Federal election candidates will have an opportunity to focus on issues of peace, security and climate change in a pair of all-candidates forums slated for September 16 and 17. The three important and often intertwined topics are of increasing importance to Canadians in the 21st Century. Co-hosted by Selkirk College’s Mir...

25 riders and six support people from RCMP and supporting enforcement agencies within South East District, including Castlegar’s own Const. Ron George will embark on this year’s annual Cops for Kids Ride on Friday, Sept. 11. The 2015 Ride, presented by The Thomas Alan Budd Foundation, will take the team across the South Eastern corner […]

Regulatory changes to Kootenay angling management announced Thursday will help ensure a quality fishing experience, reduce crowding on popular rivers and support trout conservation. The main change is implementation of a booking system for non-resident anglers on three “classified waters” in the Kootenays: the Wigwam River,...

It’s not often Castlegar gets to play host to a professional video shoot, but that’s exactly what’s happening at the Element on Tuesday, Sept. 8 from about 8:30 – 11 p.m. – and you are cordially invited to be an extra in the video. Castlegar’s own Reiss Zibin, 21, will be performing a song she […]

One of the biggest, and proudest, events of the year is set to kick off this Friday, as Kootenay Pride takes over downtown Nelson for four days of parties, parades, and more. The annual event, now in its 19th year, begins on Friday at Finley’s Grill, which is hosting a meet and greet and offering a burger and beer combo $15,...

The Southeast Fire Centre’s main building is a fairly unremarkable one-story government structure – although made significantly more cool by the airport watchtower beside it and the back lot filled, not with cars and trucks, but rather with helicopters and sometimes air tankers. When you first walk in, you see the standard institutional warren of […]

Castlegar fire chief Gerry Rempel has fabulous bragging rights after a request for assistance last weekend from the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary. “When it (the US Stickpin wildfire looming perilously close to the Canadian border and threatening Grand Forks and Christina Lake) was declared an emergency, it became a...

Locals will get a chance to weigh in on the 2016 provincial budget at a public meeting slated for Sept. 16 at the Fireside Inn, according to a press released issued last week. “The consultation period will formally open by Sept. 15 in conjunction with the release of the Budget 2016 Consultation Paper prepared by the Ministry...

Hockey fans are in for a treat this weekend when the Selkirk College Saints and the Trail Smoke Eaters tangle in a cross-league exhibition home-and-home series that will serve as a warm-up for the 2015-2016 regular season. Hopefuls looking to the crack the squads for the three-time defending British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) Saints […]

Come see one of this summer’s biggest hits – INSIDE OUT, starring Amy Poehler and Bill Hader -and experience the thrill and excitement of watching a movie outdoors under the stars on a state of the art three-storey inflatable screen. The movie will be aired at Haley Park (towards Warfield) and the weather forecast is calling...