Selkirk College Saints Look for Spark at Home
The Selkirk College Saints return to the Castlegar & District Recreation Centre this weekend facing a pivotal two-game set against the University of Victoria in what is clearly a fork in the road for the young British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) season. The Saints spent most of October on the road where...
UPDATE: Missing person in Trail located, safe and sound
Update: Sunday evening, Trail top cop Sgt. Mike Wicentowich issued the following update:, "SAR located the missing person. The missing person was taken into police custody and will be medically assessed. Thank you to SAR for all their efforts. Previous coverage: The Trail RCMP Detachment would like to notify the Trail ...
Castlegar RCMP disrupts area drug trafficker
The Castlegar RCMP have a seized a substantial amount of illicit drugs following the execution of two search warrants at two Castlegar residences on Thursday. During the afternoon of October 25, 2018, the Castlegar RCMP conducted simultaneous search warrants on two local residences under the Controlled Drugs and Substances ...
MP questions PM on Trail acid spills
Richard Cannings MP (South Okanagan—West Kootenay) - Last April and May two serious acid spills caused havoc in Trail, BC. Yesterday during Question Period, Cannings questioned the Prime Minister whether Transport Canada is properly investigating these incidents. Cannings has also been in consultation with local officials ...
Ootischenia MVA prompts RCMP to contact MoT for safer alternatives
Ootischenia Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle vehicle MVI involving a car and a pick-up truck at the intersection of Hwy 3 and Columbia Road at approximately 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning according to Ootischenia firefighter Mike Pereversoff, who was first on scene. "The driver of the car was transported to hospital with...
Five-car crash clogs Columbia Avenue
Columbia Avenue has been reduced to single-lane alternating traffic, as first responders deal with a five-vehicle MVA. Fire Chief Sam Lattanzio said the call came in at roughly 11:45 a.m. for an accident on Sherbico Hill between 12 Street and 13 Street. "I want to stress that it was not in the construction zone," Lattanzio ...
Gas leak on Columbia not due to operator error
MarWest Industries issued a press release today correcting (other) media coverage of yesterday’s gas leak on Columbia Avenue. The release reads as follows: “On Oct. 16, at approximately 1:55 p.m., Marwest Industries Ltd contacted FortisBC regarding a gas line break in the 1500 Block of Columbia Avenue. The gas line was damaged by a rock […]
Fire depts from across the across the province compete, raise record money for charity
On Sept. 7 and 8, Robson Fire Fighters hosted the fifth annual Firefighter Games in support of Muscular Dystrophy Canada. Sixteen teams from all over BC competed and the event was a tremendous success raising $11,488 for MD Canada. This is the highest total for the Firefighter Games in its five years and for the first year ...
Election candidates reply to questionaire from Parks and Trails Society
The Castlegar Parks and Trails Society has issued a questionaire for local candidates runnning in the upcoming civic election, and has published the responses online for the community to read at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H2X4LTMgsu23clQZC0EslsJYZ2T9754_yLtY6pAqLXQ/edit?usp=sharing In an emailed press release issued...
Selkirk College Invites Indigenous Wisdom with Truth and Reconciliation Series
Indigenous Services at Selkirk College is leading the conversation about Truth and Reconciliation with a speaker series that brings Indigenous wisdom to the forefront. In partnership with the Mir Centre for Peace, Jordan Abel will be the latest speaker to ask what it means to be Indigenous. Abel is a Nisga’a writer from BC...
