In the last 50 years, immunization has saved more lives in Canada than any other health intervention.    April 20 to 27 isNational Immunization Awareness Week, and this year, Interior Health would like to remind you that we can all play an important role in stopping the spread of vaccine preventable diseases.  When most people...

The Creating Caring Communities Committee is pleased to announce their second annual spring conference, scheduled for May 2nd and 3rd at Selkirk College in Castlegar, BC.  The theme for this year’s conference, Keeping the Doors Open: New Beginnings for Creating Policy that Supports Marginalized Populations, features keynote...

Finally, I’m going to talk about actual food (bet you were starting to wonder if THAT was ever going to happen!) One of the problems, for me, is that over the years I’ve stopped measuring ingredients – I just chuck stuff in until it looks right, or smells right, or tastes right, depending on the […]

Dear Readers, This is a message from the aunt of the beautiful girl who was in the fatal April 20 accident in Castlegar. I would like you to read this, and have it in your mind the next time (God forbid) something of this nature happens. Facebook is an amazing site, that can be used […]

UPDATE: Police looking to thank people who saved man’s life Grand Forks RCMP and the Christina Lake Fire Rescue Department are looking for the people responsible for saving the man who’s car wound up in the creek outside Christina Lake over the weekend. The 39 year-old Burnaby man who was pulled from the wreckage of […]

Ed. Note: the following is a press release issued by West Kootenay Traffic Services Cpl. John Ferguson: On the 20th of April  at 1325 hours (1:25 p.m.) the Castlegar RCMP, Castlegar Fire Department and the West Kootenay Traffic Services responded to a two vehicle fatal collision on Robson Access Road and Pass Creek Road, Castlegar. […]

The JUNO Awards are ready to cap off a weekend of entertainment Sunday evening on CTV with the annual ceremony. This year the JUNO’S  have a bit of a Nelson Flavour with the John McCauig Band performing during JUNOFEST, the lead up to Sunday’s finale. The JUNO Awards are presented annually to Canadian music artists  […]

Someone in Castlegar – or at least someone who shops in Castlegar – may not realize they’re $74,434.70 richer. BC Lottery Corporation communication officer Kim Steibart said the winning ticket sold in Castlegaar (one of 20 across the country to win this amount) for the April 13 draw has not yet been claimed. She said […]

A male living in the 15800 block of North Bluff Road in White Rock was assaulted by two would-be robbers. The 22-year-old victim interrupted a home invasion to his residence just before noon and was hit in the head by a male with a crowbar, but was able to fend the assailant and his partner […]

The City of Trail and the local non-profit agency, Natural Control Alternatives Society (NCA), are pleased to announce the communal bear-proof bins are available again this year for public use during the active bear months (spring until late fall). One bin is located at the City of Trail Public Works yard at 3370 Highway...