LETTER: Imploring council to reconsider current taxation proposal
Dear Council Members, I am writing to implore you to reconsider your upcoming tax budget. The proposed 34/35 per cent over five years is astronomical, particularly in light of the current three-per-cent cost of living increase. We have all seen groceries and gasoline prices go up much more than that, which impacts us all...
Fuel spills draws CFD Hazmat to Columbia Avenue Wednesday afternoon
Motorists may have been startled to see Castlegar Fire Department Hazmat (Hazardous Materials) working along Columbia Avenue near McDonalds today. Fire Chief Sam Lattanzio said it was due to a situation in which a semi tractor-trailer unit had a ruptured fuel tank, which was leaking diesel fuel onto the roadway. "He was...
$50,000 to save forest above Cottonwood Lake may be too little, too late
Caught off guard by a plan to log more than 600 hectares of treasured local forest, residents near Cottonwood Lake discovered that privately owned lands can be clearcut without public notice, consultation with neighbours or the requirement to replant logged areas By Judith Lavoie, for The Narwhal Against a dramatic backdrop...
Ignite Kootenay Women's Conference introduces speaker line-up
We live in one of those amazing communities where women have an impressively strong presence in the business world. Women-owned or ran businesses and organizations are thriving throughout the Kootenays, and we are stronger for it. The Ignite Kootenay Women’s Conference is bringing several of these powerhouse women together...
BC SPCA lottery for animals in need is back and bigger than ever
Buying a lottery ticket can help B.C.’s most vulnerable animals. With the return of the BC SPCA Lottery for animals in need, you can win big by helping abused, neglected and injured animals and potentially, put thousands of extra dollars in your pocket. This year’s Lottery is the biggest ever with $100,000 to be won PLUS up...
Expand your art collection with Sculpturewalk!
Which of Castlegar’s downtown sculptures has caught your eye? In just over a month Castlegar Sculpturewalk’s 2018 sculptures will be taken down, so now is the time to purchase or lease one of these beautiful works of art and keep it in the Kootenays! “2018 was our biggest year yet, and there are so ...
Acclaimed Nisga’a Poet to Discuss Residential Schools in Indigenous Literature
Selkirk College’s Indigenous Services Department and the Mir Centre for Peace are proud to present Nisga’a author Jordan Abel, speaking at Selkirk College Castlegar Campus on March 16. Abel will explore what it means to be Indigenous, what it means to be an intergenerational survivor of residential schools, and what it looks...
Forum: State of the Kootenays: An Economic Update slated for next month in Castlegar
Castlegar & District Economic Development and the Chamber of Commerce will be hosting an exciting event on April 11. The event, titled the State of the Kootenays: An Economic Update, is Castlegar & District’s Economic Development’s first ever Economic Forum. The event will be on April 11 from 6 - 8.30 p.m., with a...
Council nearly drops ball on low-income housing development
The adage ‘never look a gift horse in the mouth’ nearly came to pass with disastrous effects for Grand Forks city council. Grand Forks city council almost made that gaff Feb. 11 and risked losing a provincially-funded, million-dollar low income housing project that had landed unprompted in its municipal lap. Maybe the project...
Editorial: Skiing and Logging in the Rossland Range Recreation Site
Skiers accessing Cutblock Peak and environs: please contain your irritation about the logging operation there that is inconveniencing you – it won’t be there for much longer. Please stay well clear of the logging -- and please do not park on the logging road, or try to ignore the logging operations. Here’s why: First, let’s...
