Canadian hemp producers could benefit from a boost to their marketing brand abroad with the support of the Government of Canada. An investment of more than $55,000 was made by the federal government to the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA) as it kicks off its national convention in Winnipeg. With this investment, the CHTA will […]

Avalanche danger in the West Kootenay backcountry is already heating up. The Canadian Avalanche Centre in Revelstoke has already tagged the alpine and at the tree line as “high” in its avalanche potential for Tuesday through to Wednesday. Below the tree line the risk is considered considerable for the next three days. Heavy amounts of […]

CORRECTION: The two new city councillors will not, as it says in the following story, be taking their chairs in Monday’s city council meeting but, rather, will be sworn in on Monday, Dec. 5. The Source apologizes for this inaccuracy. Another election cycle is over, and two new city councillors will be taking their chairs at […]

The biggest surprise for Mayor John Dooley came one day before Saturday night’s election results had been delivered — a landslide victory of nearly 1,300 votes over his nearest competitor. His sister, Katrina, flew in from Ireland Friday night to see her older brother at the end of his campaign for a third consecutive term […]

The recent dump of snow on the West Coast has triggered early openings at several ski resorts in B.C., Alberta and nearby Washington State, the Vancouver Province reports. At least four B.C. ski resort are open early this year, with many hopeful another La Nina winter will bring plenty of snow and visitors to the […]

The B.C. Economic Forecast Council has lowered its growth projections for the province this year and next in light of the worsening global economy. On average, the council expects B.C.’s GDP growth to be 2.2 per cent in 2011, down from its 2.7 per cent forecast in January of this year. The council also predicts […]

The people will have their say in the insurance tangle snaring single-family home owners on the village’s waterfront. A public meeting has been set to find out if there is a public will to crack open the Official Community Plan (OCP) and zoning bylaws to amend them and allow single-family homes on the waterfront. A […]

On Oct. 26, the Castlegar RCMP received a complaint regarding an incident involving a local school bus driver on one of the after school bus routes.   The incident revolved around what was supposed to be a fun game between the driver and kids riding the bus. The driver is alleged to have canvassed  children on […]

The Conservatives are hiding from opposition scrutiny by invoking closure to limit the Justice Committee’s debate on the government’s controversial omnibus crime bill, C-10, cccording to Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior. “This is just the latest of seven examples this session where Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have moved to bypass parliamentary work and prevent […]

The Kootenay / Boundary region woke to the impact of a magnitude 4.6 earthquake in the early hours this Friday morning. The earthquake’s epicenter was just outside of Omak, Washington at 5:09 a.m., the second in a week according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. The earthquake that took place last week in the same […]