With businesses closing their doors in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the need for business supports is urgent. As a non-profit community economic development organization, Community Futures Central Kootenay is committed to helping businesses and communities through this crisis. Staff have been monitoring government...

The RCMP Veterans’ Association is warning members of COVID-19 related scams/frauds, and offering trusted resources to access, in a press release issued Wednesday. The letter reads as follows: Fraudsters are trying to profit from consumers’ fears, uncertainties, and misinformation. These scammers are exploiting the crisis to...

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Horgan: As front line British Columbia nurses, we want to join our voices with the Royal Columbian Hospital doctors in expressing our alarm at the insufficient and slow response of the federal and provincial governments to the current spread of Corona-19.  The doctors’ warning must be...

The COVID-19 situation in British Columbia is continually evolving and the information below is current as of 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Cases: Total confirmed cases in B.C.: 617 New cases since March 22, 2020: 145 (March 23 - 67; March 24 - 78) Hospitalized cases: 59 Intensive care: 23 Deaths: 13 Recovered: 173...

Ed. Note: The following was posted by a reader as a comment on The Castlegar Source, and seemed worthwhile sharing as a letter. Hiya peeps! A bit of self-therapy and a quick thought for us all: I trust you are already taking up best practices and following advice from reputable sources. I also hope that this note finds you ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the extent to which our individual health is dependent on the health of everyone in our community. Public healthcare is our best defence against this crisis and others like it. However, our ability to endure crises and care for each other has been eroded through decades of austerity budgets,...

Dear Selkirk College Students & Employees. With the increasing urgency for all Canadians to practice physical distancing and with much of our courses now moved to alternative delivery, access for employees and students to Selkirk College campuses and learning centres will be substantially reduced by Tuesday, March 24 at...

The COVID-19 situation in British Columbia is continually evolving and the information below is current as of 10 a.m. on Monday, March 23, 2020. Cases: Total confirmed cases in B.C.: 472 New cases since March 21, 2020: 48 Hospitalized cases: 33 Intensive care: 14 Deaths: 13 Recovered: 100 Confirmed cases by region: Vancouver...

THIS IS YOUR DOCTOR’S NOTE The physicians of Castlegar are on the front lines in the battle against COVID19. This is a crisis unlike any of us have experienced in our lifetime. We are working as hard as we can to make sure that our patients, and the public in general, get the medical care they need. We cannot do it alone. At...

Distillers in the province have stepped up to the plate, offering excess alcohol and, in some cases, their production facilities for the production of hand sanitizer. The BC government has altered legislation to allow for the change, according to a press release issued Sunday, which reads as follows: Distillers in British...