Teck Metals Ltd. has donated $400,000 to create an endowment fund ensuring future management of the 964-hectare Fort Shepherd Conservancy area, which runs along more than 8 kilometres of the Columbia River, south of the city of Trail.   The Fort Shepherd Conservancy Area is one of The Land Conservancy’s (TLC) model conservation properties and features […]

Castlegar Mayor Lawrence Chernoff is still hoping Zellstoff Celgar will pay its delinquent $3.6-million tax bill for 2009 … before 2010 budgets become finalized, he said in an interview with The Source today. Also a member of the board of directors for the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK), Chernoff is helping in the preliminary […]

Area Conservatives have given Rossland’s Stephen Hill the nod to take a run at re-capturing the riding in the next federal election, in a 161-to-132 upset over incumbent Tory nominee Rob Zandee. Members of the Conservative Party of Canada gathered in Grand Forks and Oliver, as well as at the Fireside Inn here in Castlegar, […]

A “stabbing incident” at Castlegar’s Twin Rivers Elementary was not as dire as rumours would indicate. Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Mike Mysko said police recieved a 9-1-1 complaint Tuesday at just after 12:30 p.m. indicating a 10-year-old student had stabbed another student. “The incident developed when a 12-year-old boy observed the young girl playing with a […]

Photo by Randy Lebedow Castlegar fire crews were among those that responded to a spectacular blaze in Trail Saturday night. Fire chief Gerry Rempel said Castlegar sent both a crew and firefighting foam, but despite the best efforts of five different fire departments, the remains were still smouldering at 1 p.m. today. Details on the […]

Castlegar RCMP are cautioning residents that using Facebook as a method of reporting crime in the city is both dangerous and irresponsible – largely because heresay often gets the facts all wrong. Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff explains: “Claims made on Facebook of a female being chased by unknown assailants in the downtown core of […]

Photo: artist’s rendering of the proposed new gaming centre, courtesy the City of Castlegar. Castlegar mayor Lawrence Chernoff said today that the $7.9-million gaming centre slated for Castlegar is still very much on the books, with Terrim Properties’ Terry Segarty spearheading the development. “He’s still a part of the project – he’s just bringing in […]

Ed Note: the following is a press release from the B.C. provincial government, issued Oct. 30: Despite unexpected delays in the manufacture of pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine in Canada, all British Columbians who need or want the vaccine will be able to receive it before the end of the year as has been said previously, Minister […]

Castlegar mayor Lawrence Chernoff threw down the gauntlet for the city’s small business community at the Chamber of Commerce’s annual general meeting at the Fireside Inn last night. “There’s a change coming that will effect absolutely everyone, not just in Castlegar, but throughout the entire province,” he said. “Small business in B.C. employs one million people, […]

View images by clicking here Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) wants you to vote for your favourite photo! The Show Us Your Basin photo contest, which closed earlier this month, received nearly 1,000 images from residents across the Basin. These images have been narrowed down by a selection committee and now CBT wants residents to choose […]