Columbia Power Corporation (CPC) and Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) announced today that they have formally signed a partnership agreement with Fortis Inc. (Fortis) to construct the Waneta Expansion Hydroelectric Project, south of Trail, BC. The agreement will see Fortis with a 51-per-cent share of the project, CPC with 32.5 per...

 Selkirk College’s Mir Centre for Peace Lecture Series invites you to explore the foundation for peace on the planet with Vancouver-based Emotional Intelligence Specialist David Cory.   As a specialist in the Emotional Intelligence field for the past 12 years, David Cory will share stories and review humankind’s ability to ...

On the Tuesday evening after Thanksgiving, when many of us are still recovering from our turkey and trimmings, Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior and Castlegar’s St. Rita’s Parish Development and Peace Committee will be co-hosting a World Food Week related public event. The 7p.m., Oct. 12 gathering at St. Rita’s Church Hall (513 […]

Anne DeGrace’s first novel, Treading Water, a series of linked stories based on the flooding of Renata in the 1960s, has been chosen for the second annual One Book One Kootenay (OBOK) selection. One Book One Kootenay covers the East and West Kootenays and Boundary, and each year chooses one book written by an author […]

After questioning the Grand Forks woman who murdered her 12-year-old neighbour, the BC Review Board ordered her to spend one year in custody at BC’s Psychiatric Forensic Hospital. The board made the decision on Kimberly Noyes after asking her about her ongoing mental illness. Noyes was found ‘not criminally responsible for ...

The Boundary region has come together over a common concern: the Kettle River. Over the last few years, residents of the Boundary have become more aware about the state of the Kettle River and its tributaries, especially with diminishing flows during the summer months and the quality of the water. The state of the watershed […]

 A 24-year-old Castlegar man arrested charged with two counts of sexual assault, two counts of sexual interference, one count of possession of child pornography and one count of possession of a prohibited weapon (brass knuckles), has been arrested once again, this time for breaching the conditions of his release. The man was arrested on Sept. […]

 Castlegar Mayor Lawrence Chernoff is currently at the annual general meeting of the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) in Whistler, and he said there's been no shortage of interesting material to keep delegates busy, with issues including industrial taxation and term limits for municipal representatives. “We had a meeting...

 Ed. Note: This year has seen far greater-than-usual bear-human conflict. The following is an account written by a local mom and police officer who found herself in an almost un-bear-able situation.  “During the second week of August 2010, I took on a house sitting/cat sitting job in the glorious area of Bonnington. Beautiful...

 Castlegar will not escape unscathed from the school district’s (SD 20’s) proposed changes as set out in a report delivered at the school board’s regular meeting on Monday. According to the proposed plan, Castlegar Primary School will be closed and re-purposed, Blueberry Creek Community School and the Online Learning Centre will be closed.   Online […]