“Steppin’ Out”, a monumental, magical sculptureby Argenta artists Spring Shine, Christopher Petersen and Yvonne Boyd, has won the coveted 2020 People’s Choice Award. This sculpture, which captured the public’s imagination and vote, will now permanently reside in Castlegar, joining the City’s renowned permanent public art...

Hello to everyone in, and around, our community, We have just been made aware there are active cases of COVID-19 in Castlegar. We feel a responsibility to share this message and encourage the community to take immediate action to keep case numbers low. Right now we need to ramp up, and double our efforts, to avoid outbreaks...

Three locals are potentially facing criminal charges after police sezed drugs, cash and weapons from a Robson home, according to Castlegar RCMP top cop Sgt. Monty Taylor. "A search warrant, obtained in relation to an active police investigation into drug trafficking, was executed on a Robson home Tuesday. "On Dec. 1, the...

Anyone who knows me well will tell you that the quarantine isn’t such of a much for me – I am, at heart, an introvert who rarely leaves her house, and now, instead of my friends being annoyed with me for it, they’re applauding me for it. It’s finally okay for me to prefer reading […]

The BC Coroners Service has published updated reports on illicit drug toxicity deaths and fentanyl-detected drug deaths to Oct. 31, 2020, with 162 illicit drug toxicity deaths reported in October. The latest data equate to five people per day losing their lives to illicit drug overdoses. “This is the fifth month this year...

A new BC Hydro report finds British Columbians are keeping the holiday spirit alive at home amidst COVID-19 by adding brighter, more elaborate lighting displays and decorations this year. The report titled, “Home for the holidays: British Columbians brightening up with more elaborate holiday displays” finds more than 90 per...

Katrine Conroy was sworn into the Legislature virtually Monday as the newly re-elected BC New Democrat MLA for Kootenay West following an historic election.     The 57 new BC NDP members were sworn in as part of part of British Columbia’s 42nd Parliament, all focused on supporting people through the COVID-19 pandemic and...

Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, is aligning the Province’s measures under the Emergency Program Act (EPA) with the provincial health officer’s (PHO) guidance that masks must be worn in indoor public places.  The Province is also formally extending the provincial state of emergency, allowing ...

On Nov. 19, additional charges were sworn in relation to a 2019 fatal crash that took place on March 17, 2019, near the Waneta Dam, according to West Kootenay Traffic Services Sgt. Chad Badry. "On Sunday, March 17, 2019, at approximately 4:12 pm, members of the Trail and Greater District RCMP along with West Kootenay Traffic...

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 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia: “Today, we are reporting on three 24-hour periods. From Nov. 20 to 21, we had 713 new cases. From Nov. 21 to 22...