From turn lanes to tennis courts, city undertakes ambitious summer schedule
Several long-awaited upgrades, repairs and projects are now underway in Castlegar, council heard at its regular meeting Monday night. “A lot of these projects are long awaited – because of our situation with Celgar, we had to put some of this work on hold last year,” said Kevin Chernoff, city councillor and chair of the Civic...
Signs of improvement for West Kootenay info signs
Ever actually stopped at one of those “Information areas” along the highways in the region? You know the ones I mean. The ones featured at highway pull outs, coated with outdated ads and feature a surprisingly square, seemingly scale-less, essentially useless series of connect-the-dot lines between community names? If you’ve ever wondered if anyone has […]
Summer camps commence at Complex
Bored this summer? The Castlegar Complex and Robson Community School are running Summer Cool Camps again this year! The day camps run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday and are for children ages six – 12. The cost of the camps is $98 per week. This week (July 18 – 22) is the last week at the Robson Community School...
Council announces rest of transit cuts as it looks to streamline service
A total of five cuts will be made to transit service in Nelson, with the first coming into effect Aug. 1 with the elimination of Sunday service. Council voted in late June in favour of slicing and dicing the Sunday offering in order to save $31,000 out of the City’s annual budget for transit. The […]
Trafalgar places second in BC's Year of Science celebration
Science has become part of the culture of Trafalgar Middle School. The school placed second in the province with 34.25 per cent student participation in the regional science fair, behind only Fort St. John’s Duncan Cran Elementary (60 per cent). Each school will win their choice of a fully loaded laptop computer or an audio […]
PETA takes Grand Forks to task for proposed deer herd cull
Members of the international group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (best known as PETA) are calling on Mayor Brian Taylor to halt the plan for culling urban deer herds in Grand Forks. The email campaign has swamped Grand Forks Mayor Brian Taylor whose council approved an urban deer management plan only weeks […]
Japan stuns Americans to capture 2011 Women's World Cup title
In dramatic fashion captain Homare Sawa flicked home the tying goal off a corner in the 117th minute before Japan outscored the USA 3-1 in penalties to capture the 2011 Women’s World Cup Final Sunday in Frankfurt, Germany.The victory allowed Japan to post its first win over the USA and also becomes the first Asian nation to...
Energy poverty – heating or eating
By Michael Jessen A life without lights and a house without heat; that’s the definition of extreme energy poverty. While it might be common to think of energy or fuel poverty as a problem in developing countries, it exists in some shape in our communities. It is a big issue in African and Asian countries […]
43 grads receive $2,000 CBT awards for exemplary community service
Volunteer service won out over academic standing as the Columbia Basin Trust handed out scholarships to 43 high school graduates from the region, including three students from Nelson. The graduates were recently presented with $2,000 scholarships at the 2011 Youth Community Service Awards toward their first year of post-secondary education or training. Rebecca Afford, Aileen […]
School's out: KAST science project winners
From video game design and digital music, to bio-engineering, business and dentistry; Kootenay and Boundary communities can expect some amazing future achievements from the 2011 grads. The Kootenay Association for Science & Technology (KAST) recognized the region’s talented tech and science students. Five students from School District No. 8 were recent recipients of scholarships from […]
