AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF CASTLEGAR, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL This is a call for calm. And a call for respect.  Your city workers are on a legal strike – for the first time in 60 years. That’s a long relationship and one that needs to be protected and respected. Much has been said during this dispute and while most of the...

I’d like to thank the residents of Castlegar for your patience and understanding during the labour strike by our unionized CUPE city employees. We are now in snow season and our management staff are working around the clock to keep the roads clear and safe. We appreciate that residents and businesses are helping to keep...

RE: Radon awareness and the risk to your health.    Cigarettes, second-hand smoke, asbestos, and pollution are all well-known cancer causing agents.               However, many people do not know that radon is actually the first leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers and the second leading cause in smokers.    With November being Radon […]

Editor, The Nelson Daily Radon awareness and the risk to your health. Cigarettes, second-hand smoke, asbestos, and pollution are all well-known cancer causing agents.                However, many people do not know that radon is actually the first leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers and the second leading cause in...

Editor’s note: The original article had a link to the wrong video. This has been updated.  To The Editor:          To the producers of the ad, “What The %$#@ Is Borscht?” the correct spelling is B-O-R-S-H-C-H in English – the last consonant of the word in Russian is pronounced “shch”; the producers […]

I was recently honoured to be chosen as the NDP candidate in the new federal riding of South Okanagan-West Kootenay.  I thank all who took part in the nomination election process.  I especially thank and congratulate my fellow candidate, Margaret Maximenko, and her team, for a tremendous campaign—a campaign that added hundreds...

We are currently facing two pivotal moments in public education in British Columbia. Firstly, we have just ended a lengthy strike that will bring five years of labour stability and an opportunity to rebuild relationships and strengthen our education system. Over the past several months there has been a focus on what was wrong with […]

Dear Editor, It turns out that the man being hunted in Slocan is a person whom I know. He is actually a very good friend of (my partner’s). I have heard some ludicrous statements regarding this "psychopath" and the events over the past twenty-four hours, in fact I was one of the people spreading the rumours. I may not have ...

Ed. Note: This was a post written on a Facebook page called 'In Loving Memory of Brando', then sent to The Source. To read the related news article, click here . Hello everyone. Brandon's dad here. I hope and pray for each one of you, as you all struggle to accept such a terrible tragedy. Your outpouring of love, your messages,...

Dear Editor, Why is information on water meter installations so hard to get? We contacted Doug Allin at City Hall to get more info on one of the available options - the manually-read, human-friendly, non-RF, non-radiating meter (the “ProRead”), and we were just pointed in various directions and given no hard data. There seems...