More legal clashes over City Centre Motel
The saga of the City Centre Motel continues, as city council last night approved a recommendation that the city ask the B.C. Supreme Court for a stop-work order to prevent the motel owners from undertaking work without appropriate permits. City director of planning and development Phil Markin said the owners have apparently...
Break stuff for the greater good
Finally – an event in which you can serve your community by breaking stuff. City councillor and manager of Andrew Sheret and Splashes Russ Hearne said a special evening is coming up to raise money for ALS and the local food bank – and you do it by shattering glass. “It'll be at the Castegar Golf Club, and it's patterned ...
Mayor set to bring taxation answers home from Vancouver
Castlegar Mayor Lawrence Chernoff is heading to the coast for the fourth meeting of the Major Industry Taxation Committee this Friday, and he said this gathering should bring with it some concrete answers to the issue. “This Friday, we're going to put forward some of our ideas to members of the UBCM (Union of B.C. Municipalities)...
OP/ED: God gets the last laugh
It seems to me that God doesn’t have a sense of humour ... or, at least, according to His earthly representative, He doesn’t. Do you remember the Dutch cartoons that threw the Muslim community into fits of violence? How about the Christian reaction to the Comedy Central Jesus cartoon? And now, the most recent outrage comes...
Japanese exchange students in town from sister city Embetsu
A delegation from Castlegar’s Sister City, Embetsu, Japan will be reunited with their host students from Castlegar on Aug.10. In the summer of 2008, eight Castlegar students, from Grades 7 and 8, travelled with Curt and Yuri Kutschera to Japan, where they experienced Japanese culture and generosity in person. Now these...
Castlegar food bank saved - school supplies needed soon
Castlegar's Community Harvest Food Bank is no longer in jeopardy after a massive campaign brought in staggering donations of money and food. Food bank director Deb McIntosh said the past three weeks have seen donations of roughly $20,000 in cash and gift cards, with another $4,000 worth of food. “This should bring us up ...
Home invasion/assault sees 65-year-old Castlegar man hospitalized
Castlegar RCMP are investigating a home invasion/robbery/assault that occurred just after midnight on Aug. 6 at the Glade Esso station in Thrums on Highway 3a, according to RCMP Sgt Laurel Mathew. "Suspects broke into the residence that is attached to the Esso station and accosted the 65-year-old male who was staying...
RCMP: Second grow-op bust in area within days
Police have arrested two people in connection with RCMP's second grow-op raid conducted in the area in the space of just a few days. Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew said officers executed a search warrant at a suspected marihuana grow operation on Relkoff road in Rasberry, on July 29. "Seized during the search were...
City: quarter-million-dollar air monitoring site for Castlegar; summer paving projects done except in Blueberry
City workers today demolished an old washroom building at Zinio Tennis Court, making way for a new environmental monitoring trailer. “The washroom was condemned several years ago and, as of today, it is no more,” said Chris Barlow, city director of transportation and civic works. City CAO John Malcolm said the city has...
Chamber needs to know: should businesses have a vote in local elections?
The Castlegar & District Chamber of Commerce is asking for community input as they decide whether to join a lobby calling for businesses to once again have a vote in municipal elections. Chamber executive director Pam McLeod said not all chambers are on board with the campaign, and to properly represent local business,...
