City and Selkirk College Completing FireSmart Vegetation Management
The City of Castlegar, in partnership with the Selkirk College Forestry Program, is conducting FireSmart vegetation management activities on City-owned forested land at 14 Avenue and 26 Street. This area is near the Waterline Road and adjacent to the Kinnaird Park Community Church and is an ongoing project started in 2019. ...
Improvements, new equipment and more spaces coming to over 80 facilities in Basin communities
Families in the Columbia Basin will soon have more child care options, and children will have better and safer places where they can play, build new skills, grow their imaginations and run about as they develop their bodies and minds. That’s because over 80 child care facilities in about two dozen communities are adding to ...
Selkirk College Increases Focus on Pandemic Financial Assistance
To ensure learners receive the financial support required to continue studies through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Provincial Government is providing increased emergency assistance to Selkirk College. Earlier this month, the Ministry of Advanced Education & Skills Training announced additional emergency ...
BC reports 873 new cases overnight, over 1 mill vaccinations delivered so far
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the COVID-19 response in British Columbia: “Today, we are reporting 873 new cases, for a total of 113,702 cases in British Columbia. Due to a delay in the Public Health Reporting...
Pass Creek Fall Fair cancelled for 2021 due to pandemic
Pass Creek Fall Fair, one of the beloved events in the Kootenay’s hosted at Pass Creek Exhibition Grounds, today regrets to announce that the annual event, scheduled for Sept. 18 - 19, will not happen in 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 situation. President Donna Smith of the volunteer driven not-for-profit community organization...
Mayoral Candidate Lawrence Chernoff, in his own words
For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Lawrence Chernoff and I am one of five mayoral candidates in the 2021 byelection. I was raised in Castlegar and have lived here my entire life. Castlegar has always been my home. It’s the home of my children, and of my grandchildren. It certainly holds a special place in my...
Man charged after robbery allegedly carried out at Castlegar convenience store
RCMP said in a media release Monday, that criminal charges have now been approved by the BC Prosecution Service against a Castlegar man accused of robbing a local convenience store Sunday evening. RCMP said on April 11, 2021 shortly after 10 p.m., front line RCMP officers responded to a report of a robbery just committed at...
Editorial: About that elderly Rossland couple and their COVID-19 fine
Readers will have seen a news item about a couple who crossed the border after getting medical services in the United States, and were accused of not following required procedures, and were issued a fine for $3,450 for their “non-compliance.” But there is much more to that story, and readers should know what really happened...
Castlegar, Pitch-in & Clean-up the City
The City of Castlegar is inviting the community to help clean-up the City April 18-26 as part of 2021 PITCH-IN week. This is the 54th annual PITCH-IN community clean-up across Canada. In 2020, over 1 million Canadians participated in the program, cleaning up over 5 million pounds of litter. PITCH-IN is the largest environmental...
Join online rally to support three local authors as they Fear Less
Ed. Note: Transparency demands I acknowledge that I, the editor of The Source, count two of these authors among my best friends. I find them to be relentlessly kind, thoughtful, generous, and driven to be the best versions of themselves they can possibly be. I highly recommend this book as the product of beautiful minds and...
