March 20th 1951 – October 30th 2023 Whoever would have known that I could do my own obituary. In 1998 I was predeceased by my brother Ed, 2003 my father Nicholas, 2012 brother-in-law Scott, and 2023 my mother Mary. Climbing up to frog pond, now known as the water line trail, swimming down the Columbia […]

Climate change shouldn’t be political. The evidence is there for all to see, and people everywhere are feeling the effects. Government leaders from every nation and ideology have signed agreements to address the crisis, and reputable organizations from the International Energy Agency to the World Bank have analyzed the necessity and benefits of acting quickly. […]

The Trail & District Arts Council and Déjà Louve present A Kootenay Vaudeville Affair on Friday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in The Bailey Theatre. A Kootenay Vaudeville Affair is an explosive event with some of North America’s most impressive performers from New Orleans, Toronto, Montreal and right here in the Kootenays. They guarantee to have you […]

City of Castlegar workers, represented by CUPE 2262, have voted 95% in favour of job action in a strike vote held October 18. Negotiations are set to resume this week between the union and the City of Castlegar in an effort to avoid any job action. “Workers at the City of Castlegar, like many workers, are facing […]

By Susan Srigley, Professor, Nipissing University.  This article first appeared in The Conversation. As a death doula and professor who teaches about dying, I see a need for more conversations about death. A growing number of folks may have heard of the death-positive movement, death cafés or death-friendly communities — each of which are animated by […]

To kick-off the holiday season, Think Turkey is putting the spotlight on unsung holiday heroes with the launch of the first-ever Wishbone Awards. With Food Banks Canada reporting that nearly 20% of Canadians are living with food insecurity, the Wishbone Awards will recognize and support community heroes who help put holiday meals on the table for […]

On Oct. 25, officers with Castlegar RCMP’s Crime Reduction Unit (CRU), with support from frontline general duty officers, executed a search warrant at a residence located in the 5200 block of Broadwater Road in Robson, BC. The search warrant was obtained to further investigate the trafficking of drugs.  Upon execution of the search warrant, four […]

A Columbia River Treaty information session about Low Levels in Arrow Lakes Reservoiron Oct. 18 is now available to watch online. It was attended by by 223 people from communities within the Canadian Columbia Basin including Nakusp, Fauquier, Revelstoke, Castlegar, Nelson and others. We also had a few participants from the U.S. A full recording […]

By David Suzuki At the end of the film Don’t Look Up — in which a comet hurtling toward Earth serves as a blunt metaphor for the climate crisis — astronomy professor Randall Mindy (played by Leonard DiCaprio) says, “We really did have everything, didn’t we?” It’s true. This spinning ball of earth, water and […]

On Sunday, Oct. 22, at 10:30 p.m., frontline Trail and Greater District and Castlegar RCMP officers responded to a report of a home invasion in the 400 block of Rossland Avenue in Trail. When officers arrived at the residence they discover a 55-year-old Trail man had sustained a non-life-threatening gun shot wound to his abdomen. […]