Have fun, take photos and win cool Castlegar prize packages
They say a picture is worth 1,000 words – and it could also be worth $100 in swag now that Castlegar has a fun new promotion on the go. City council, at its regular meeting Monday night, voted unanimously to set aside $500 for the #CastlegarSelfie Summer promotion, according to city councillor Kevin Chernoff. “The idea is...
LETTER: Students from across the region join for Emergency Services Camp in Nelson
On the first weekend in May, the Nelson Police Department, in conjunction with the Nelson RCMP, Nelson Fire Rescue, Nelson Search and Rescue, and BC Ambulance held our first annual Emergency Services Camp for local high school students. The camp is based on our previous successful years of Police Camp in Nelson. This year...
Perry Ridge logging protester gets conditional sentence
One of two protesters arrested in March for blocking a logging road at Perry Ridge in the Slocan Valley received a 14 day conditional sentence in BC Supreme Court Tuesday. Dennis Zarelli, 37, will serve 14 days house arrest at his Winlaw home immediately and be on probation for 18 months for violating a BC Supreme Court...
COMMENT: Kris Stanbra – A truly courageous woman
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of spending some time with Kris Stanbra. She had just been awarded the prestigious Courage to Come Back Award. I was truly impressed by her story and thought I would share it with my constituents in the B.C. Southern Interior Kris grew up as a fun-loving, athletic child with a competitive...
BCTF president announces rotating job action to begin next week
Parents in the West Kootenay/Boundary school districts should make alternate daycare arrangements for next week after BCTF president Jim Iker announced Tuesday teachers will stage a rotating strike May 26-29. Iker said the job action is in response to the threat of rollbacks made last week by government negotiators. “Last...
COMMENT: Parliament defeats food safety bill
I am very dismayed that my Bill C-571 did not get quite enough support in Parliament to pass on to Committee stage where it would have received thorough scrutiny and proper debate. I had hoped to follow an example set by the EU to have the same food safety standards, transparency and accountability applied to the horsemeat ...
Police will be targeting high-risk driving this long weekend
The first longweekend of what most believe is the start of summer also will see a stronger police presence on the highways throughout the province says the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. Minister Todd Stone is asking the public, whether it's a camping trip or a planned family visit, to allow plenty of time and...
Former Nelsonite and raptor expert offers insight into Osprey family
Former Nelsonite William Dove was pleased to see Nelson Hydro and Columbia Wireless joined forces to have a camera at the nest of an Kootenay Osprey family just off Highway 3A west of Nelson by Grohman Park. Dove, who got his start as a raptor rehabilitator, educator and falconer when I lived in Nelson about 35 years ago,...
Clara's Big Ride
Olympian Clara Hughes will ride into Nelson Saturday, May 24 as part of Clara’s Big Ride for Bell Let’s Talk. Nelson's Kootenay Lake Tourism is doing its best to fill the streets and has created a U-Tube video to help encourage Nelsonites to get out and support Clara's cause. The two-time Olympian Clara Hughes rides into the...
Castlegar gaining national attention for local program
It seems Castlegar has a national celebrity in its midst ... but our rising star is a program, not a person. Castlegar SculptureWalk was featured today in a Globe and Mail story written by Marsha Lederman (click here to read it), whose interest was tweaked by Burnaby-based artist Ron Simmer's What the Nose Knows. SculptureWalk...
