Testimony wrapped up today in a provincial court hearing into the death of Castlegar man while he was in police custody three years ago. Gordon Walker Bowe, a 30-year-old father of two, died the day after being arrested in Calgary. A subsequent nine-month investigation by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) found that Bowe’s […]

By The Nelson Daily Sports There’s no joy in Vancouverville, or Nelsonville, or Castlegarville or, for that matter, Ymirville. The mighty Vancouver Canucks have struck out. Once again timely scoring, combined with another Conn Smythe-like performance of Tim Thomas, powered the Boston Bruins to a convincing 4-0 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in game seven […]

The Castlegar Garden Club will host the 10th Anniversary Castlegar & Area Garden Tour on June 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.. A soaring celebration . . . atmospheric and enthralling, an authentic adventure into the far reaches of the gardening world.  Join the Castlegar Garden Club and be swept away into the wonderfully original...

Sunday afternoon, while undergoing routine operations checks at Teck Trail Operations, an employee noticed a leak in the lead refinery building. The leak, as it turned out had, occurred as a result of a failure of the sealing system in the electrolyte holding chambers. It is estimated that 25,000 liters of the acidic solution was […]

Maurice Poulin, BA CAIB of Poulin Agencies Ltd. in Nelson was sworn in as the 2011-12 president of the Insurance Brokers Association of B.C. (IBABC) at the annual general meeting held in Burnaby last month. Despite being the third-generation owner of Poulin Agencies Ltd., Poulin did not originally intend to pursue a career in the […]

Nelson Kootenay Lake will share in $127,100 in total funding for Kootenay Rockies communities as the Province doled out grants from its Community Tourism Opportunities (CTO) program Wednesday. Along with Nelson, Castlegar, Cranbrook, Creston, Elkford, Fernie, Golden, Invermere, Kaslo, Kimberley, Nakusp, Radium Hot Springs, Revelstoke, Rossland, Sparwood and Trail will share in the cash. The […]

Now that the election frenzy has died down, life is getting back to normal. I would like to congratulate all MPs who were re-elected and also to welcome our new MPs. In particular, I would like to congratulate the two new MPs in neighbouring ridings: David Wilks in Kootenay-Columbia and Dan Albas in Okanagan-Coquihalla.   The...

Water Smart Ambassadors are now in 12 communities across the Basin, educating residents about water conservation and offering free residential landscape and irrigation system audits. The Columbia Basin Water Smart Initiative (Water Smart), developed by Columbia Basin Trust (CBT), helps local governments assess their water conservation needs and develops plans to reduce community water consumption. […]

Dear Editor;  Your story “Budget fails to make life more affordable for Canadian families: Atamanenko” is misleading. As Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD), I would like to correct MP Atamanenko’s statements and set the record straight.   Our Government is committed to strengthening the Canadian economy and promoting economic development. Measures […]

The spider of ingenuity and necessity has spun a green web of information and resources in the West Kootenay in the pursuit of the sustainability bug, pulling together some of the disparate and far flung legs of the movement. Called the CB Green web directory (http://www.cbgreen.ca/), it is a listing of organizations and businesses in […]