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...

The Castlegar Chamber of Commerce’s second annual Kootenay Home and Lifestyles Expo is all set for a busy, entertaining and productive weekend at the Selkirk campus April 16 to 18. The event, formerly the Dreams to Reality Home Show held at the Castlegar Complex, expanded last year and moved to a larger venue. “The Complex […]

During a recent visit to Castlegar promoting his anti-HST (Harmonized Sales Tax) movement, former premier Bill Vander Zalm took offered sweeping criticisms of the B .C. Chamber of Commerce (CoC) and its support of the HST. Vander Zalm said the people supporting the HST were largely high-income-earners in the $200,000/year-plus realm. He also said the […]

Castlegar city council heard, at its regular meeting Tuesday night, a staff synapsis of the results of a budget survey distributed through local media to get public input on the 2010 budget and five-year financial plan. Only 125 people responded by completing the survey, but councillor Kevin Chernoff said that, while those ...

More than 600 people, including upwards of 270 kids, showed up at Kinnaird Park Sunday for Paragon Columbia Pharmacy's Easter Scramble. Michele Dawson, store operations manager, said they've been hosting the event for the past five years. “We saw a need for it in the community, and it's just such a great event,” she said....

Clearing away clutter, finding free stuff and saving the planet - Trash-to-Treasure day is fast approaching, and you don't want to miss out! Check out the following press release from the RDCK: As a celebration of Earth Day (April 22) the RDKB and RDCK are joining together to promote a Kootenay-Boundary wide tradition which...

Mark your calendars for this year’s Community Science Celebration on April 10,  Selkirk College gym, Castlegar. This year’s celebration is planned to be even bigger and better than last year’s and, if last year was any indication, the booths will fill up fast. The celebration will include eye-popping science shows, various demonstrations, challenges and an opportunity to […]

Prevention is a word that is well known to herbalists.  The practice of herbal medicine uses herbs to nourish and strengthen the body and increase vitality. Herbs play a role in cancer prevention in several ways.  They can increase immune function and detoxification, and help the body and mind cope with the everyday stresses of […]