It appears the Grinch is at work in Castlegar, marring the holiday season with ill-considered “pranks” that could ultimately cost people their lives. Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew said there have been at least five known incidences of suspects throwing rocks and/or chunks of wood at passing vehicles along the 800 block of Columbia Avenue, […]

Photo by Kyra Hoggan: Castlegar mayor Lawrence Chernoff unveils his own eight-foot Inukshuk sculpture at Winterfest last Friday, in hopes of inspiring locals to get creative in commemorating Olympic torch event this January. The City of Castlegar is challenging all residents to show their stuff by submitting home-made Inukshuks...

A request, by the City of Castlegar, for the B.C. Supreme Court to expedite the case filed against the city by Celgar for “unreasonable” tax rates has been refused. Castlegar mayor Lawrence Chernoff said he found out in a meeting Monday that Celgar said “no” to a January court date and, since Celgar’s approval was […]

Winterfest 2009 drew more than 600 people to Castlegar's Spirit Square last Friday for the Parade of Lights, visits with Santa, storytime at City Hall and more. Click here to see event photos taken by Trish Chernoff and Kyra Hoggan at the region's signature outdoor holiday event. Kids sang Christmas tunes karaoke style, local...

Castlegar RCMP are reminding residents that Christmas “spirits” and cars don't mix. Police believe alcohol was a contributing factor in a car accident that happened Dec. 8 at roughly 2:20 a.m., when a driver missed the turn-off and drove directly up a flight of outdoor stairs on 11th Avenue before crashing, said Sgt. Laurel...

Both victims of a serious car crash on Frank Beinder Way (leading into the Castlegar Selkirk College campus) Nov. 26 are recovering from serious injuries, according to police. RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew said one of the drivers suffered a fractured leg and shattered pelvis, and was taken to hospital in Vancouver, while the other...

This Wednesday Teck appeared in Rossland’s provincial court to be sentenced for their spill of 800 plus kilograms of electrolyte (containing acid and lead) into the Columbia River on May 28th of this year. While the maximum penalty for the crime was a fine of $1,000,000 or six months in jail, Teck walked away with a total...

Castlegar’s most recent wave of Swine Flu (H1N1) has crested and is receding, but the pandemic isn’t over yet. The city emergency ward, according to Cheryl Whittleton, team leader for emergency and flu coordinator for IHA, is still seeing an average one or two patients a day with flu-like symptoms – which means contagion is […]

Castlegar police are cautioning against the kind of Good Samaritan-ship that saw an alleged jewelry thief chased down and captured yesterday. “An RCMP member was on routine patrol in the 1900 block of Columbia Avenue, around 11 a.m. when he came across a male holding another male down on the ground,” explained Sgt. Laurel Mathew. […]

Air Canada Jazz will be cancelling its weekday afternoon flights to Vancouver from the West Kootenay Regional airport in Castlegar for the month of January. City councillor and chair of the transportation and civic works committee Russ Hearne said the cancellation is not a harbinger of worse things to come. “It’s only for the month […]