A strike vote is looming for the province’s teachers as contract negotiations between the teachers’ union and the provincial government have hit an impasse. If the collective bargaining impasse between the B.C. Teachers Federation and B.C. Public School Employers Association continues, teachers across B.C. will take a strike vote between June 24 and 28. The […]

The Huffington Post launched its Canadian edition Thursday as the first part of its international expansion. In May 2005, Arianna Huffington launched the Huffington Post as an alternative space for commentary, competing with the popular right-wing news website, the Drudge Report. Three years later she began launching local versions — Chicago, Denver, New York and […]

A community effort has formed behind the will to re-open one of the region’s favourite haunts. The status of Kokanee Provincial Park’s visitor centre was uncertain after BC Parks requested proposals for an enterprise in the centre in February. West Kootenay EcoSociety volunteers were quick to jump at the opportunity, led by long-time member Suzy […]

Even before I ever heard of this whole ‘LG’ thing happening in our high school, I was asking cops, firefighters, Community Services staff, etc., “Is it just me, or is there a ridiculously disproportionate degree of sexual deviance among the young people in this region?”   Despite asking the question over and over and over...

Note: Warning is now over. A rainfall warning has been upgraded and extended for Nelson and the West Kootenay region, prompting the BC River Forecast Centre to usher in a high stream flow advisory for the Kootenay and Kettle regions. Around 35 millimetres of rain is expected by Friday morning in the Nelson region, warned […]

A how-to manual detailing how to abuse young girls that was posted on Facebook by two Castlegar men is but the tip of a terrifying iceberg, according to local youth worker James McFaddin. McFaddin, youth worker and men’s outreach coordinator for Castlegar & District Community Services Society, said the document ‘Deflowered in Seconds’ is the […]

More than 35 people showed up to the Community Forum yesterday to have a look at the city’s draft Official Community Plan (OCP) and offer their own suggestions as to the direction Castlegar should take as it grows in the years to come.  A 98-page document detailing everything from housing specifications to air quality aims ...

The B.C. government’s plan to roll back the HST to 10- per cent (from the originally-planned 12 per cent) is getting mixed reviews in Castlegar.  Finance minister Kevin Falcon announced a plan yesterday that would see the HST reduced in two stages, the first one-per-cent reduction coming July 1, 2012 and the second on July ...

Back by popular demand, Sculpturewalk this year promises to outstrip its inaugural showing in 2010.  Organizer Pat Field says this year will see 26 statues, as compared to last year’s 17.  “Twenty-five (sculptors) applied directly to Castlegar, of which we chose 12,” he said. “I went down to Sioux Falls and sat down with four...

The ladies on wheels are at it again with “Silence of the Jams,” a West Kootenay Women’s Roller Derby League event that hits Nelson this Saturday.  The bouts between Nelson's Lumber Jackies versus Rossland's Gnarlie's Angels and Castlegar's Dam City Rollers against Nelson's Killjoys, mark the third double-header for the league...