WEST KOOTENAY CAMERA CLUB CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ANNUAL PHOTO SHOW June 5- 13
The West Kootenay Camera Club is celebrating a special year, marking the 25th Anniversary of its Annual Photo Show. The Photo Show will take place from June 5-13 at the Kootenay Gallery in Castlegar, coinciding with the Castlegar SunFest. In celebration of its 25th Anniversary, the Club will host a Youth competition. The ...
Hugh Keenleyside improvement project continues
BC Hydro has offered an update on the Hugh L. Keenleyside Spillway Gates Reliability Upgrade Project as work on the project continues to ensure the long-term reliability of the spillway gates. Project overview The Hugh L. Keenleyside Dam project will complete a combination of replacement, refurbishment, and addition of new ...
PODCAST: Rossland company sets out to make the world a better place with new business
The You can do that here! podcast is produced by Andrew Zwicker of AZcreative for the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology. The podcast is a weekly series of 30 minute conversations with some of the most innovative and successful entrepreneurs in the Kootenays. They say the best way to learn is to learn from the ...
Three men sent to hospital after avalanche
Three men are being taken to hospital after they were caught in an avalanche on Tuesday afternoon. On Feb. 3, at 2 p.m., the Golden RCMP received a report of an avalanche near the Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. Three men in their early 20s, all from Saskatchewan, were apparently skiing out-of-bounds near Terminator 2 when...
Columbia Power recognized as one of BC’s best
Columbia Power Corporation is pleased to announce it has been named one of BC’s Top Employers for 2015. This is the second consecutive year Columbia Power has been honoured with this prestigious award that identifies the company as one of the province’s best places to work. BC's Top Employers is an annual competition...
Interior Health understands frustration of NPD Chief, but believes their program is working
Interior Health understands the frustration of local city police but the health authority believes its current program is working to deal with the emotional disturbed part of the population in Nelson Manager of Mental Health and Substance Use service Chris Huston told The Nelson Daily from his office in Cranbrook. Huston was...
Out with the old: Nelson Commons begins
It won’t take long to bring down the old building. But it will take longer to put up a new one. And Nelson residents Lena and Marty Horswill can hardly wait. The retired couple bought a two bedroom condo in the Nelson Commons, a 54 unit retail/residential complex that came one step closer to reality this week, when the first...
Trading Away Environmental Rights
Science Matters Vol. 17, No. 4 27 Jan 2015 By David Suzuki In 1997, Canada restricted import and transfer of the gasoline additive MMT because it was a suspected neurotoxin that had already been banned in Europe. Ethyl Corp., the U.S. multinational that supplied the chemical, sued the government for $350 million under the...
You Asked For It -- MONSTERS at the Charles Bailey Theatre
Survey results indicated that Greater Trail patrons of the arts want MORE THEATRE programming and so, on Sunday February 8, audiences can see not one, but two of Toronto’s Monster Theatre Productions at The Charles Bailey Theatre. First, in the afternoon on the main stage, we present The Little Prince where children aged...
PHOTO GALLERY: Road Hockey Rumble kicks off Kraft Hockeyville bid
The second annual Road Hockey Rumble on Saturday served as the kick-off event for Castlegar’s bid to become Kraft Hockeyville 2015. Four teams went head-to-head in the Complex parking lot: The fire department, RCMP, media and city council/staff. (The media and council teams were beefed up by assistance from players from both...
