More than 55 residents gathered at the Station Museum in downtown Castlegar last night to celebrate the United Nations' International Day of Peace. The hour-long event included musical presentations from local children and speeches from local dignitaries, including J.J. Verigin Jr., executive director of the Doukhobor Union...

 Castlegar residents will get the chance, tomorrow, to weigh in on the province's 2011 budget, as members of the select standing committee on finance and government services offer a public consultation meeting at the Sandman Inn from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Committee chair John Les said residents can provide budget input in a variety...

 A comprehensive Youth Strategy intended to improve the lives of Castlegar youth will be developed by the City of Castlegar with support from Columbia Basin Trust (CBT). B.C. Healthy Communities, which has supported other B.C. communities with similar projects, has also been contracted to assist in this process.   “This...

By: Lt(N) Michael McWhinnie, Base PA The CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum was the setting for a rare event last Tuesday when RAdm Nigel Greenwood addressed an intimate gathering of approximately 20 people prior to pinning a Sacrifice Medal to the tunic of infantryman Cpl William Edward Salikin. In a room fittingly adorned with a […]

 I was just reading an article called Turn Workers Into Security Partners. The article is all about the benefits of moving away from a perspective that treats employees as sheep to be protected or malicious children from whom you need to protect your network. It suggests that companies treat their staff as partners in IT security […]

 City of Castlegar residents can register today at www.watersense.cato receive a FREE low-flow showerhead kit, one per household, first 850. Program is a partnership between FortisBC PowerSense, Terasen Gas, City of Castlegar and Climate Sense.   Each showerhead package includes one 1.5 GPM low-flow showerhead, Teflon tape ...

It took less than 15 minutes to determine there was no buyer at the auction for the Midway Forest Products sawmill facility, but a deal in the works may yet come through for Fox Lumber Company based in Montana. Tim Murphy, president of James G. Murphy Inc. auctioneers, was on hand to do the auction […]

Air transport for patients of the Kootenay Boundary got a lift as the community celebrated the opening of a new $825,000 Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital heliport on Thursday, Sept. 16. “The new heliport will reduce patient transfers from approximately four-plus hours by road ambulance, in ideal conditions, to an impressive 20 minutes by helicopter,” said […]

Columbia Avenue was temporarily closed this afternoon after a motorhome burst into flames in the parking lot of the Mowhawk gas station. Acting fire chief Dwayne Monsen said the motorhome owner, a local, had just pulled up to the propane tank to fuel up for a weekend getaway when things went sideways. “He turned off the […]

Police have now released three security camera photos in relation to four ATM robberies in recent weeks. Anyone who recognizes the photo subjects is asked to contact the RCMP at 250-365-7721. For the entire story, click here....