Applications are now available for Columbia Basin Trust’s (CBT) College Community Service Awards. CBT offers these awards in partnership with four Basin-based Colleges. The 22 awards valued at $2,000 are divided amongst students attending Selkirk College (10), College of the Rockies (10), Valemount Campus of College of New ...

Over 60 people, from children to seniors, chipped in to clean up the Granby River on Sunday, Apr. 25 in recognition of Earth Day. The clean-up has been taking place for over 16 years organized by the Boundary Conservation group and the Granby Guides, and this year the Kettle Granby (KGB) Fly Anglers organized their […]

First and second year students from the Business Administration program at Selkirk College experienced real-life business pressures and friendly rivalry at the fifth annual Business Competition in Castlegar earlier this month. The Competition was held as an event that brought students and the general public together, while ...

Way back in September of 2003, a quiet and unassuming woman approached a series of retailers in the Kootenays with products for sale. She stopped at the Kootenay Co-op Specialty store in Nelson and they ordered her gourmet smoked salmon. This was repeated again in Crescent Valley at Evergreen Natural Foods and then at Ferraro […]

The Castlegar police are asking anyone with information regarding a fire Thursday to come forward. RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff said police got the call around 6 p.m. Thursday evening to attend the 1000 block of Highway 3 (the highway heading toward Grand Forks). “There was a fire in the field behind the property owner’s house,” she […]

The recipients of the prestigious Jack Webster Foundation fellowships for 2010 have been announced and we here at Lone Sheep publishing are proud to announce that Mona Mattei, owner and editor of the Boundary Sentinel in Grand Forks, is a winner along with reporters from Global TV, the Vancouver Sun, and CBC News. Mattei will...

A dramatic rise in building permits for 2010 is good news for the city and its residents, according to councillor Kirk Duff. Duff presented the building permit report to council at its regular meeting April 19, showing 2009 year-to-date totals of roughly $663,000 as compared to this year's almost $6.9 million. “The rise in ...

Castlegar mayor Lawrence Chernoff will be leading a delegation to the coast this week to speak to Forest and Range minister Pat Bell regarding the job losses in the Arrow-Boundary Forest District Office. The Castlegar office is losing 15 of its 60 jobs in what the provincial government is billing as a “workforce adjustment”. “We’re […]

A local homeowner got a potentially explosive surprise when she found what appears to be an ancient bomb hidden within her wall. Castlegar Sgt. Laurel Mathew said the woman was renovating a very old home, removing drywall, and found several items apparently left there a very long time ago. “One of the items was a […]

Homeowners planning to upgrade their homes this year can once again take advantage of rebates and incentives through the LiveSmart BC: Efficiency Incentive Program. FortisBC has partnered with the BC government, BC Hydro and Terasen Gas to provide assistance to people who complete energy efficiency upgrades under the direction...