that BV will not be renewing, renegotiating or extending their Recreation Services Agreement with Trail. Facilities covered by the agreement include the Trail Aquatic & Leisure Centre, Leisure Programming, Field House and Haley ...
WestJet video burning up social media
It was a Christmas more than 250 passengers on Calgary-bound flights will not forget for a long, long time. The Calgary-based airline set up a virtual Santa in Toronto and Hamilton, asking customers their wish list for Christmas. With the passengers in the sky on flights, more than 170 WestJet volunteers gathered gifts at...
'Sundog effect' captured while skiing at Whitewater
It’s simply amazing what a beautiful part of the world Nelsonites live in. Just ask Keith Wiley, who was skiing down the SilverKing run at Whitewater Sunday. In minus-20 Celsius temperatures, Wiley took a photo of a sundog effect sparkled around a spruce tree. “The photo doesn’t quite do it justice, the ice crystals in […]
Heat gets cranked at GE presentation
Doctors Thierry Vrain and Shivs Copra are making a Western Canada tour this month and stopped in at the Grand Fork’s Senior’s Centre, Dec. 5. The duo work with the Society for a GE Free BC and share their research on genetically engineered products and what the public needs to know about them. Sheila Dobie, a Grand Forks and...
Christmas bird count starts this weekend
Between Dec. 14 and Jan. 4, hawk-eyed volunteers across the continent will brave various weather conditions to count birds during the annual Christmas Bird Count. On Dec 21st, birders and nature enthusiasts in Grand Forks will take part in this tradition, many rising before dawn to participate in the longest running wildlife...
MP speaks out against horse neglect in GF
EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten emaciated horses were siezed by the BC SPCA from Kevin LaFond's farm just outside of Grand Forks last week. Two of the horses were immediately destroyed. This is not the first time the SPCA has been called to this farm. I recently had a chance to see the CTV news clip explaining the SPCA intervention on...
