Councillor calls for more downtown incentives in wake of bank closure announcement
Castlegar city councillor and downtown business owner Florio Vassilakakis is calling for more tax-based incentives to draw businesses to the downtown core, after Kootenay Savings Credit Union announced, this week, plans to close its downtown branch. “I understand there are business decisions to make, but it's a disappointment...
Downtown Kootenay Savings branch slated for closure
Kootenay Savings Credit Union will be closing its downtown Castlegar branch in early May, but leaving ATM and night deposit services at that location, according to vice-president of Marketing Dario Cescon. Cescon said they'll be consolidating their services at their new Crossroads branch, which opened in September 2011. “We...
Castlegar Kraft Hockeyville bid nets 589 uploads
Castlegar's 17-day push to become Kraft Hockeyville 2014 is over, netting 461 nominations and 589 uploads to the Kraft website – and now the waiting begins. City councillor Dan Rye said the first round of winners will be announced on March 8 during Hockey Night in Canada, and will include eight winners from Western Canada and...
Part Two of Broadband in Castlegar: Why broadband?
By Everette Surgenor Proponents of broadband networks and services believe that they can have a positive impact on economic development, education, health and social services and, eventually, on the way people interact with their government as well as voting. The primary mandate of the Castlegar Broadband Committee at this ...
IntegrityBC launches Reimagine B.C. consultation
As B.C. MLAs prepare to return to the legislature tomorrow, IntegrityBC is today launching an online consultation on electoral and democratic reform. It's the first in a series of consultations that the organization plans as part of its Reimagine B.C. campaign. Reimagine B.C. is a chance for British Columbians to work online...
Kettle River Q&A: The small place by the river
Editor's note: Graham chose to submit this creative work instead of his usual Kettle River Q&A after sharing it at a conference and receiving positive support. Enjoy. [For Ben - may you grow up tall] There once was a small place, a wet place nearby A river ran by it, and through it sometimes The cottonwoods swayed ...
COMMENT: FATCA
On Feb. 5th the Canadian government signed an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the United States to govern The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). FATCA is an American tax law requiring all Canadian financial institutions to provide the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with account information on customers...
Bring Your Imagination to Life with Creative Writing at Selkirk College
Aspiring writers have an opportunity to learn how to create stories, poems, and personal essays others will want to read with a creative writing course being offered by Selkirk College. West Kootenay novelist, poet and performance artist Almeda Glenn Miller has been teaching writing for more than 15 years. Teaming up with Selkirk’s Studies in […]
Plenty of smiling faces at the Wilgress Lake fishing derby
Al Sandner has a secret. He uses mushrooms and mealworms when he fishes and this weekend his bait paid off when he caught a fish that weighed 0.65 kg (1 lb and 7 oz). It’s not even close to the biggest rainbow trout ever pulled out of Wilgress Lake, but it almost got him a top three position at the third annual Ice Fishing ...
Sinixt Nation provides update on Mount Sentinel blockade
Open letter from Sinixt Nation re: Mt. Sentinel Update: Lim Limt to all the supporters and allies that came and visited us at Mt. Sentinel. Lim Limt again for the donations of food, coffee, firewood and money. And above all, Lim Limt to all the stories and laughs shared around the fire. The Sinixt Nation has placed a combo ...
