West Kootenay Habitat for Humanity is asking the City of Castlegar for land in the hope of starting a Castlegar build as soon as 2011. Local Habitat chair Kathy Fair told council, at its regular meeting Monday night, that there is a demand for a Habitat work Castlegar.   “We've got a huge number of phone calls asking us when...

Another ground search for Zachary Larsen is set to begin at 3 p.m. in Millennium Park, after this morning's search yielded no results. Marc Savoie, president of the Castlegar Search and Rescue Society, said volunteers are asked to register with the Search and Rescue Command Post, and reminded everyone to dress appropriately...

The Castlegar Garden Club will host the Ninth Annual Castlegar and Area Garden Tour, A Passion for Plants, on Sunday, June 27 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Evocative, impassioned . . . impossible to resist. Ten flagrantly delightful gardens will be open to the public. A Garden Tour brochure with map is available locally at the Chamber...

Police are asking residents to handle rumours responsibly as Day Four of the search for 19-year-old Zachary Larsen continues. Helicopters and numerous Search and Rescue water craft searched again yesterday, but found nothing, so a ground search was organized for today, beginning this morning in Millennium Park. Roughly 100 volunteers showed up to help look […]

I’m going to stray, this week, from my “free software” series to talk about Facebook. It’s great to stay in touch with old friends, and there are some really entertaining games … but Facebook has its dark side, too. Two issues have put the Facebook in the news lately. The first is privacy. There has […]

B.C. Southern Interior MP, Alex Atamanenko said he is extremely disappointed that the Conservative budget bill C-9 was adopted in the House of Commons on June 8. “This bill paves the way for the privatization of Canada Post and authorizes the sale of the Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. with no debate or public scrutiny. It also...

Castlegar RCMP and Search and Rescue are asking for public assistance in a search for 19-year-old Zachary Larsen, who has been missing since Sunday. Anyone willing to join the search is asked to meet at the Search and Rescue command post in Millennium Park at 9 a.m. today. Searchers are asked to please come prepared with...

The new $1.9-million Arrow Fire Zone Base will improve the province's response to wildfires, Boundary-Similkameen MLA John Slater announced during a groundbreaking ceremony today. "Currently, the zone's fire protection officers are in Castlegar, while wildfire crews and equipment are in the town of Brilliant - about a 10-minute...

Police are still searching for a 19-year-old Castlegar man (pictured here) who was last seen in the early morning hours of June 6, after a night out with friends. Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew said Zachary Larsen was reported missing Monday morning when he didn’t return home or show up at his job “(He) was believed […]

Dear editor, Death is not an option.  It is an experience each of us will face one day.  How we, or our loved ones, are cared for during that experience has taken a significant turn for the worse as local administrators once again reduce service levels while trying to convince us that adequate care is […]