Call for nominations: CKCA steering committee
The Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA) invites members of the arts and culture community in the Columbia Basin to join its volunteer Steering Committee. The CKCA is a representative body of the arts and culture communities across the Basin, and manages and administers arts and culture funding programs on behalf of...
OP/ED: Feminism: we've come a long way ... but we're not even close to there yet
It’s International Women’s Day – a day I usually use to applaud the progress and accomplishments of my gender. How cool that few would dare, any longer, refer to us as the “weaker sex” (at least not in our hearing), and that no one bats an eye when a woman’s title is Dr. rather than […]
Letter to the Editor: Teck talks about selenium in the Elk River Valley
To the Editor, I wanted to follow up on your February 28, 2018 article (Some good news from Teck. And other things to consider) and provide some additional context for your readers on the extensive work Teck has underway to protect water quality in the Elk Valley. Selenium is a naturally-occurring element throughout the environment, […]
CBT program helps employers hire post-secondary grads
Now more than ever businesses and organizations need qualified employees and post-secondary graduates need a kick start to their careers. Enter the new Career Internship Program from Columbia Basin Trust. This program is now accepting applications on a first-come, first-served basis. “This program supports our strategic...
MP speaks to BC/Alberta angst
Pipeline politics have been in the news a lot over the past couple of weeks, as British Columbia and Alberta square off over Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion project. Both provincial governments are doing exactly what they promised to do when elected, so their positions are not surprising. But where is the federal ...
Seeking family of Thomas Dunlop McVie, killed in 1944
It’s not November, so why the picture of a war plane? We should always remember the immense and cruel losses of life in wars, not just for a few days in November, but there’s another reason for this one. A man in Germany is trying to locate family members of those who were shot down and crashed in 1944 at a...
Columbia Basin Trust provides $113,000 for Kaslo’s sternwheeler, the SS Moyie
The SS Moyie is truly one of a kind. The oldest intact passenger sternwheeler ship in the world built in 1898, the Moyie ended its service on Kootenay Lake in 1959. Unlike most sternwheelers that plied inland waters in BC and the Yukon that were either scrapped or burnt at the end of their working lives, the SS Moyie has...
City sells $1.35-mill of property for two new developments
The City of Castlegar will soon be $1.35 million richer, according to a press release issued today. “The City of Castlegar has sold two city-owned properties to private sector interests (pending public notification period),” said the release. “The former City Centre Motel site at 1101 – 2nd Street ($145,000) has been purchased by a developer […]
RCMP arrest male in Midway following marathon police chase
Grand Forks RCMP are recommending numerous charges after a male took police on a chase that ended in Midway late Tuesday night. In a media release Wednesday, police said the eight-hour chase started at approximately 3 p.m. in Grand Forks near the Interfor mill. Police said the complainant was able to provide a description of […]
Winlaw snowmobiler rescued from backcountry
A 35-year-old Winlaw resident is happy to be drying off and warming up after spending a night outside, according to RCMP Sgt. Monty Taylor. "On the evening of Feb. 9, the Slocan Lake RCMP were contacted by the male's girlfriend after she could not get in contact with him," said Taylor in a press release. "RCMP attended to the...
