City council: Tax rates get third reading/CBT grants awarded
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...
Bank of Canada unveils new bills from International space station
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 […]
The Boundary Sentinel heads in a new direction
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...
Police request info from accident witnesses
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 […]
RDCK News: Commission plans for upgrades at regional Parks
By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Regional parks may look natural, but there’s a lot that goes in to keeping them that way. The RDCK operates 20 regional parks in the area and their 2013 maintenance and upgrades were reviewed at the April 11 Regional District of Central Kootenay’s monthly board meeting. Parking, monitoring, community […]
Fourth Kootenay West candidate for provincial election from Trail
Things are getting interesting - a fourth candidate, independent Glen Byle from Trail, has thrown his hat into the ring for Kootenay West in the upcoming B.C. provincial election. Byle, a 26-year-old medical equipment repairman at KBRH, is also married and the father of a 10-month-old baby. "I am a young voter who never found...
Slocan teen still missing
Kootenay Boundary regional deetachment Sgt. Darryl Little issued a press release this morning about the search for missing Slocan teen Daniel Crossley. The investigation into the disapperance of 18-year-old Daniel Crossley continues,” Little said. “Police have interviewed a number of people in the Slocan community in an attempt to locate Daniel. “It appears […]
Food for thought: GDS-free curry noodles
You’ve heard the term “currying favour” (fancy way of saying ‘sucking up to…’)? Well, these noodles will do the trick – all my friends love them. They are hot, though – I recently made them for a friend, and she kept saying her face was on fire (but she kept eating anyway, so they must […]
OP/ED: Independent candidate shares his views
The search for the new MLA in Kootenay West is well under way. Finally there are options that go beyond the historic party politics that have caused so much voter apathy in our province; an independent. But how is an independent any better? People say they would love to vote for an independent but they […]
LETTER: A chance to say 'thank you'
Dear Editor; My name is Rosie Mitchell and I would like to tell you a story. My family originated in the Kootenays, I was born in Rossland and I still have relatives all over up there. My mother decided to move us all back in 1966. I fell in love with Castlegar as only a […]
