A 39-year-old Castlegar woman was transported to hospital and subsequently released after an MVI in Trail yesterday, according to RCMP Sgt. Darren Oelke. “A female was driving on Second Avenue and clipped a parked car, causing her vehicle to overturn and then slide on its roof into an oncoming vehicle,” Oelke said, adding the...

There are some young people doing a happy dance after making Castlegar proud at a competition in Vernon last month. The Shine Competition, from April 26 to 29, saw Castlegarians dance their way to six separate awards. Janaeya Baher won Shine’s Most Promising Dancer Award, which includes a scholarship to Shine’s Workshop next...

To All Residents of the City of Castlegar: The City of Castlegar is undertaking the redevelopment of Columbia Avenue from 17 Street to 13 Street. Construction will begin on Monday, May 14 and is expected to be completed in October 2018. Normal hours of work will be: Monday to Friday, from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays from...

The Castlegar Fire Department responded to a structure fire Monday in the 100 block of 9 Avenue, according to Fire Chief Sam Lattanzio. "The CFD confirmed the call at 10:50 a.m. and arrived on scene at 10:58 a.m.," he said in a press release issued Monday evening. "(The) CFD responded with 10 firefighters, two Engines, Ladder...

Cathy Lafortune regularly attends classes in the Education Assistant & Community Support Worker (EACSW) Program at Selkirk College enhancing the learning experience of students striving to work with people with differing abilities. The wealth of knowledge she so eagerly and professionally shares stems from lived life...

A Castlegar man is still missing after his vehicle sank into the river near Brilliant Bridge, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. “On May 5 at 2:12 pm, a hiker (who was on the opposite side of the river) called 9-1-1 to report that he had seen a vehicle lose control on Brilliant Road and plunge into the Kootenay River,”...

Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue (KBRFR) was once again called out for a situation in which a person was potentially trying to harm themselves. Acting Cpt. Rick Morris said the call came in at 11:13 p.m., and four Trail firefighters were at the Victoria Street Bridge by 11:25 p.m. “(A) person (was) on Victoria Street ...

The Regional District of Central Kootenay Emergency Operations Centre has ended the evacuation alert for 16 homes in the Six Mile area of Electoral Area F, north of Nelson. In a media release Thursday, the RDCK said the  evacuation alert was rescinded as of 10 a.m. on May 2, 2018. Residents had been under an evacuation alert […]

A local woman was carjacked and police led on a merry chase throughout the region yesterday, after stealing a variety of vehicles, ramming a squad car and driving the aforementioned woman across the road, according to Castlegar top cop Sgt. Laurel Mathew.   "Central Kootenay RCMP members, along with Castlegar RCMP, Traffic ...

ROSSLAND -- The Government of British Columbia is working with the Columbia Basin Trust to build 167 new homes for people struggling to find housing they can afford, in ten Kootenay communities. Rossland will receive funding to develop 24 housing units, planned to be built on the western side of the land known as “the Emcon...