As the city budget process gets into full swing, a public question at city council’s regular meeting Monday night has the city illuminating both the decision-making process and the Millennium Walkway for residents. A question regarding repair of the Millennium Walkway lights (roughly one in every three lamps needs fixing on...

There’s a third candidate for the new Kootenay-Columbia in the next Federal Election after former Cranbrook Mayor Wayne Stetski announced his intention to run for Member of Parliament. “Stephen Harper has inflicted serious damage on our country, making it more and more difficult to even recognize the Canada we know and love,”...

Nelson/Creston MLA Michelle Mungall took the fight oflocal families to the BC Legislature Monday when the NDP rep exchanged heated words with Minister of Health Terry Lake over the privatization of laundry services across interior hospitals during question period. In February, Interior Health began the next stage in privatizing...

Despite the stormy weather outside, it was relatively calm inside City Hall on Monday night. Mayor Kozak and council moved swiftly though a small agenda filled largely with housekeeping items. The only significant discussion point of the evening came through in the late items at the end of the agenda, when council discussed...

There has been a great deal in the news over the past few weeks about C-51, the government’s news Anti-Terrorism Act.  It is another one in a series of omnibus bills and contains 62 pages covering everything from expanding the mandate of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) to allowing police to seize terrorist...

The city intends to increase its efforts to minimize dog conflicts in all city Parks. Dogs are currently required to be leashed and the city will increase its bylaw enforcement of these regulations and, in certain cases, the city will be levying fines to enforce compliance for the safety of all park users. The city’s Animal...

Letter re: closure of Old School Cafe: In 2010, the school district was looking for a space in Castlegar which would allow us to open an alternate learning opportunity for students not currently attending school due to anxiety challenges. An aspect of the program we wanted to provide was an opportunity for students to interact...

B.C. residents will be getting the best possible price for seven important prescription medications while ensuring drug supply, out of PharmaCare’s open and fair price submission competition process. Health Minister Terry Lake announced today that B.C.’s PharmaCare program, through its annual price submission process, has...

The returns are in and some of the 2014 local election campaign spending isn't pretty. But first a quick peek at some of the spending by the 'distant cousins' that seems to have been lost in the feeding frenzy over those candidate returns. More than 100 organizations registered with Elections B.C. as third-party sponsors....

Editor: Proudly hanging on a wall of the Old School Cafe is a letter dated May 2011from Education Minister George Abbott.  He congratulates the vision of those who established the Alternate School and the Cafe program saying, “I was glad to have the opportunity to visit the Old School Cafe and learn about your fantastic...