By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Information is a great tool in the kit of any municipality, allowing it to forge policy, planning and decision-making. However, it is in short supply for resource-starved rural governments in the West Kootenay. That will change after the announcement Saturday afternoon of an eight-year...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Nelson is guaranteed a share in the over 400 new jobs created in the Waneta Dam expansion on the Pend d’Oreille River, says the Columbia Basin Trust’s vice president of investments.Johnny Strilaeff said a prescription is in place to ensure that 85 per cent of the new jobs will come from ...

  A local subcontractor will no longer be handling City of Castlegar contracts after an incident with a gas service line. City director of Transportation and Civic Works Chris Barlow said the city has hired contractor Corix Utility to handle the installation of residential water meters. Corix, in turn, hired a subcontractor...

Dear Mr. Smith (SD 20 chair); The School District #20 Facilities Report 2010-2015: Planning for the Future document received September 27, 2010 was reviewed at the October 6, 2010 City of Castlegar Community Wellness and Social Services Committee.  At that time the Committee passed the following recommendation:   “That, the...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily It’s a zero waste event with a definite upside. Trash to Treasure Day (T2T) is about turning your trash, or someone else’s, into treasure and reusing what might have been thrown out.   This Saturday residents in the Regional District of Central Kootenay, including Castlegar, will be...

By The Nelson Daily StaffRCMP have released the name of an elderly women killed in a collision near Crescent Valley Thursday afternoon.Mabel Hadikin, 84, died at the scene when her small import car was struck by a gravel truck near on Highway 6 near Osachoff Road.RCMP said Hadikin, from the local area, failed to yield as she...

It was truly a weekend of Thanksgiving for local police, who are reporting a quiet, uneventful several days. "There were a couple of vandalism incidents, but no major serious crime, which is a good thing - it's nice to see detachment cells empty after a long weekend," said Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. "There were quite...

 The City of Castlegar is garnering national attention for upping the 'green' ante once again, this time by requiring mandatory bicycle parking for new business construction. Councillor Kevin Chernoff said CBC has interviewed him regarding the new regulations, which came about while city council was reconsidering its mandatory...

Every one needs something to be thankful for over this particular holiday weekend – beyond the fact you're not the turkey, of course – so we decided to provide some trivia that will make you grateful you're Canadian, and give you lots to talk about over the festive dinner table. For starters, did you know the first Thanksgiving...

The RDCK’s three sub-regional Resource Recovery services have a combined annual expenditure of roughly $6 million. In recent years the cost of delivering these services have risen as fuel and contract prices have increased and new services have been added to Resource Recovery programming. During the same period required work...