International Forest Products Limited, better known as Interfor, announced today it has closed its deal to purchase two timber tenures in the Kootenay Region from Springer Creek Products Limited Partnership. “The tenure is adjacent to our existing tenure, so it’s that much more efficient for us getting fibre to our mill. It was a logical […]

Police have issued a release regarding an accident this morning that sent three Castlegar residents to hospitals.   "Two vehicles were travelling northbound on Highway 3a, with one of the vehicles in the merge lane just north of the entrance to Castlegar," said RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. "The 85-year-old driver in the merge...

A quick thinking neighbour may have saved Park Street residents from injury after fire broke out Wednesday evening in the Uphill district of Nelson. At approximately 9:35 p.m., a neighbour in the 1400 block of Park Street noticed the roof of nearby residence was on fire. The neighbour quickly notified the occupants at home ...

Seventy mayors from across B.C., including our own Lawrence Chernoff, have concluded two days of meetings in Prince George, aimed at examining the challenges of B.C.’s communities and the sharing of best practices. In a press release, the B.C. Mayors' Caucus said, “The mayors dealt with a number of pressing issues common to...

Fire chief gerry Rempel reports the fire was extinguished befoe midnight last night. The cause is still unknown, but Rempel says they’re not treating the fire as suspicious. Previous story: A fire in the waste wood piles at Interfor is covering the Castlegar/Robson area with smoke, but officials say firefighting efforts are beginning to pay […]

A rollicking tale of long hours, camaraderie, and bodily fluids—along with a healthy dose of humour—comes to Castlegar & District Public Library on May 13 at 7 p.m. with a presentation by author Jennifer Craig.   Yes Sister, No Sister, is a funny, engaging memoir of the author’s life as a trainee nurse in the 1950s […]

A special meeting of Castlegar city council last night was all about the money, honey, as council doled out Community Initiatives funding and gave the 2013 tax bylaw first, second and third readings. The Community Initiatives funding, which is paid out by the Columbia Basin Trust based on council's recommendations, totalled...

Canada’s new and more secure $5 and $10 polymer bank notes were unveiled today at the Bank of Canada’s Ottawa head office, and from aboard the International Space Station. Both of the new notes will begin circulating, at the same time, this November. Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney and […]

When life brings you change it is often hard to shift gears to meet the new direction you need to head. Most of you have seen the new style of the Boundary Sentinel that arrived last week. The new look comes with a shift in the Sentinel as a whole. After bringing the Sentinel to life three years ago, and nurturing the business...

On April 25,  at approximately 10 p.m., the Castlegar RCMP received a report of a single vehicle collision on the 1800 block of Pass Creek Road near Castlegar BC. RCMP responded and found a Toyota 4 Runner had gone off road right into the ditch and rolled onto its roof. The driver and lone occupant […]