Teck enjoying record profits
The following is a press release from Teck. Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TCK.A and TCK.B, NYSE: TCK) announced net earnings of $1.8 billion, or $3.42 per share, for 2009 and $411 million, or $0.70 per share, in the fourth quarter. Our operating profit before depreciation was approximately $3.7 billion for the year and $1.0 billion […]
CBT increases funding for environmental projects
Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) is now accepting community-initiated and community-supported project applications for its Environmental Initiatives Program (EIP)."This program has been very successful in the past and we want to continue to see the projects it supports making a difference in Basin communities," said Rick Allen, CBT...
Human Rights Complaints Can Be Serious Business for B.C. Employers
A workplace human rights complaint can cost an employer money, time and reputation. Small business employers, which are 43% of B.C. businesses, can be hit especially hard if the case goes to a B.C. Human Rights Tribunal hearing. Legal fees might reach $20,000 to $30,000. Helping small business respond to a human rights complaint is […]
Letter: Is a new gaming centre still the best course?
Dear Editor: Is it perhaps time to take the Gaming Centre out of the backrooms of City Hall and re-examine it, in public, in the ‘light of day’ .. and given today’s realities? "The expected progress on the Castlegar Gaming Centre has not come to fruition". " City council received a letter from the BC Lottery Corporation ...
Selkirk College pursues environmental sustainability
Selkirk College, along with other educational institutions in NorthAmerica and the world, is actively pursuing environmental sustainabilityin all facets of its locations, hoping to reduce its overall impact onthe environment. Last year, the Environmental Sustainability (ES) Committee at SelkirkCollege hired Renewable Resource...
RCMP request public help in search for missing Castlegar woman
Ed. Note: The Source checked with police this morning, Feb. 7, and was told there is no new information regarding this situation. The Castlegar RCMP are asking the public to please be on the look out for an 80-year-old female that is overdue on her travels to Kelowna, BC. Mary Chernoff, a local Castlegar resident, […]
DDC presents Seedy Sunday on Feb. 21
Seedy Sunday will give participants an opportunity to exchange heritage seeds or to sell them to other collectors and gardeners. This will be followed by a workshop which will focus on seed selection, avoiding cross pollination, preserving the gene pool and other vital information concerning the ever expanding human consciousness...
City pleads with province for safer limits along "million-dollar alley"
Ed. Note: The Castlegar Source was able to reach the communications director at the Ministry of Transportation (MoT) in regard to this story – but not until roughly an hour before press time. The director was both forthcoming and helpful but, due to the unreasonable timeline we presented him, unable to provide a response before […]
Pedestrian overpass for Highway 3?
Photo: city councillor Kevin Chernoff A pedestrian/bicycle walkway over Highway 3 near the Kinnaird Bridge may be in the works as the city applies for a $150,000 federal grant to construct the project.The walkway would consist of a 20th Street overpass across Highway 3 connecting the 6th Avenue and Connors Road bicycle routes....
New recruitment rules spark excitement at fire department
When Castlegar fire chief Gerry Rempel says he has an open-door policy, he means to all age groups – and it shows. Rempel presented a new recruitment policy to council at its regular meeting Monday night, requesting the department open its doors to youth and retired firefighters, in defiance of current age restrictions that...
