Local MLA welcomes funding for five capital projects across Kootenay West
New Democrat MLA Katrine Conroy is welcoming $252,267 in capital project funding to support five capital projects across Kootenay West. The W.E. Graham Community Service Society, Trail Association for Community Living, Rossland and District Search and Rescue Society, Castlegar Society for Search & Rescue, and Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club Society are five of […]
Mural Project Reflects Healthy Campus Experience at Selkirk College
A new splash of colour and creativity at Selkirk College’s Castlegar Campus is places focus on what it means to have a healthy campus experience. Over the summer, School of Health & Human Services instructor Matty Hillman pulled together five students for a mural and research project that explored both individual health...
Trail police seek public help to find wanted criminal
The Trail and Greater District RCMP Detachment is asking the public to be on the lookout for Ishmani Baker, date of birth March 21, 1997, of Fort St. John, B.C. Baker is described as 5'7", 181 lbs, with blond hair and blue eyes. Baker has numerous outstanding unendorsed warrants for his arrest out of Fort St. John, BC, ...
CBT commits $1.5 mill to bringing technology to local communities
Much of life today revolves around technology. More and more people are seeing new opportunities in the areas of video and music production, creating digital art and animation or recording their own podcasts. Yet not everyone has access to the technology required to participate or thrive in this digital world. Soon, more...
Good Samaritan killed while trying to assist fellow motorist
A local 51-year-old tow truck driver has died after being struck by a vehicle while attempting to help another motorist, according to RCMP Sgt. Chad Badry, of West Kootenay Traffic Services. “On Nov. 17, just after 5:30 p.m. Castlegar RCMP were called to a collision between a vehicle and a deer on Hwy 22, from Castlegar from...
Smoke Eaters Acquire Scoring Touch With Stevenson In Three-Team Trade
The Trail Smoke Eaters Junior ‘A’ Hockey Club announced Friday the team has acquired forward Chase Stevenson (’99) in a three-team trade involving the Surrey Eagles and Powell River Kings. The Smoke Eaters have traded the CJHL playing rights of defenseman Ethan Martini (’00) to the Kings while defenseman Jeremy Smith (’98) and Powell River […]
RANT: The only time I've ever been ashamed of Castlegar
As I get older, I find there are fewer and fewer things I’m willing to get upset about – hence the lack of editorial rants of late. There is, however, one issue that has me so incensed, so appalled, so disgusted, so flat-out ashamed, that it’s taken me weeks to write about it without using some of the more colourful (and less...
Delays expected to worsen in final days of Columbia Avenue construction
Please be advised that the final lift of paving has been tentatively scheduled for this coming Saturday and Sunday (weather permitting). This means single lane alternating traffic for the entire weekend and MAJOR delays. An alternate route to your destination is strongly advised. The City of Castlegar and Marwest would also...
Fire crews see gas leak, house fire; praise mobility in construction zone
The Castlegar Fire Department had a busy afternoon yesterday (Tuesday), according to Fire Chief Sam Lattanzio. He said they received a call regarding a gas leak at a construction site on Arrow Lakes Drive at just after 1 p.m. “There’s a multi-family housing complex there, and everyone had to be evacuated to their mustering ...
Selkirk College Mir Lecture Speaker to Discuss Triumph Over Trauma
Selkirk College’s Mir Centre for Peace and the Nelson Police Department’s Restorative Justice Program will welcome author and advocate Shannon Moroney to the West Kootenay in late-November to discuss her personal story of violence, grief and ultimately forgiveness. Moroney was a high school guidance counsellor in 2005 when ...
