Doukhobor Cultural Association Donates to Selkirk College’s Peacekeeping Program
A $5,000 donation from the Doukhobor Cultural Association will help support students from around the world enrolled in Selkirk College’s Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping Program. Selkirk College, in collaboration with non-governmental organization Nonviolent Peaceforce, has begun the program, the first program of its kind offered...
Police investigating fatality at Whistler
Police are investigating the death of a woman on Whistler Mountain yesterday, according to RCMP Sgt. Rob Knapton. “RCMP received the call at approximately 3:30 p.m. on April 13, of the incident which occurred in the west ridge area of Whistler Mountain,” Knapton said in a press release this morning. “We attended to the scene...
Provincial health officer declares public health emergency due to rise in overdoses
A significant increase in drug-related overdoses and deaths has prompted provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall to declare a public health emergency. This is the first time the provincial health officer has served notice under the Public Health Act to exercise emergency powers. B.C. is the first province to take this...
Having no reservations: regional health board erases cap and moves ahead on preliminary KBRH upgrade planning
The bandage has been ripped off the regional health board’s reserve fund, exposing the long-standing scar regarding renewal of the region’s main hospital. The decision on whether to lift the cap off the West Kootenay Boundary Regional Health District (WKBRHD) board’s growing reserve fund passed in a board meeting late last ...
Spill at Teck Trail now contained, causes no risk to human health
On April 13, at just before 2 p.m., there was a hazardous materials spill at the Teck Trail Operations facility, according to Richard Deane, manager, Commercial Services and Public Affairs “It was a short duration discharge of water containing metals at our operation this afternoon,” Deane said. “It is believed to be the...
Scholar to Discuss Violence and Islam at Selkirk College Mir Lecture Series Event
Beheadings, suicide bombings and civil war. Horrific attacks in Brussels and San Bernardino. There is no shortage of examples of the violence that rocks the Islamic world. Shocking pictures and gruesome acts done in the name of religion seem to appear daily on our news feeds. The media hammers the point home—that Muslim...
New collective agreement for City of Trail staff
The City of Trail and CUPE Local 2087 are pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached following negotiations for the renewal of the Collective Agreement. The term of the renewed agreement, retroactive to March 1, 2015, is set for five years with wage increases of two per cent annually. The new agreement also […]
Saskatchewan pair killed in plane crash north of Nakusp
Two people from Saskatchewan have been killed after a plane crashed in the mountains north of Nakusp. Nakusp RCMP received a report at approximately 5:20 p.m. on Monday, of a downed airplane in the Trout Lake area near the Galena Lodge after the automatic beacon on the plane notified provincial authorities of an incident.. ...
LETTER: Resident less-than-pleased with city's new garbage collection
So, what is everyone's honest opinion of Castlegar's new garbage bins and method of collection? I rent, so I don't even have my bin as of yet and garbage collection is this coming Wednesday. My landlords have requested one. I don't have anywhere to keep my garbage. If I put my old garbage can on the front patio, it is available...
At This Late Hour
(Author’s note: This column is an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Christy Clark and has been sent to them by snail mail.) “A human being would certainly not grow to be seventy or eighty years old if this longevity had no meaning for the species to which he belongs.” ...
