City dives into Millennium Park pool project with $400,000 grant
Castlegar city council is excited to announce the recent approval of the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development ‐ Community Recreation Program grant funding in the amount of $400,000 for the construction of the Millennium Park Outdoor Natural Swimming Pool. "The City of Castlegar appreciates the Ministry of...
Clothesline Event to prevent domestic violence slated for April 17
Prevention begins with community awareness and education. To this end, the third annual Clothesline Project display will be in front of City Hall on April 17. “The Clothesline Project will display t-shirts decorated by children, women, and other community members, with anti-violence messages,” said Castlegar Victim Services...
17-year-old pleads guilty in Internet luring case
A 17-year-old Trail-area male pled guilty to 10 of 47 charges resulting from a months-long investigation involving local children being lured via the Internet, according to Trail RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton. The plea came last week, with a sentencing date to be set May 16th, but Hawton said there’s still a chance more victims will […]
Trail woman killed by recycling truck
A Trial resident, 83-year-old Elisa Sidoni, was struck and killed by a recycling collection truck on Woodland Avenue in Trail last Thursday. “On April 5, at shortly after 9 a.m., police, fire and ambulance attended to a motor vehicle incident on Woodland Avenue, where an elderly woman was struck by a recycling collection truck,” said RCMP […]
Restorative justice program in jeopardy
Castlegar's Restorative Justice program, created in 1999, may be in danger of closing due to a lack of facilitators, according to program coordinator Inga Lamont. "During the past 13 years, we have heard 137 cases involving youth and adults. All but three contracts have been completed. The cases have involved, theft, assault,...
PAKISTAN: Stop dumping on us!
Globalization is often touted as the solve it all solution of the problems this world faces today. However there are several very highly toxic effects of globalization as well. For instance these seemingly dissipating borders means that the western world has been and even now is engaged in dumping its plastic and medical waste...
Dix to be commended for renewing NDP's call for a ban on corporate and union donations
IntegrityBC congratulates NDP leader Adrian Dix for renewing the BC NDP's call for a ban on corporate and union donations to political parties in the province. Dix is honouring the pledge that the NDP made in its 2009 platform. Dix made the call during a media scrum last Wednesday while responding to questions over the annual...
Nelson Fire Department quickly extinguishes brush fire Monday
The quick response of the Nelson Fire Department put a stop to a brush fire Monday afternoon near the junction of Blewett and Fisherman’s Pit roads. Between 2:30-3 p.m., NFD received a call of a brush fire near the Nelson Hydro substation. The fire may be partly responsible for a power outage to the Taghum […]
Meat producers take production to the next level
Visions of exporting “Boundary grown” meat products to customers willing to pay soaring prices for high quality food are in the sights of regional farmers after a meeting last week about increasing the meat industry’s potential. The meeting on Mar. 31, organized by Doug Zorn, Larry Dees and Patti Bevilacqua, was originally designed to see […]
Fire guts truck and powerboat at residence near Thrums
Volunteer fire crews from Tarrys and Ootischenia departments responded to a fire near Lookout Road in Thrums Saturday afternoon. At approximately 3:30 p.m. neighbours ran to 1407 Lookout Road approximately 10 kilometers east of Castlegar to inform the resident there was a fire in the back yard. The resident had been working in his shop […]
