Up until nine months ago, the lighting in schools across School District No. 20 (Kootenay-Columbia) was old and inefficient. Many of the fixtures dated back more than 40 years. So the district embarked on a retrofit project to replace all of the lighting in its 13 schools and maintenance building and install occupancy sensors in each gymnasium. Nine months later, […]

Selkirk College, along with other educational institutions in North America and the world, is actively pursuing environmental sustainability in all facets of its locations, hoping to reduce its overall impact on the environment.  Last year, the Environmental Sustainability (ES) Committee at Selkirk College hired Renewable Resource Instructor Derek Marcoux, along with two students, Suzanne Fordyce and Jeremy Prahl, to provide […]

Photo by Kyra Hoggan: The traffic coming towards the camera will, in seconds, be hidden from view by the sign in the foreground. This photo was taken from the approximate spot a driver would stop before turning left onto Highway 22 from Minto Road. A new twist has arisen in the controversy regarding Castlegar’s ‘Million-dollar […]

The B.C. Ministry of Transportation (MoT) has responded to a Source story about the ministry’s refusal to reduce speed limits along ‘Million-dollar alley’ – a stretch of Highway 22 in front of The Brick that has seen so many collisions that city council felt compelled to repeatedly request MoT intervention. But all requests to date […]

Women’s Enterprise Centre’s is bringing a free Peer Mentoring program to Castlegar this year specifically to help locally self-employed women build successful businesses.Peer mentoring is designed to help women entrepreneurs address the issues and barriers they experience while making the transition to self-employment. These...

The following is a press release from Teck. Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TCK.A and TCK.B, NYSE: TCK) announced net earnings of $1.8 billion, or $3.42 per share, for 2009 and $411 million, or $0.70 per share, in the fourth quarter. Our operating profit before depreciation was approximately $3.7 billion for the year and $1.0 billion […]

Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) is now accepting community-initiated and community-supported project applications for its Environmental Initiatives Program (EIP)."This program has been very successful in the past and we want to continue to see the projects it supports making a difference in Basin communities," said Rick Allen, CBT...

A workplace human rights complaint can cost an employer money, time and reputation. Small business employers, which are 43% of B.C. businesses, can be hit especially hard if the case goes to a B.C. Human Rights Tribunal hearing. Legal fees might reach $20,000 to $30,000.  Helping small business respond to a human rights complaint is […]

Dear Editor:  Is it perhaps time to take the Gaming Centre out of the backrooms of City Hall and re-examine it, in public, in the ‘light of day’ .. and given today’s realities?   "The expected progress on the Castlegar Gaming Centre has not come to fruition". " City council received a letter from the BC Lottery Corporation ...

Selkirk College, along with other educational institutions in NorthAmerica and the world, is actively pursuing environmental sustainabilityin all facets of its locations, hoping to reduce its overall impact onthe environment. Last year, the Environmental Sustainability (ES) Committee at SelkirkCollege hired Renewable Resource...