Last Saturday, March 23, Robson Fire Fighters held out their boots in support of Muscular Dystrophy Canada. It was the Sixth Annual Boot Drive and the bar was set high from previous years. The first year brought in $6,200, the second $6,400, then $6,600, then $,6,800 and last year a whopping $7,309. Well the community of...

Ed. Note: The following is the first in a series of stories depicting Castlegar's Hidden Heroes, leading up to an exhibit this summer at the Kootenay Gallery of Art: The Hidden Hero Project is a portrait series celebrating the everyday heroes who live and give in Castlegar. Community members were asked to nominate people as...

“What’s the most important thing for a person to do?” I put this question to our church congregation a few weeks ago. The reading for that week was about a fig tree that had not produced fruit for several years. The landowner wanted to cut it down to put the soil to other use, but a servant pleaded to give the tree another ...

Every year in April, BC transplant society focuses its efforts on raising awareness for organ and tissue donation around the province. Along with that this April 7 is National transplant awareness day in honour of the Logan Boulet effect. For those of you who don’t know Logan’s story, he was the Humboldlt Broncos player who...

West Kootenay youth Stanley Humphries, Kootenay Columbia Learning Centre (both Trail and Castlegar) and Rossland Summit School are featuring their art in the annual Young Visions 2019 exhibition.  It opens Thursday, April 18 at 7 pm at the Kootenay Gallery of Art in Castlegar. Everyone is welcome to attend the free opening ...

Ed. Note: the following is a press release issued by the City of Castlegar The City of Castlegar hasreceived a $25,000 grantfrom the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund managed through the Union of BC Municipalities that will improve ability to coordinate emergency or disaster response with other municipalities, government...

More people in the Columbia Basin will have better access to nutritious food and healthy meals as ten food recovery projects move forward to reduce food waste and help families meet their basic needs. These projects are receiving over $440,000 from Columbia Basin Trust. “Communities told us that making essentials like nutritious...

At Monday, April 1st council meeting a gentleman stood up and made some very inappropriate homophobic comments, along with comments about the homelessness in our community. When I got home, I could not sleep as it really bothered me that not one of us on council or our staff intervened to tell him to sit down and be quiet -...

With a shifting focus northward, third-year Selkirk College Nursing Program students will make their final trip to Guatemala later this spring. Since 2005, students in the four-year Bachelor of Science program have been able to complement their education with a Guatemala practice placement that provides participants the...

 By Suzanne Belanger Dust off the nets, lacrosse season is underway!  The West Kootenay Minor Lacrosse Association will continue to host a practice group in Rossland in 2019, if there is enough player interest. First practice in Rossland Arena! The Rossland Arena echoed with laughter and bouncing balls on Monday, as the West...