Early holiday gift from Monday Night at the Movies
Showing up early for the holidays on Dec. 7, Cairo Time is the next film in the Kootenay Gallery Monday Night at the Movies series. Awarded Best Canadian Feature at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, Cairo Time stars indie film queen Patricia Clarkson as a journalist who travels to Egypt to see the pyramids with ...
CBT launches youth writing contest
Columbia Basin Trust is challenging youth ages 15-29 to submit works of fiction with appealing characters, dynamic plots and magnificent style to its first ever SCRATCH Writing Challenge - just make sure your story takes place somewhere in the Columbia Basin. The SCRATCH Writing Challenge is an opportunity for youth to take...
Selkirk CD celebrates 20 years of music at college
Photo: The CD cover for Souvenir The faculty of the Selkirk College Contemporary Music and Technology program has released its first album in its 20-year history – Souvenir. Produced by Don Macdonald and recorded by Steven Parish, the album celebrates 20 years of music instruction at Selkirk College. Performers include: Cheryl...
Green gifts protect the environment and your wallet
Why not be creative with gift ideas this year and consider making something that will be help local wildlife and save you money? That would be a green gift. The Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) has posted a variety of instructions and plans online at www.fwcp.ca on how to make some wildlife-friendly products. The...
Kootenay Country to be showcased at Olympics
The “Kootenay Country” exhibit, which won acclaim at the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) conference recently held in Vancouver, will be heading to the Olympics in February in an enhanced format. The “Kootenay Country” display, showcasing the Columbia Basin region, was organized in partnership with the Regional Districts...
New top cop for Castlegar
Castlegar, get ready to welcome a new top cop.RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew, 43, is now at the helm of the city's police detachment, and says she's looking forward to getting to know her new community.Originally hailing from Red Deer, Alta., Mathew is a 19-year veteran of the RCMP, having served her entire uniformed career in B.C.“I...
Freshwater mussels could be glowing in the Kettle
Radioactive mussels in the Kettle River? A team of concerned environmental groups and researchers say there are. Al Grant of Boundary Alliance and Willy Floyd of the Committee for a Clean Kettle Valley recently conducted a study on the sensitive aquatic species to bring continued awareness to the problems facing the river. ...
Castlegar Primary slated for closure
Castlegar Primary School is one of many schools in the district now on the chopping block, with closure pending as early as the 2010/11 school year, as the board of School District 20 looks for options in coping with declining enrollment and increased costs.The board's “Planning for the Future” document indicates that,...
Police seek public assistance
Castlegar RCMP are looking to identify the male in this photo in relation to a property theft which occurred on Nov. 11 at the Canadian Tire store in Castlegar. Anyone with any information or who can identify the male is requested to contact the Castlegar RCMP detachment at 250-365-7721. ...
City seeks succor from province
Requesting an expedited court date in the B.C. Supreme Court is but one of the avenues the City of Castlegar is exploring after Celgar rejected the municipality's latest offer to resolve a $3.2-million tax dispute between the city and its single largest rate payer.Castlegar mayor Lawrence Chernoff and city CAO John Malcolm ...
