Chamber awards night honours local business
The Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce honoured seven local business Saturday night, including naming M&M Meat Shops Business of the Year, with Businessperson of theYear being awarded to Florio Vassilakakis of the Element Night Club.The Fireside Inn was packed with more than 100 people, including city councillors...
Coffee consumers get 'tire-d' surprise
A run-away semi-truck tire caused some chaos Monday afternoon when it smashed through the parking lot of Common Grounds coffee shop on Columbia Avenue. Castlegar RCMP Staff Sgt. Laurel Mathew said coffee shop patrons probably got a bit of a suprise at around 1:45 p.m., when a massive tire rolled off the Kinnaird overpass offramp […]
Rape allegations recanted
Police have concluded their investigation into the allegations of a sexual assault that was said to have occurred in Millennium Park during the first week of October 2009. The 30-year-old female has admitted to investigators that the allegation she made to police was in fact false. There was no sexual assault. The RCMP are ...
More Castlegar casualties of B.C. budget
Members of the B.C.trucking industry, including schools that train people to become professional drivers lie Mountain Transport Institute here in Castlegar, fear that a cap on government tuition subsidies will have an impact on highway safety and contribute to driver shortages if alternative funding is not made available.For...
Greenwood brings home the bronze - not Olympic - water!
The smallest city in B.C. took top honours for their water last week. Greenwood placed as the bronze winner in municipal water at the 20th annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting competition. Another regional area, Beaver Falls, took home the silver, while the gold went to Hamilton, OH. Held in the historic spa town in […]
Castlegar residents at radon risk
Is radon gas putting you or your family at risk of lung cancer? That’s the question Dana Schmidt is trying to get all Castlegar residents to ask, as he continues to promote radon-gas testing in this, the second-worst radon hot-spot in the province. Schmidt told city council, at its regular meeting Monday night, that he […]
Reigning Earth Hour champs challenge other Kootenay communities
Castlegar mayor Lawrence Chernoff has thrown down the gauntlet to mayors of Nelson, Trail and Grand Forks, as reigning champion of Fortis B.C.’s EarthHour Challenge. Chernoff (pictured here with 2009’s trophy for Castlegar besting the participation rates of all other communities in the region) said he hopes residents will once again turn off their lights […]
Castlegar water usage all wet
City council heard, in its regular meeting Monday night, that resident water consumption increased by three per cent in 2009, compared to 2008’s numbers – and that’s a problem. Councillor Gord Turner pointed out that the city is currently missing out on granting opportunities that depend on more-controlled water consumption. “We use about 70 gallons […]
Celgar brings new excitement to old news
A press conference held at Castlegar's Zellstoff Celgar pulp mill last Thursday announced old news – but putting a new face on the story. Tory MP for Okanagan-Shuswap Colin Mayes trumpeted a $42 million federal grant through the Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program to support Celgar's bio-energy project, which has seen...
New heliport set to open at K.B.R.H.
The Health and Hospital Committee (HHC) of the Lower Columbia Community Development Team are planning a groundbreaking ceremony for the new heliport at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital. The project has been made possible by the generous donations of a number of different groups: $100,000 Signature Sponsor Kootenay Savings Credit Union Foundation $100,000 […]
