What can you get for under a buck? Well, as of this week in Nelson, a litre of gas. Petrol in the Heritage City joined the rest of the province in seeing its gas prices plummet from $1.40 not that long ago to 99.9. Average gas prices have fallen more than 40 cents per litre since June due to declining oil prices. The price ...

Large-scale personal income tax cuts could provide relief for working Canadians and lay the foundation for long-term economic growth, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “The current debate about tax relief in Ottawa has focused primarily ...

Authors Note: The You can do that here! podcast is produced by Andrew Zwicker for the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology (KAST). It is a weekly series of half hour conversations with the most innovative entrepreneurs in the West Kootenay. Each episode is full of advice, and learnings from those that have been...

Owners of more than 17,000 properties throughout the Nelson area can expect to receive their 2015 assessment notices in the next few days. And when they open those envelopes, the assessment numbers will be pretty good said Deputy Assessor Dennis Hickson.   “Properties in the Nelson area have remained relatively stable in value...

British Columbians face a number of tax and fee increases in 2015, courtesy of three levels of government, says the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF). “It will be another expensive year for taxpayers, as we hand over more money to government,” Jordan Bateman, B.C. Director for the CTF said in a release published on the CTF...

Anyone seeing the plethora of emergency vehicles out in front of the West Kootenay Regional Airport New Year’s Eve might have been concerned, as every agency from RCMP to fire to BC Ambulance, to emergency social services, as well as commissionaires, CATSA and preboard security were on hand to manage a so-called “hijacking ...

Emcon (our regional road maintenance contractor) is once again under fire after only the second significant snowfall of the season (see last year’s story by clicking here https://castlegarsource.com/news/emcon-answers-uproar-after-record-snowfalls-22622#.VKGxwdWk0 ) This, after Castlegar resident James Mckenzie, 44, was on his...

The City of Trail would like to clarify that it does not support the proposed Regional Airport Study being developed through the West Kootenay Economic Development group. The City of Trail will be moving forward with the Trail Regional Airport Plan that will advance options to improve and enhance current operations, infrastructure...

The annual Christmas tree is lit for the holiday season at the Waneta Expansion Project site. This is the last Christmas that will see construction on the project which is slated for completion in 2015. The $900 million Waneta Expansion Project, located next to the Waneta Dam south of Trail, will see the addition of a second...

Now if it would just snow some more, one problem would be solved. “You know, people say, ‘as soon as it starts snowing, I’ll go shopping,’” said Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce executive director Tom Thomson. But a random sampling of downtown Nelson businesses has shown that people are well into the holiday spirit, ...