Castlegar's Patrick Zubick named as year's top goalie by SIJHL
The Superior International Junior Hockey League announced Wednesday that Castlegar’s Patrick Zubick, now with the Dryden GM Ice Dogs, has been named the SIJHL’s top goaltender for the 2016-17 season. “Zubick garnered the laurels over fellow top goaltender award finalists Michael Lenko of the English River Miners and Ryan...
Selkirk Enactus Club embarks on community clean-up project in Castlegar
Selkirk College students are undertaking a community clean-up project through their Enactus Club, according to Enactus spokeswoman Ivy Chen. Che said a group of students from the Enactus Club at Selkirk College will collect garbage from the roadsides leading to Selkirk College and the section of Highway 3A called ‘Airport...
SPCA unveils design for new $2-mill Castlegar facility
The British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BC SPCA) unveiled plans for its new, $2-million West Kootenay Community Animal Centre in Castlegar at a special event on March 21 at the Castelgar Complex. “We are extremely excited about the new centre and are grateful to the provincial government,...
Selkirk College Instructor Builds on Rwanda Relationship
The next chapter in the growing relationship between Selkirk College and Rwanda’s Nyundo School for Music has been written. Earlier this month, Selkirk College Contemporary Music & Technology Program instructor Gilles Parenteau traveled to the African nation to spend seven days in the classroom with Nyundo students. It’s...
Wet weather triggers mudslides in RDCK
The incredibly wet spring weather continues to wreak havoc on area roads in the Regional District of Central Kootenay with reports Thursday of slides near New Denver and Ainsworth. Early Thursday, the RDCK reported a mudslide near New Denver that cut off five homes from access near Highway 6. The slide occurred south of New...
RCMP target drivers in Distracted Driving, Occupant Restraint Campaign
Almost 100 drivers in the West Kootenay still are not getting the message that cellphone distraction has a similar effect on driving as alcohol. Sergeant Chad Badry of the RCMP West Kootenay Traffic Services said in a media release Monday that during March West Kootenay Traffic and West Kootenay Integrated Road Safety Unit ...
UPDATED: Mudslides slow traffic on Highways 3, 6, & 31
DriveBC is now reporting a mudslide on Highway 6 south of New Denver Sunday afternoon. Traffic has been reduced to single alternating with information that motorists can expect delays. Mudslides slow traffic on Highways 3, 31 DriveBC reporting that Highway 3, 10 kilometers west of Creston, is now open to single lane alternating...
West Kootenay Fly Fishing Symposium goes this weekend
Columbia Power is a sponsor of the 18th annual West Kootenay Fly Fishing Symposium taking place Saturday and Sunday (March 25-26), at the Castlegar Recreation Complex. The event is free to the public and includes a variety of activities for young and old including casting demos, kids’ fly tying, a speaker series and displays...
Selkirk College students launch campaign to mobilize youth vote
The pending provincial election in BC has college students taking a firm interest in who will form the next government. Selkirk College students are part of the movement, joining the Students Are Voting provincial campaign. This initiative, being implemented on campuses, including Selkirk College, across the province, aims ...
Cash crunch created by city’s new cannabis regulations puts second dispensary in jeopardy
A second medical cannabis dispensary is reeling from the city’s recent decision to set the business licence fees and regulations high in order to recover its costs. The Nelson Cannabis Compassion Club’s (NCCC) manager Phillip McMillan has taken to Facebook to alert people to the fact the long-serving business needs to raise...
