By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily A new accounting quirk has the regional district sitting at over $8 million in net debt for 2009, its financial audit revealed recently. The Regional District of Central Kootenay is saddled with $8.5 million in net debt — up from $2.48 million in 2008 — according to the consolidated […]

So, next Saturday, Dec. 11, you’ll be out shopping, getting gifts for loved ones, buying cards, stocking up on staple holiday fare … what could be more in keeping with the spirit of Christmas than to share a little bit of the season’s bounty with those less fortunate? Mountain FM and The Bridge are making it […]

Photo by Kyra Hoggan: City councillors Russ Hearne, Kevin Chernoff, and Deb McIntosh, along with Mayor Lawrence Chernoff, senior city staffers Chris Barlow and John Malcolm, greatly aided by Cheryl Hearne and Trish Chernoff, decorate the City of Castlegar float for this year's Parade of Lights.  Castlegar's signature community...

By The Nelson Daily Sports Kootenay Ice sniper Luke Bertolucci is going to Halifax. The Montrose native was selected to the Team B.C. U16 squad that will represent the province at the 2011 Canada Winter Games February 11-18 in the Nova Scotia capital. “I think he’s going to be selected to the provincial team,” Kootenay […]

 Castlegar mayor and city council are calling for an independent analysis to determine the future configuration of local schools, after hearing the School District 20 board’s plan, which proposes closing Blueberry Creek Community School and Castlegar Primary School, as well as the Rossland Secondary School, among other changes.  This, after a closed meeting of the […]

Police have made a plea for the public to come forward with any information that will help them find two suspects in a late-night vandalism spree RCMP are saying is, "not just criminal, it's despicable." Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff said this morning started with a call to a home in the 800 block of 9th Avenue,...

The Cuisine of India restaurant on Columbia Avenue was largely destroyed by late-night fire, according to Castlegar fire chief Gerry Rempel. Rempel said the call came in to the fire department at around 12:40 a.m., after a passerby noticed smoke in the dining room of the restaurant and called 9-1-1. “Once our guys got in […]

 With homes lit up, trees decorated, fresh snow on the ground, and the anticipation of gifts and visits from friends and family, Christmas can be a magical season for children and their parents.   But beneath the traditional music and glitter may be enormous stress. Too often, partners’ and children’s expectations, built to...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Kootenay Lake School District has a lower secondary school completion rate than the provincial average, according to figures released Tuesday by the Ministry of Education. School District No. 8 had a secondary school completion rate amongst boys, girls, aboriginal and English as a second language (ESL) students of 74 […]

Castlegar's own Laura Monsen, a student at Stanley Humphries Secondary School, took top honours in a region-wide competition challenging kids to envision the technology of tomorrow. Monsen's brainstorm: a global disinfectant to be used in airliners. In conjunction with the National Science and Technology Week, which ran from...