Federal All Candidates Forum in Castlegar next Tuesday
The Castlegar & District Chamber of Commerce will be hosting an All Candidates Forum prior to the upcoming general election. Each candidate of the British Columbia Southern Interior electoral district will be invited to participate. Kyra Hoggan, of The Castlegar Source, will emcee the event, which will follow standard...
Local woman to serve drug-dealing sentence behind bars
A convicted drug trafficker will be spending the rest of her sentence in jail after breaching the conditions of her sentence, according to police.Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Dan Pollock said 48-year-old Castlegar woman Barb Nelson was convicted in June 2010 of two counts of trafficking in a controlled substance, and was subsequently...
Castlegar car bomb raises explosive issues
A car bomb that exploded in Ootischenia this morning has brought up a number of issues, not the least of which (of course) is “whodunit”. Police say they don’t yet have any suspects in the bombing, which occurred in the 1300 block of Columbia Road at about 1 a.m. “Castlegar RCMP officers responded, […]
Getting to know Bryan Hunt: Environmentalist, conservative business man, artist and Green Party candidate
A recurring mantra of childhood fatherly advice, a deep rooted love for the region and the desire to do what’s right: Bryan Hunt’s formula for getting elected as the Green Party MP in the BC Southern Interior riding is also a formula he hopes will allow him and folks like him to spend more time […]
Future hockey stars on display at B.C. Hockey U16 Camp
By The Nelson Daily Sports Two players from the Nelson Leafs Bantam Rep squad were among the selections to the Kootenay squad following the weekend U16 B.C. Hockey High Performance Camp at the Nelson and District Community Complex. Defenceman Colton Dachwitz of Nakusp and South Slocan forward Brandon Sookro join 18 other selections that will […]
Bridge jumper situation diffused by police
Police diffused a potentially volatile situation on Friday night as a woman prepared to jump from the Nelson Bridge. Around 12:40 a.m. on Saturday morning Nelson Police officers were called to the scene on the bridge as a distraught female threatened to jump. “Police arrived in time to prevent the female from doing so and […]
All invited to meeting to determine if Castlegar needs/wants community foundation
You are invited to attend a Community Foundation information session on April 7th from 2 – 4 p.m. in the basement meeting room of the Castlegar Public Library at 1005 3rd St. Castlegar Social Planning Society is hosting this first session for Castlegar andDistrict area residents, businesses and organizations ...
Riders denied Cyclone Taylor title after losing 5-3 to Peninsula
By The Nelson Daily Sports For the second time in less than a month the Fernie Ghostriders have been denied a hockey title. Kyle Peterson scored twice to rally the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League champion Peninsula Panthers to a 5-3 victory over the host Ghostriders in the final of the 2011 Cyclone Taylor Cup […]
ELECTRIC GRAPEVINE: Social spackle
spack·le [spak-uhl] Sh (initial capital letter) Trademark . a brand of quick-drying, plasterlike material used to fill holes, small cracks and other minor surface defects Some of the digital tools available today seem to help us overlook dire problems in order to expedite trivial tasks. The series of Windows Cloud commercials are prime time offenders. The ad with the exasperated mother desperately trying to air brush […]
Thirty-year-old Castlegar man faces handful of charges
A 30-year-old Castlegar man may be facing charges ranging from impaired driving to assaulting a police officer and escaping lawful custody after an incident yesterday. Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew said a passerby called the RCMP to report that he believed there was an impaired driver in the ditch in the 2000 block of ...
