Though few people (just under 20) attended the special meeting of council Monday night , it offered some interesting developments. An agreement between Celgar and the City of Castlegar was signed, Celgar manager Al Hitzroth offered a presentation describing the necessity of the deal, and one councillor voted in opposition to the agreement, the budget […]

A car crash Sunday on Highway 3A, just past 14 Street in Castlegar, has led to the death of a local man. At about 12:30 a.m., police responded to an accident in in which the 49-year-old female driver (from Nelson), lost control of her car and went down a steep embankment, according to RCMP West Kootenay […]

Premier Gordon Campbell announced today that more than 210,000 British Columbians have joined BC Hydro's Team Power Smart and made a commitment to reduce their electricity consumption by 10 per cent. BC Hydro launched a drive to recruit 210,000 members to Team Power Smart before the close of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and...

The Doukhobor Discovery Centre has received a rare artifact, (modelled here by Alex Ewashen of Creston). This is a rare sheepskin coat originally brought to Canada from Russia in 1899 by Vasilii Verigin, the great-grandfather of DDC curator Larry Ewashen. It was stored in Mission by the curator’s aunt, Polly Vishloff, Vasillii’s...

Photo by Carrie Voysey Selkirk College’s Mir Centre for Peace Winter Lecture Series will be continuing its inspirational peace talks with Ted Kuntz—a gifted psychotherapist and author of the best-selling book, Peace Begins With Me. Kuntz has been highly recognized for his work in assisting individuals, families, organizations...

Last week The Source ran an interview with Dr. Andre De Greef, head of surgery at KBRH, addressing doctors’ concerns about looming cuts to the OR. This week, we’ve got a reply to that story from Frank Marino, the Health Service Administrator for Trail and Castlegar. When did you hear from surgeons about the issue and […]

The federal budget, which was announced on March 4, demonstrates an understanding that colleges, institutes and polytechnics are integrated with the industrial and technological drivers of the economy, and Selkirk College president Marilyn Luscombe is pleased with the support shown for post-secondary education. “This budget...

Columbia Basin Trust is advising Basin residents that the application deadline for its Environmental Initiatives Program (EIP) has been extended to April 1, 2010. CBT is looking to residents and groups in the Columbia Basin for innovative projects that will help strengthen Basin-wide ability to meet environmental challenges....

Zellstoff Celgar general manager Al Hitzroth will be attending this Monday night's budget unveiling at the Community Forum, appearing as a delegation to speak to,  "the critical need for major industry tax decreases in order for the mill to remain competitive in today’s international markets," according to a city press release...

The Nursing program at Selkirk College has partnered with Interior Health to promote wellness in the workplace. Over the last few months, first and third year Nursing students and the Interior Health’s Chronic Disease Management Department have collaborated their efforts to empower employees of organizations to get healthy by holding on-site “Hearts at Work” fairs.  The fairs offered testing for […]