Potential postal strike/lockout delayed with new offer
Strike action from Canada Post workers has been delayed, at least until July 6, after the Canadian Union of Poster Workers presented the corporation with a new proposed deal on July 1. A detailed description of the off is available on the union's website at http://www.cupw.ca/en/cupw-presents-global-offer Union officials...
BC Wildfire Service crews respond to a fire near Nakusp
BC Wildfire Service personnel are currently assisting the local Nakusp fire department with an estimated 1.5-hectare fire burning southeast of Nakusp at Box Lake Lumber. Two initial attack crews, one helicopter and air tankers are working to contain the fire. No residential homes are currently threatened at this time. To...
UPDATE: Tragic ending to search for Castlegar man
The Castlegar RCMP has confirmed that 44-year-old Oscar Bot of Castlegar, who was reported missing on June 29, has been located deceased. On July 4, the Castlegar RCMP located the body of Bot in a heavily wooded area, West of Castlegar. The Castlegar RCMP was assisted by the Castlegar Search and Rescue team in conducting an...
Category 2 open fires to be prohibited in Southeast District
Effective at noon Pacific Time on Monday, July 4, 2016, Category 2 open fires will be prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety. This prohibition is in addition to the Category 3 open fire prohibition that came into effect in the Southeast Fire Centre on...
Selkirk College Board of Governors Approves Balanced Budget
The Selkirk College Board of Governors has approved an annual budget that allows the institution to continue providing high quality, sought after programs and services to students and to grow in areas that address future needs. At its monthly meeting in May, the board passed the proposed $45 million budget that sets a financial...
THIRD UPDATE FOR MONDAY: MSSS to remain closed Tuesday, Silverwood trip cancelled
Officials at Mount Sentinel Secondary School have indicated the school will remain closed Tuesday. They issued the following bulletin on their website at 5 p.m. Monday: “Mount Sentinel Secondary School will be open for staff members. “As this decision came late in the day today (Monday, June 27) there will be no school for students […]
Young Castlegar family hits jackpot with Canada's Luckiest Baby contest
A young local family is still reeling with happy shock after winning Parent Life Network's Canada's Luckiest Baby contest, which comes with between $50,000 and $60,000 in cash and prizes. Proud Momma Keahna Ingram, 21, won the contest after generating a ton of entries to the contest. “It's chosen totally at random, but the ...
Man to appear in court after Mount Sentinel threats
Police are finally breaking their silence regarding an emergency evacuation of two schools in the Slocan Friday, issuing a press release this afternoon. An 18-year-old man will be appearing in court in Castlegar today. “On June 23 at 2:30 p.m. the Kootenay Boundary (Nelson Rural RCMP) received a report of a possible threat ...
COURT CHALLENGE FILED AGAINST BILL C-14
A legal challenge to the constitutional validity of Bill C-14 has been filed. In a unanimous decision last year, Canada's highest court declared that the Criminal Code provisions against physician-assisted dying "are of no force or effect to the extent that they prohibit physician-assisted death for a competent adult...
Man charged three years after the murder of Mission teen
On March 16, 2013 a Missing Person’s investigation was opened by Mission RCMP after 18-year-old Rachel Pernosky could not be located by family and friends. Her disappearance was out of character and caused great concern for her family. On March 19, three days after she was last seen alive, Rachel’s body was located in a rural...
