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...

Photo: Artist’s rendering of the proposed Waneta Expansion project, courtesy Columbia Power Corporation. The Waneta Expansion project will not be moving forward according to existing plans, according to a press release issued today by the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) and the Columbia Power Corporation (CPC). Audrey Repin, CPC director of communications, said CPC approaches projects […]

Dear Editor, November 15 to 22 is Restorative Justice Week. Restorative Justice is justice that attempts to repair the damage done when a crime is committed. Often when we think of justice, it is retributive justice, justice that demands that a penalty be paid for harm that is done. Retributive justice is based on the […]

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...

Dear Editor, The Health and Human Services department at Selkirk College would like to take this opportunity to honour “Thank a Youth Worker Day”, which occurs on Nov. 5, and thank the professionals who work with youth and families in our communities. You may ask, “What is a youth worker?” Well, youth workers are professionals […]

In a rare moment of accord, Celgar officials say they are as pleased as City of Castlegar representatives at the outcome of this year’s Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) convention. Celgar manager Al Hitzroth said the UBCM resolution urging the provincial government to re-examine major industry taxation in B.C. is good news. “I’m still disappointed […]

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. ...

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...

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...

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...