Police ask for help finding local woman
Castlegar RCMP are requesting assistance in locating Colleen Theresa Rizzotti. Rizzotti is wanted for two counts of theft under $5,000, and one count of breaching her Conditional Sentence Order. Rizotti is 50 years of age, Caucasian, 5’6, 150 pounds, has blue eyes, and brown hair. She has a tattoo of two tear drops underneath her left […]
RCMP admit to monitoring B.C. graffiti artist
A Grand Forks graffiti artist was being watched by the RCMP, the police admitted Monday, the CBC reported. Two surveillance cameras hidden in trees near his home were found in June by Dion Nordick, with pictures of himself and friends coming and going from his home. He also found hundreds of pictures of drug busts, […]
B.C. deficit projections up $313 million
B.C.’s deficit is now projected to rise by $313 million to $3.1 billion by the end of the fiscal year because of lower revenues, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon announced in Victoria on Monday. “While British Columbia is still expected to continue to outperform most other North American economies, we expect revenues to decline and we […]
Atamanenko seeks to give Conscientious Objectors the right to stop paying for war
Alex Atamanenko, MP (BC Southern Interior), introduced a Private Members Bill in the House of Commons today that would give conscientious objectors an official sanction to spend their taxes on nonviolent alternatives to war. Bill C-363, would allow Canadians, who object to paying taxes for military purposes on conscientious or religious grounds, to divert an […]
Local border guards honoured
On November 16, 2011, four Canada Border Services Agency officers working in the Okanagan and Kootenay District were the proud recipients of the Peace Officer Exemplary Award. This award was created by the Governor General in 2004 to recognize peace officers who have been employed at least 20 years in protecting the safety of the […]
Police release name of victim in last night's fatal car crash
A Calgary man has died after a collision last night threw him from his vehicle. According to RCMP Sgt. Derrick Donovan, with West Kootenay Traffic Services, Highway 3 was closed for about four hours last night after a fatal collision about 10 km southeast of Castlegar at about 10:30 p.m. “Initial investigation revealed a 2008, […]
Student pursues legal angle to get the right to play volleyball
In a case that touches on discrimination and human rights violations, lawyer John Kennedy says that the B.C. School Sports Association’s regulations need to be addressed. Kennedy is representing Myles Christman and his family in their appeal against the organization for refusing to allow the 16-year-old to play league volleyball. “There are various […]
Child poverty on the rise in B.C. but still no plan for relief
Could B.C. be the very last province to enact a plan to fight poverty? That’s the question asked by B.C. Campaign 2000 last week as it published its latest report card on child poverty. The province’s child poverty rate rose from 14.5 percent in 2008 to 16.4 percent in 2009, using Statistics Canada’s low income […]
Fire takes house on Johnson Flats
Grand Forks residents flocked to the scene of billowing black smoke engulfing a house located at the end of 19 Street on Johnson Flats Saturday morning. Although it appears as if the firefighters are not too interested in stopping the fire, incoming fire chief Dale Heriot said the whole event is an exercise. Owners of […]
KENYA: Food security concern as farmers change crops to coffee production
ELDORET, 23 November 2011 (IRIN) - The switch by many farmers in Kenya's Rift Valley province from staple cereals to more profitable coffee is likely to increase the country's dependence on grain imports and possibly affect food security, agricultural experts have warned."It is unsafe to use our land for crops with the hopes...
