Yet another Trowelex theft galvanizes new Crime Reduction Unit
Two trucks have been stolen from Trowelex a collective five times (one stolen three times, the other, twice now), including a theft discovered just three days ago, and the RCMP's new Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) is on the job. Trowelex owner Nick Chernoff said the most recent theft, discovered Monday, is just one of a string ...
Help land Castlegar on the board of new Canadian Monopoly game
Pass go, collect your $200, and ...buy Castlegar? You bet, if the city has its way. Mayor Lawrence Chernoff said he's encouraging any and all to nominate Castlegar as one of the “wild card” communities, in hopes the city will have its own space on the board of the new Canadian edition of Monopoly. “I found the information...
Fire Chief torches Castlegar
Castlegar fire chief Gerry Rempel will be blazing a trail Sunday morning as he carries the Olympic torch along one leg of its local journey – and he's promised to quell his natural instinct to extinuish the fire. “This is one fire I'll let burn,” he assured The Source. Rempel said he didn't even apply to carry the torch – and...
Letter: Castlegar and her residents shouldn't cave to Celgar's demands
Dear Editor: Celgar’s refusal to pay taxes owed to the City of Castlegar smacks of anarchism, and it’s recent payment of $377,000 to the RDCK is meant to be divisive.Celgar continues to try to intimidate and coerce the City of Castlegar and its citizens to reduce or eliminate taxes. Hopefully, the city council will strongly...
Tax deficit impacts snow-removal procedures
A $3.6-million budget deficit (due to Celgar's non-payment of municipal taxes this year) has Castlegar Civic Works reconsidering how they handle matters like snow-removal.In a report to council, city director of civic works Chris Barlow said, “During the 2008 budget year, the single largest source of overtime came from snow...
LETTER: Will sewage end up in Arrow Lakes?
I have just learned that the 50 plus condo development "Arrow Lakeside Resort and Marina", on the edge of Syringa Park is only now applying for water, effluent & a couple of other licences that will make it able to legally operate.And, guess where they want to dispose of their sewage from 50 plus units? Into the Arrow...
LETTER: Suck it up
While reading you rebuttal column I was struck by one thought in particular. "baby, want a bottle", the whinning and complaining about people expressing themselves, was too much. It is obvious that your not meant to be a journalist. Grow a thicker skin fast. Or get in the tv news game. Either way grow-up and stop whinning. ...
LETTER: A twit by any other name ...
To The Editor, RE: Pot response a mixed bag“I don't agree with legalization, and I'll say so firmly and passionately.”This is what is getting you the vitriolic emails, Kyra. Your insistence, your determination to stick to your opinion in the face of all the new evidence makes you look like a closed-mined idiot. You might THINK...
LETTER: Pot use defended
To The Editor, RE: Grand Forks, Nelson - the pot lobby is all around us“Those contentions are made meaningless, though, by the fact that THC is readily available in pill form by prescription.”This myth – this outright lie – is one of the main blocks towards sensible drug policy in Canada.1) Cesamet and Marinol have NO actual...
LETTER: Cannabis opposition a vote for prohibition
RE: Grand Forks, Nelson - the pot lobby is all around us and Dueling Columnists agree -- on Prohibition!While researching the legalization of cannabis Mr. Legget must have somehow missed the 2002 report by the Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs. Far from being the "pot lobby" the senate is our chamber of "sober...
