Castlegar will play host, on May 13, to a free, interactive session helping residents deal with the looming spectre of frauds and scams, according to Community Response Network (CRN) coordinator Sandi McCreight. “Scams are everywhere. Phone. Email. Mail. “What are the top scams? How do I report a fraud or scam? What do I do...

The Castlegar Complex's second annual Cultural A-Fair last Saturday was a massive hit, with more than 500 people attending the celebration of local clubs and organizations. Organizer Audrey Maxwell Polovnikoff, recreational and cultural programmer at the Complex, said the free event ran from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and was hugely...

Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) and the BC Non-ProfitHousing Association (BCNPHA) are partnering to support Basin communitiesand organizations in taking action on local affordable housing concernsthrough CBT's new Affordable Housing Resources Program. Through the partnership, communities and organizations are able toevaluate options...

Health Equipment Loan Program (HELP) is seeking individuals to join their team of volunteers in Castlegar! The Depot provides short term loans of walkers, wheelchairs, bath aides and other personal care equipment to people who are recovering at home from an injury, illness or surgery. With a referral from a health care...

Joining the ranks of most universities and colleges across Canada, Selkirk College welcomed its first two international students from Saudi Arabia, Sahal Amin Hussein and Abdulaziz Saeed Alqahtani, in late February. These students have been followed by five others who  arrived in early April. The current King of Saudi Arabia,...

The construction of the Brilliant Expansion Project on the Kootenay River near Castlegar has left a legacy for local communities. The owners of the project, the Brilliant Expansion Power Corporation—a subsidiary of Columbia Power Corporation (CPC) and Columbia Basin Trust (CBT)—are pleased to announce the completion of...

Do you know what these people have in common: Christine Anne Weller, Colleen Marian Daignault, Daryn Todd Johnsrude, Sandra Lynn Wolfsteiner, Ada Anita Court, Simon Patrick Partington, Judy Elizabeth Kozma, Raymond Lawrence King, Sigrun Charlotte Arndt, Terri Lynn Carson, and Louise Marie Chartrand. It wouldn’t come as a...

George Penfold, regional innovation chair at Selkirk College, doesn’t believe that we have a food security problem. What he does believe is that Canadians have an appetite problem instead. An appetite for inexpensive, convenient foods year round that is also reliant on using a great deal of agricultural land for one purpose – grain. If […]

Looking at, and holding, a juvenile white sturgeon can make you feel transported back in time. That is not surprising since the sturgeon family has remained largely unchanged since 175million years ago when dinosaurs roamed the earth; it is more like eye- balling a miniature, bony pre-historic creature than your average scaly fish. On April […]

Good Friday wasn't good for eveybody this year, as sirens filled the downtown core on April 2. Fire chief Gerry Rempel said the department got the call at just after 1:30 p.m., responding to a home in the 500 block of 6th Avenue. “The fire was contained it the living room, and there's some smoke damage,” he said. “One of the...