The potential demolition of the City Centre Motel in downtown Castlegar is now being delayed until at least this autumn, after the owners applied to the B.C. Supreme Court for a judicial review of the city's order to have the buildings removed. Both petitions (the city's and the property owners') will be heard in Nelson during...

 City council, at its regular meeting Monday night, approved a $500 grant to support an old-fashioned carnival slated for Castlegar’s downtown core Aug. 7, raising money for the Community Harvest Food Bank and giving residents yet another reason to congregate downtown. Council heard the event will include on old-fashioned spaghetti feed, and ice-cream social, a […]

Perhaps I’m just following it out of pure jealousy and morbid curiosity, but I have been all too amused and interested in the historic falls that two of the worlds’ more well-off stars took these past two weeks. If Mel Gibson thought he had a lot of crap flying his way before, the s**tstorm that […]

The sacrifice of 12-year-old John Fulton as a way to stop the anti-Christ didn’t work, according to Kimberly Noyes, accused of the second degree murder of Fulton in Grand Forks in August of 2009.   For the first time in a trial that has lasted two weeks so far, the court heard the full details […]

Betty Lyons, 80, was reported missing to the Grand Forks RCMP after she failed to return to her home in Calgary.  She left Grand Forks on Monday, July 12 at approximately 10 a.m.  Grand Forks RCMP conducted the investigation but LYONS was not located. On Wednesday, July 14, at 4 p.m, Lyons’ vehicle was spotted down […]

So here we go. In the midst of a trial about the murder of a young boy by a person with a mental illness, the local media is writing up articles about the illness and its impact on a person’s life. An example of too much, too late perhaps?   As a community we need […]

 A storm Monday afternoon closed many local businesses and left City Hall in the dark when winds gusting up to 65 km/h knocked trees onto power lines along Arrow Lakes Drive. Fortis BC spokesperson Nancy MacLeod said more than 2,300 Castlegar customers were 'power-less' from about 1:45 to 4:50 p.m., while homes and businesses...

 Castlegar RCMP have laid several charges against a Trail man after an incident that occurred in the early morning hours of July 12. At approximately 3 a.m, Trail RCMP received a report of a truck that had just been stolen from the Tech Metals parking lot. The vehicle was spotted by two Castlegar officers, and […]

 “Ridiculous” behaviours are keeping Castlegar RCMP busy this month, addressing complaints ranging from vandalism to recklessly dangerous pranks. The fun began after an incident the night of July 2, in which the owner of a 2009 Dodge Charger left his sunroof open overnight. “Somebody decided it would be funny to toss a cigarette...

 Imagine coming to work one morning and finding out that your computer network has been attacked. Your bank is wondering why you closed your account and why you haven't responded to their emails. "But I have responded to them." you say.   This is when you find out that you are black-listed all over the world and no one can ...