It's a busy summer for Castlegar commerce, as a major movie-rental store closes its doors and three new facilities are slated for ground-breaking in the next month. The Movie Gallery in the Safeway Plaza on Columbia Avenue is one of 181 stores being closed across Canada due to credit issues now facing the U.S. parent company....

 It's a busy summer for business in Castlegar, as a major movie-rental store closes its doors and three new facilities are slated for ground-breaking in the next month. The Movie Gallery in the Safeway Plaza on Columbia Avenue is one of 181 stores being closed across Canada due to credit issues now facing the U.S. parent...

 Castlegar youth have spoken ... and they have been heard. City director of transportation and public works Chris Barlow said the idea of recycling bins in strategic places throughout the Castlegar as been resurrected due, at least in part, to local youth input.   “We were looking at it some time ago, but that's when the city...

Photo by Michael Farnsworth: camera mounted on osprey nest shows live-streaming images of the hatching, feeding and daily life of a pair of osprey and their eggs   Visit www.fwcp.ca this summer for a rare opportunity to see into the daily life of an osprey family. The Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP), run by BC...

There comes a time for all of us when we need help with our computers. When that happens, though, how do we find someone decent? One of the problems my profession suffers from is a lack of credentialing. All I need to do to become a “Computer Tech” is to start calling myself one. At the same time, the average user finds...

 Castlegar Youth Employment Services is at it again, offering free First Aid and Food Safe certifications on July 17 and 18, for youth between 15 and 30 years of age. “We are so pleased to be able to offer this service to local youth," says Kristel Tymchen, program coordinator. "It can be such a difficult cycle when you are...

 The Castlegar & District Recreation Department, The Castlegar and District Youth Centre (A Kootenay Family Place Program) and Robson Community School have partnered up to offer summer “COOL” camps for children ages six to nine and youth ages 10 to 13, with funding from CBT Community Initiatives, Human Resources and Skills...

Dear editor: By now, most of us who shop at Safeway have been exposed to the self checkout aisle, whether by choice or with the helpful assistance of one of the staff. Not wanting to assist in the downsizing of the human element I have chosen not to be “trained ”on this cold impersonal device ! I quite enjoy the warm friendly...

Memorial services are scheduled for Thursday for a 29-year-old Castlegar man who died in a motorcycle accident early Sunday morning. Josh Evin, professional skateboarder and owner of Black Russian Skate Shop on Columbia Avenue, died last weekend when his motorcyle struck a guard rail and threw him into the Kootenay Canal,...

 What better way to celebrate our nation's birth than learning how to train your dragon? Castlegar's Canada Day celebrations are set to incude the popular Movie in the Park (last year drew roughly 1,000 people), featuring computer-animated fantasy film by DreamWorks Animation, How to Train Your Dragon.   The movie, to be shown...