Meeting on fate of Blueberry Creek school draws hundreds
More than 225 people crowded into the Blueberry Creek Community School (BCCS) gymnasium Monday night for a school-district-initiated meeting to discuss the fate of the property on which the school is housed. Rebecca McDonnell, BCCS community liaison, said SD 20 has made it clear they want to dispose of the property, and...
Local opera talent goes underground at Waneta Expansion Project
Marie Civitarese was born and raised in Trail, to Dean and Anita (photo above). Marie studied voice from the early age of seven years old. She honed her amazing craft with voice lessons from the age of 7 to 19 with accomplished voice teacher, Audrey Bissett, in Trail. Marie is now in her senior year at the State University ...
Mad Piper Entertainment — connecting business to entertainers
When Johnny McCuaig got into the music business, say about 22 years ago with The Johnny McCuaig Band, he figured he was either on top of the world, or would be booking his penthouse suite very soon. However, years into the game the Nelson native realized there is a lot that goes into a career in music, and if there was someone...
OP/ED: Guns can kill us, but losing our national identity is a choice. No gun can do that.
A guy with a gun. That seems to be how it always starts. World War 1, JFK, Martin Luther King Jr., Lennon. Just a guy with a gun. God knows, it’s what’s torn our little valley apart this week, and is tearing our country apart today. That’s no comment on Peter DeGroot, it’s just how it is. We all need to wait for the investigation...
Local MP locked down but unharmed after Parliament Hill shooting
In a disturbing interview from Parliament Hill today, local MP Alex Atamanenko confirmed he is, indeed, in the East Block of Parliament Hill today, but is unharmed and safe. “We’re in the building with armed police protection, so I don’t think that’s a concern,” he said. This, after a gunman shot and killed a soldier guarding...
Car crashes cause commuter chaos
Two vehicular accidents occurred during the afternoon rush hour yesterday, but passersby may be relieved to learn there were no life-threatening injuries in either case. The first incident occurred at roughly 4 p.m., according to RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff. “The driver of a vehicle was turning left off the Robson Access Road...
Rebels have lose/win weekend; hit the road Friday to face off against Fernie
Friday night, the Castlegar Rebels played in Spokane, a game which ended in a tough loss in overtime. Spokane scored a late power play goal with just under a minute-and-a-half left to tie the game and scored 16 seconds into the overtime period. Castlegar’s penalty kill was 6/6 before Spokane capitalized on their seventh try […]
Council candidate John Phillips, in his own words
My name is John Phillips and I am running for the position of Councillor for the City of Castlegar in the Nov. 15 civic election. Why am I running for council? I am concerned that city council has spent millions and millions of dollars on unnecessary and frivolous projects while they are in possession of a consultant’s...
NDP choose Atamanenko's successor
On Oct. 17, members of the federal NDP Riding Association for South Okanagan – West Kootenay (SO-WK) came together and, along with hundreds of others who voted by mail-in or online balloting, chose Richard (Dick) Cannings as their candidate in the 2015 election. Born and raised in Penticton, Cannings returned to after pursuing his education […]
IH says there's an outbreak of whooping cough in Nelson area
Interior Health is reporting that there's an outbreak of whooping cough in Nelson, with approximately 40 people diagnosed in the past four months. Whooping cough, also called pertussis, is a bacterial lung infection that poses a serious risk to babies. Adults can show much milder symptoms, which can help the spread. IH medical...
