More than 300 people were on hand last night to hear School District 20 (SD 20) representatives discuss school closure options that have arisen due to declining enrollment and subsequent funding cuts. Provincial education funding is calculated on a per-student basis, and enrollment in the region over the past five years decreased by 789 students […]

An Alberta man in his 30s died in an avalanche near Rossland yesterday. RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said four men, two from B.C. and one from Alberta, all in their 30s, snomobiled into the area around Mnt. Mackie. “They snomobiled in to go downhill skiing,” he said. “At around 3:30 p.m., an avalanche struck. “Three […]

Wintertime in Grand Forks can mean anything from great skiing, to slippery roads but one of the greatest challenges on any winter day in the valley is the air quality. Winter brings a variety of weather patterns, but it is well-known to see inversions set in over the valley. Inversions sandwich warmer air up high […]

Ed. Note: The following is Lawrence Chernoff's annual mayor's report to council, delivered at council's regular meeting Dec. 21: Our current city council has completed its first year of its term of office, and I would like to acknowledge and thank all members of council for their cooperation. Our community has been well-served...

I was out and about in Castlegar, chatting with locals, being snoopy, asking questions and generally not minding my own business … you know, the usual … when I asked a fellow what he’s most excited about for 2010. “It’s not 2009,” he said. I take his point. Let’s face it, ’09 was not an […]

The final Castlegar police beat story for 2009 (bar any major calamity in the next 30-or-so hours, of course) includes an RCMP plea for public assistance and a heads-up for 2010. Police are asking the public to come forward if they have any information regarding the damage to – and possible theft from – mailboxes in the 2200...

The New Year will include a move toward pesticide- and herbicide-free parks as Castlegar city council joins forces with the Kootenay Food Services Society to launch a pilot project exploring the city’s lanscaping care options. Councillor Russ Hearne, outgoing chair fo the Transportation and Civic Works committee, said the partnership seem an almost … well, […]

Ed Note: The following was penned by the editor of our sister paper in Grand Forks, The Boundary Sentinel. A brand-new addition to the Lone Sheep family, The Sentinel, like The Source, has enjoyed a rapid uptake in reader awareness and has become a fundamental element of the media mix in its community. To track what's going...

For the second year in a row now, the B.C. Transit Service will be providing a New Year's vehicle to help discourage drinking and driving as Castlegar rings in 2010. Dubbed the “Russ Bus” by the press last year in honour of the city councillor who lobbied to have the service instituted, the New Year's Eve bus will run from ...

Zellstoff Celgar manager Al Hitzroth said it’s a relief for his organization to head into the New Year with some framework in place for resolving its tax dispute with the City of Castlegar – this, after Celgar, last night, made an almost-half-million-dollar payment to the city and committed to monthly payments to reduce the outstanding […]