Grand Forks RCMP has successfully arrested four methamphetamine drug dealers across the Boundary region in the last month.   “The latest arrest was yesterday (Wednesday, Oct. 20) and it was a man from Greenwood who was active selling meth in our community,” reported Staff Sergeant Jim Harrison of the Grand Forks detachment. “He was arrested […]

Former Governor General of Canada Adrienne Clarkson was in town this week, conducting interviews for a book she’s planning to publish next year. Entitled Room For All Of Us, the book will focus on a variety of immigrant populations coming out of places of struggle, how coming to Canada impacted them, and how they themselves […]

  A local subcontractor will no longer be handling City of Castlegar contracts after an incident with a gas service line. City director of Transportation and Civic Works Chris Barlow said the city has hired contractor Corix Utility to handle the installation of residential water meters. Corix, in turn, hired a subcontractor...

Dear Mr. Smith (SD 20 chair); The School District #20 Facilities Report 2010-2015: Planning for the Future document received September 27, 2010 was reviewed at the October 6, 2010 City of Castlegar Community Wellness and Social Services Committee.  At that time the Committee passed the following recommendation:   “That, the...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily It’s a zero waste event with a definite upside. Trash to Treasure Day (T2T) is about turning your trash, or someone else’s, into treasure and reusing what might have been thrown out.   This Saturday residents in the Regional District of Central Kootenay, including Castlegar, will be...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily It’s a zero waste event with a definite upside. Trash to Treasure Day (T2T) is about turning your trash, or someone else’s, into treasure and reusing what might have been thrown out. This Saturday residents in the Regional District of Central Kootenay, including Nelson, will be depositing unwanted, but […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The City of Nelson is the odd municipality out in the establishment of a community sustainable living service in the regional district. Alternative approval process will be used to obtain the assent of the electors to establish the service in every area of the regional district except Nelson. City […]

The Grand Forks RCMP are continuing their efforts in locating 24-year-old Owen Kiernan Rooney. Rooney, originally from Australia, was last seen at the Grand Forks Hospital on Aug. 14. He was last seen at approximately 8:00 p.m. that evening sitting outside on a picnic table on the west side of the Boundary Hospital.   Update: […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Nelson saw the greatest influx of new residents into the city in 10 years, according to the results of the Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce’s Nelson and Area New Resident Survey. And the figures show they are young. In 2010, 263 new families representing 585 new people relocated […]

By The Nelson Daily StaffRCMP have released the name of an elderly women killed in a collision near Crescent Valley Thursday afternoon.Mabel Hadikin, 84, died at the scene when her small import car was struck by a gravel truck near on Highway 6 near Osachoff Road.RCMP said Hadikin, from the local area, failed to yield as she...