“For a child there is no division between playing and learning; between the things he or she does ‘just for fun’ and things that are ‘educational.’ The child learns while living and any part of living that is enjoyable is also play.” -Penelope Leach Science, like all subject matter in life, can be taught, read […]

Photo by Kyra Hoggan: Former B.C. premier Bill Vander Zalm discusses the HST with residents at the Castlegar Public Library Monday. Roughly 50 people showed up at the Castlegar Public Library Monday morning to hear former B.C. premier Bill Vander Zalm slam the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) due to take effect on June 1 of this […]

Two Castlegar residents have been arrested after a  search warrant was executed on their Columbia Avenue home last Wednesday. Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew said over 100 marijuana plants, along with pre-packaged marijuana, were found in the home in the 100 block of Columbia Avenue. A 29-year-old female and 37-year-old male were arrested and are […]

The rationale behind Castlegar's proposed 2010 budget and five-year financial plan, as it pertains to Celgar in particular and the city's economic development strategy in general, have been much-discussed, but there were also some key numerical values underlined at public consultation meetings over the [past few days. The...

Two public meetings regarding the city budget drew a grand total of 12 attendees who were not members of city staff, council or media. Meetings held at the city forum Monday night and the following evening at the Blueberry Community School were remarkable only in their lack of attendance, despite the city's proposed seven-per-cent...

Selkirk College is pleased to announce that the design–build services contract for the renovation of the Tenth Street student residence in Nelson has been awarded to Wildstone Construction and Engineering. This is the end of a two-phased tendering process which began in January of this year. Phase one involved the selection of three companies deemed […]

Contemplating the heady flow of data in and out of my current work environment, it surprises me that I am returning again for a quick chat on Social Media, more so that I am choosing Twitter to chat about.  Why Twitter? Well because Twitter just turned four years old and recently just tweeted its 10 […]

Police reported a Castlegar woman being robbed through a telephone scam last week, with more victims falling prey to fraudsters in Grand Forks, In light of these developments, the BC Securities Commission and the Better Business Bureau will be presenting a workshop, Learn to protect yourself from scams and frauds, in Castlegar...

Grand Forks RCMP are investigating reports of attempted fraud where an individual has telephoned to ask for money. The individual appears to be targeting elderly people, stating that their grandchild is needing money to pay bail or lawyer fees. Grand Forks RCMP urge that if you are contacted in such a manner, that you do not...

Castlegar's only all-night-long, dawn-to-dusk event is back, promising to even more fun, and rewarding, than ever before. From 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. June 12/13, Kinnaird Park will be the site of the fourth annual Relay for Life, with all proceeds going to the Canadian Cancer Society – but while it's for a good cause, the event is...