The following press release was just issued by Interior Health:  In light of recent meetings with the Castlegar physician group, Interior Health has suspended the move of the Castlegar ultrasound machine in order to allow time for additional discussions with physicians, technologists and other stakeholders; and explore other...

 Even former Governor General of Canada Adrienne Clarkson approves of a City of Castlegar move to prevent Interior Health from taking Castlegar's ultrasound machine to Trail. “I thought it was the most genuis, delightful bylaw I've ever heard of in Canada,” Clarkson said, in an interview Tuesday. Clarkson was in town interviewing...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily It’s a zero waste event with a definite upside. Trash to Treasure Day (T2T) is about turning your trash, or someone else’s, into treasure and reusing what might have been thrown out.   This Saturday residents in the Regional District of Central Kootenay, including Castlegar, will be...

  The computer version of the flu is called 'malware'. Malware is a global term for computer viruses, trojans, spyware, keyloggers and other bad software. There are so many different categories, and so many specific examples that don't comfortably fit within just one category, that it's easier just to call all of them "malware"....

The Grand Forks RCMP are continuing their efforts in locating 24-year-old Owen Kiernan Rooney. Rooney, originally from Australia, was last seen at the Grand Forks Hospital on Aug. 14. He was last seen at approximately 8:00 p.m. that evening sitting outside on a picnic table on the west side of the Boundary Hospital.   Update: […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Nelson saw the greatest influx of new residents into the city in 10 years, according to the results of the Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce’s Nelson and Area New Resident Survey. And the figures show they are young. In 2010, 263 new families representing 585 new people relocated […]

 I'm going to ask you to imagine something for me: you're at the Castlegar Golf Club with your (husband, father, best friend) and he has a heart attack. You know it's a heart attack because it's his second one. The ambulance comes, and you're shocked when they turn onto the highway toward Castlegar instead of Trail, since...

By The Nelson Daily StaffRCMP have released the name of an elderly women killed in a collision near Crescent Valley Thursday afternoon.Mabel Hadikin, 84, died at the scene when her small import car was struck by a gravel truck near on Highway 6 near Osachoff Road.RCMP said Hadikin, from the local area, failed to yield as she...

Over 100 people from the West Boundary area have said that they are interested in potentially buying a $10,000 share in the newly formed Boundary Wood Products Inc. The company, unveiled by local government representatives last week, is trying to raise between $3 – 5 million to finance the new business.   Following the announcement […]

 The ever-popular Castlegar Hallowe'en favourite, Spooks on Zuke, will not take place for the first time in more than a decade. The annual fundraiser for the Castlegar and District Heritage Society will not be creeping out Castlegar this year as organizers take a hiatus to improve the event.   “We just have nothing new to...