POLICE: Efforts continue in the search for Owen Rooney
The Grand Forks RCMP are continuing their efforts in locating 24-year-old Owen Kiernan Rooney. Rooney, originally from Australia, was last seen at the Grand Forks Hospital on Aug. 14. He was last seen at approximately 8:00 p.m. that evening sitting outside on a picnic table on the west side of the Boundary Hospital. Update: […]
Young people moving to Nelson for lifestyle: survey
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Nelson saw the greatest influx of new residents into the city in 10 years, according to the results of the Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce’s Nelson and Area New Resident Survey. And the figures show they are young. In 2010, 263 new families representing 585 new people relocated […]
Boundary Wood looking for capital of $3 - 5 million
Over 100 people from the West Boundary area have said that they are interested in potentially buying a $10,000 share in the newly formed Boundary Wood Products Inc. The company, unveiled by local government representatives last week, is trying to raise between $3 – 5 million to finance the new business. Following the announcement […]
Public meeting to gauge community reaction to loss of ultrasound machine
A Castlegar town-hall meeting is slated for tomorrow night at the Complex at 7 p.m. to discuss Interior Health’s (IH’s) plan to take Castlegar’s ultrasound machine and move it to Trail. This, after a closed-door meeting earlier in the day with IH regional representative Allan Sinclair and Castlegar Mayor Lawrence Chernoff, representatives from RDCK Areas […]
Mercury spills into Columbia during pipe work at Teck
Investigation work is ongoing into the spill of mercury into the Columbia River from Teck Trail Operations last Thursday, October 7. While not yet confirmed, it is suspected that between 12 and 15 kilograms of mercury was discharged into the river. Teck’s permitted mercury discharge levels into the river are 400 grams per day. Preliminary test results […]
MP says Tory "antics" preventing important work
New Democrat Agriculture Critic, Alex Atamanenko (BC Southern Interior) is fed up with the partisan antics that Conservative Members of Parliament are using to obstruct the work of the Standing Committee on Agriculture. According to Atamanenko, all they had to do at last week’s meeting was vote on a motion to request a 30-day extension to complete […]
Blood pool a concern to cops
A resident complaint had Castlegar RCMP fearing the worst Wednesday, when a 9-1-1 call indicated a motor home was surrounded by a huge pool of blood. Police attended the scene, which was in front of a motor home parked in the Complex parking lot, where they did, indeed, find a huge quantity of blood, according […]
Some locals bear-ly aware ... but fines will get their attention
Wow – newsflash – the City of Castlegar is actually considering enforcing its own bylaws. Stop the presses, she says sardonically. That shouldn’t be news at all, if you ask me … it should just be a given ….but the sad part is, I guarantee a hue and cry when residents start having to […]
Castlegar hosts food sovereignty event
On the Tuesday evening after Thanksgiving, when many of us are still recovering from our turkey and trimmings, Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior and Castlegar’s St. Rita’s Parish Development and Peace Committee will be co-hosting a World Food Week related public event. The 7p.m., Oct. 12 gathering at St. Rita’s Church Hall (513 […]
One Book One Kootenay selects Renata story
Anne DeGrace’s first novel, Treading Water, a series of linked stories based on the flooding of Renata in the 1960s, has been chosen for the second annual One Book One Kootenay (OBOK) selection. One Book One Kootenay covers the East and West Kootenays and Boundary, and each year chooses one book written by an author […]
