Poll

NovDec

Cat colony populations decline with BC SPCA grant program

The program has seen demonstrable impacts in seven years, including decreased colony sizes, increased community partnerships and improved health for the cats currently in colonies. In 2018, the program provided funding for grantees across the province, resulting in 830 fixed community cats and cats on First Nation lands, and...

Castlegar Pee Wee Rep Rebels win Nelson Tourney

The Castlegar Pee Wee Rep team won the Nelson Pee Wee Tier 3 Tournament weekend before last, going undefeated, according to team manager Chris Sherbinin. "The team went 3-0 in the round robin play defeating the Revelstoke Grizzlies, Summerland Jets and Lethbridge Hurricanes," Sherbinin said. "They defeated the home town Nelson...

BLOG: 30-Something Scribbles is back by popular demand!

So, I have recently signed on to co-author a book with a Publishing Group that supports aspiring writers. This is an amazing opportunity and I am so excited about it however, whenever I sit down to write my piece … I get the biggest case of writer’s block ever. I think that I am just feeling a little overwhelmed with the...

Kootenay Women's Conference boasts powerful speaker line-up

Ed Note: The Castlegar Source is a proud sponsor of this event, and we will be publishing articles every Sunday leading up to the conference explaining more about the speakers, the use of proceeds, etc. The Ignite Kootenay Women’s Conference is a two-day event that will be held at the Castle Theatre in Castlegar March 8 and...

Community Harvest Food Bank offers some thoughts to chew on

Community Harvest Food Bank has had many requests to help with items not food related. Here is what we look at. This certainly doesn't cover everything we do but gives you an idea. Utilities: - have you been making reasonable efforts to stay current with your bill? - do you have the capacity to continue making payments with...

OP/ED: Welcome to Good News Sunday! By you, for you, and about you!

I am so monumentally, over-the-top thrilled to introduce to you our new page, Good News Sunday. (I thought about giving it a jaunty abbreviation, then GNS made my twisted little brain think GNuS, which made me think about a cartoon I'd seen about Fake Gnus ... hence the cartoon at the top of this page). And while you can...