Birkley Valks has won the by-election for the Electoral Area 2 school trustee position on Kootenay-Columbia's School District 20 school board. Electoral Area 2, which represents the City of Castlegar and RDCK Electoral Area J, has two trustee seats on the school board; Catherine Zaitsoff fills the other position. Only residents...

Two Castlegar residents have been charged with drug trafficking after a 2023 Castlegar RCMP investigation. On May 18, 2023, the Castlegar RCMP’s Crime Reduction Unit, with support from frontline general duty officers, executed a pair of search warrants in connection with an active investigation into drug trafficking. The warrants were executed...

The Out of the Cold shelter and outreach services located at 1660 Columbia Ave will close on Apr. 30. BC Housing has discontinued its funding of temporary winter shelters, and the City of Castlegar is urging them to reconsider. The temporary shelter, which just moved to its new location on Columbia...

Chase Stefanek, forward with the BC Hockey Leauge's Trail Smoke Eaters, has been named the 166th overall North American Skater for the 2024 NHL Draft. The 17-year-old from California was third in scoring for the Smokies this past season, working alongside his older brother Spencer, putting up 35 points in...

Ankors and the East Kootenay Network of People Who Use Drugs (EKNPUD) feel that B.C.’s drug poisoning epidemic has worsened in the years since it began. Sunday, April 14 marked the anniversary of the B.C. Government declaring a public health emergency in response to toxic drug-related deaths. EKNPUD honoured the occasion...

On Saturday, April 13, 2024 the Castlegar RCMP responded to a report that a vehicle travelling on Columbia Avenue had unexpectedly left the roadway knocking off a fire hydrant in the 1000 block area. Witnesses reported following behind the vehicle when it suddenly drove off the roadway striking the fire...