Pets credited with saving man in Castlegar house fire
A fire that completely gutted a house in the 1000 block of 7th Avenue last night may well have taken the homeowner’s life as well, had it not been for the man’s pets. Fire chief Gerry Rempel said the homeowner was the only person in the house, and he was sleeping right through the smoke […]
RCMP: Second grow-op bust in area within days
Police have arrested two people in connection with RCMP's second grow-op raid conducted in the area in the space of just a few days. Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew said officers executed a search warrant at a suspected marihuana grow operation on Relkoff road in Rasberry, on July 29. "Seized during the search were...
City: quarter-million-dollar air monitoring site for Castlegar; summer paving projects done except in Blueberry
City workers today demolished an old washroom building at Zinio Tennis Court, making way for a new environmental monitoring trailer. “The washroom was condemned several years ago and, as of today, it is no more,” said Chris Barlow, city director of transportation and civic works. City CAO John Malcolm said the city has...
Chamber needs to know: should businesses have a vote in local elections?
The Castlegar & District Chamber of Commerce is asking for community input as they decide whether to join a lobby calling for businesses to once again have a vote in municipal elections. Chamber executive director Pam McLeod said not all chambers are on board with the campaign, and to properly represent local business,...
RCMP top cop challenges city councillor; radio personality
Castlegar RCMP detachment commander Laurel Mathew has thrown down the gauntlet ... and her challenge has been received and accepted. Mathew said city councillor and food bank manager Deb McIntosh had best be prepared to lose her crown as the city's reigning pie-eating-contest winner, as this Saturday's fundraising carnival...
OP/ED: Food bank offers food for thought on when NOT to support a charity
My son did a really neat thing this week – a neat thing that served to underline some ugly truths of our modern world. Let’s start the story with my shameless bragging: my 12-year-old son, upon hearing me discuss the food bank’s current crisis, took it upon himself (with no prompting from me), to answer […]
TECH TALK: What to do with all those holiday pictures?
It’s summer time, which often leads to holidays, which often lead to pictures ... lots of pictures. One of the great things about digital cameras is that you can take crazy amounts of pictures without having to pay crazy amounts of developing costs. The down-side of this is, now that I have all of these pictures, what am I...
IHA introduces new emergency reponse teams to the region
Interior Health (IH) is pleased to announce the launch of High Acuity Response Teams (HARTs) this fall that will enhance transport and care needs of acutely ill patients throughout the health region. These teams will consist of highly-trained critical care nurses responding with a BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) basic life support...
POLICE: Swimmer drowns at Cascade Falls
A young man who was swimming in the Kettle River near Cascade Falls is missing and presumed drowned. Nicholas Rypien, 19, of Fruitvale was swimming with a group of friends in the river near Christina Lake on July 31, when he got caught up in the rapids and was not seen again. The Grand Forks […]
OP/ED: Depressed mode
With the devastatingly horrific accounts of John Fulton’s murder becoming public, I find myself taking a moment to look at depression and the varying degrees of severity manic depressives (technically bi-polar affective disorder) experience. “What do you know?” you ask. Well, let me tell you before you embarrass yourself in the forum below. Though […]
