U.S. Reform party nominates presidential candidate
Fitness model Andre Barnett of Poughkeepsie, New York won the presidential nomination of the Reform Party of the United States at its national convention in Philadelphia last weekend. Consultant Kenneth Cross was selected as his running mate. Barnett, who founded the company WiseDome, became a fitness model after suffering ...
Castlegar's first-ever Gay Pride event slated for Aug. 30
Castlegar will be hosting the city's first-ever Gay Pride event at the Element Aug. 30, according to organizer Daniel Ellis, and at least one city councillor is firmly supporting the endeavour. Ellis said business and individuals have already shown tremendous support, donating quality items and gift certificates for raffles...
Fortis seeks public input re: $16-mill facility in Castlegar
City officials way they’re “pleased” to hear Fortis BC is holding a public open house to discuss plans to build a $16-million office centre and warehouse on land previously earmarked as a site for developing a regional hospital. Fortis spokesman Michael Allison told The Source that several pieces of property were considered,...
Osprey Ferry crews put to test after woman jumps overboard
The woman that jumped off the Osprey Ferry into Kootenay Lake last week is resting comfortably in Calgary the husband told The Nelson Daily Thursday from the Alberta City. The incident happened Wednesday (August 8) during the 6:10 p.m. run from Balfour to the Kootenay Bay terminal. The woman was traveling with her daughter and […]
Firefighters end up in physical altercation after responding to call last night
Police are recommending assault charges against a Castlegar man after he allegedly assaulted Castlegar Fire Chief Gerry Rempel last night. Rempel says he answered a call just before 9 p.m., in which a resident (whose name will not be released until/unless the Crown files formal charges) had a fire that was too large to be legal. […]
UPDATE: Second person dies from plane crash near Brenda Mines
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed that a second person — Lauren Patricia Sewell, aged 24, of Surrey — has died from injuries following the crash of a small plane near Brenda Mines Monday ( August 13). Sewell was a passenger aboard a Piper Comanche plane that went down about 30 kilometres west of Kelowna Monday afternoon....
Crews make quick work of two local wildfires — Five Mile Creek and Above Syringa
Crews made quick work of two fires in the West Kootenay — Five Mile Creek and Above Syringa — that started Sunday according to the Southeast Fire Centre. Both fires are now in the mop-up stages after fire crews, with the aid of helicopters, fully contained the blazes Wednesday. Thirteen firefighters working on the ground […]
Five-year-old girl earns praise from police for 911 call
West Shore RCMP is hailing the actions of a five-year-old Vancouver Island girl after she called 911 Wednesday morning when her mother had a seizure. Rebekah Simpson told the 911 dispatcher that her family was in the back yard, while father was at work, but her mother wouldn’t wake up. Simpson’s two younger siblings, Joshua, […]
UPDATED: Saskatchewan man dies of injuries suffered during Shoreacres accident
A Saskatchewan motorcyclist has died from injuries sustained during an accident Tuesday afternoon near the Shoreacres Bridge a few kilometers west of the junction of Highway 3A and 6 in South Slocan. At approximately 2 p.m., Castlegar detachment received a report of a collision between a motorcycle and a Ford Explorer on Highway 3A, west […]
Smoke impacting Grand Forks air quality
The Grand Forks valley has been waking up to intense levels of smoke over the past week. The good news is there are no local fires, but the bad news is the poor air quality is from ongoing fires in Russia. The West Kootenays has three active fires, all believed to be caused by lightening strikes, said Fionna Tollovsen fire ...
