Rising food prices are taking their toll here in town, as the Community Harvest Food Bank has been forced to remove the usual offering of ground beef in hampers, changing the protein to eggs, instead. Food bank coordinator Deb McIntosh said that, with as many as 200 files (each file containing anywhere from a single person ...

The Castlegar Legion is looking for young tech buffs who'd like to pad their resumes and college applications with a fun and productive volunteering opportunity. In fact, anyone of any age group who is reasonably conversant with computers would be more than welcome to come help seniors learn basic computer navigation: how to...

For many people, science has all the answers to our questions about the universe, and for many others, religion has always had the answers. Is there a way to reconcile these two apparently opposing camps? Castlegar United Church and St. David’s Anglican Church think there is, and are presenting the program “Painting the Stars:...

Columbia Basin Trust is pleased to announce a new granting program that will provide financial help to groups and organizations wishing to construct new recreation infrastructure or upgrade existing infrastructure. Recreation Infrastructure Grants will offer $3 million per year over the next three years. The grants will help fund improvements to structures and spaces like […]

To The Editor: Canada drew upon its compassion during the Paris Climate Summit.  Knowing that if our carbon emissions continue unchanged, some of the earliest and most tangible consequences are to island nations in the southern hemisphere. They will be overwhelmed by the rising sea level, lives and livelihoods lost, and so ...

Voters made clear choices for change in the federal election, and one of those choices was for electoral reform.  The Liberals, NDP and Green parties all loudly pledged that the 2015 election would be the last held in Canada under the first-past-the-post voting system, and those parties collectively received nearly two-thirds of the popular vote […]

Five-mile drainage, southeast of Nelson, is proving to be a great location for backcountry skiing. However, Nelson Search and Rescue want to advise skiers to be careful when heading out in the back country after the local society were called to Five-Mile for the third time this season to rescue lost skiers. This is the third...

A reserve fund once set up to purchase and finance capital projects is creating an embarrassment of riches for the region’s health board. The West Kootenay Boundary Regional Health District board (WKBRHD) will be deliberating this month on what to do with a reserve fund that has grown to $9.3 million, nearly exceeding the $10...

Nathan Medeiros scored in overtime to lift the Nelson/Castlgar to a 3-2 victory over the host Kings team in the final of the Peewee Rep Minor Hockey Tournament Sunday in Cranbrook. Medeiros, picked up the loose puck before putting a shifty move on the Cranbrook defense man and scoring the winning goal off the cross-bar […]

The convicted accomplice involved in a string of robberies that terrorized financial institutions throughout the West Kootenay in spring of 2014 remains in custody after a bail hearing was adjourned Thursday afternoon at Provincial Court in Nelson. Krista Kalmikoff, 28, has been sent to a women’s holding facility until February...