Police are warning parents to keep an eye out for a suspicious male who may have tried to lure local children near a Castlegar school. “On Thursday … at 6:45 p.m., three youths were sledding behind Castlegar Primary School when they observed a suspicious male hiding in the bushes watching them,” said RCMP Const. Tyler Mills. […]

 This week Pacific Coastal Airlines (PCA) is lending a helping hand (or is it wing?) to an bird in need of special care.   Beaks (Bird Emergency and Kare Society) received a starving Western Grebe found by Ernie Millin in Trail last Friday. ”A young fellow had stopped his car, because (the Grebe) was sitting in the middle of...

Canada’s richest 1% are taking more of the gains from economic growth than ever before in recorded history, says a report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The Rise of Canada’s Richest 1% looks at income trends over the past 90 years and reveals the 246,000 privileged few who rank among the country’s […]

So, next Saturday, Dec. 11, you’ll be out shopping, getting gifts for loved ones, buying cards, stocking up on staple holiday fare … what could be more in keeping with the spirit of Christmas than to share a little bit of the season’s bounty with those less fortunate? Mountain FM and The Bridge are making it […]

 Castlegar mayor and city council are calling for an independent analysis to determine the future configuration of local schools, after hearing the School District 20 board’s plan, which proposes closing Blueberry Creek Community School and Castlegar Primary School, as well as the Rossland Secondary School, among other changes.  This, after a closed meeting of the […]

Police have made a plea for the public to come forward with any information that will help them find two suspects in a late-night vandalism spree RCMP are saying is, "not just criminal, it's despicable." Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff said this morning started with a call to a home in the 800 block of 9th Avenue,...

Yesterday’s release of more US diplomatic cables by Wikileaks covered pressure on governments, Spain’s judiciary, and buying foreign assistance with detentions at Guantanamo Bay. El Pais, one of five mainstream papers partnering with Wikileaks’ release of documents, examined key output from Madrid’s US embassy.   The latest cables focus on US–Spain relations, particularly during the George W. Bush presidency, with Eduardo Aguirre serving as ambassador in […]

The Cuisine of India restaurant on Columbia Avenue was largely destroyed by late-night fire, according to Castlegar fire chief Gerry Rempel. Rempel said the call came in to the fire department at around 12:40 a.m., after a passerby noticed smoke in the dining room of the restaurant and called 9-1-1. “Once our guys got in […]

Castlegar's own Laura Monsen, a student at Stanley Humphries Secondary School, took top honours in a region-wide competition challenging kids to envision the technology of tomorrow. Monsen's brainstorm: a global disinfectant to be used in airliners. In conjunction with the National Science and Technology Week, which ran from...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily A call for another referendum on the vote for library service in Area F was dismissed Thursday by regional district Area F’s current director. Ron Mickel said despite a “stack” of six letters and printed emails from former regional district director Al Dawson, in opposition of the area’s narrow […]