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Eighty riders participated in the West Kootenay Toy Run’s Father’s Day Poker Run on Sunday. The event took the riders all over the West Kootenay, finishing at the Lion’s Head Pub. Approximately $800 was raised for the Toy Run and a pile of food donations will go to the Community Harvest Food Bank, said James Kallin of the West Kootenay Toy Run Association.

Critics warn much more needed to unclog courts

After watching police from as far away as Abbotsford dispatched to help restore order in downtown Vancouver during last week's riot, people have found a new reason to support a single police agency for Metro Vancouver.

Patients interested in changing the face of health care in B.C. are invited to take part in an initiative coming to Castlegar for the first time.

A 25-year-old man is facing a litany of charges after he crashed a stolen vehicle while trying to run over a group of people outside the Salmo Curling Club, according to police.

Solicitor General Shirley Bond's pre-game pleas to celebrate responsibly went out the window along with the Vancouver Canucks' Stanley Cup hopes Wednesday night, leaving the city and the province to clean up and assess their crowd control strategy.

The 1600-block of Columbia Avenue was the site of two rear-end collisions in the span of about two hours on Thursday.

About two dozen Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) members and supporters rallied in front of city hall in Castlegar on Thursday, calling for members of the public to express their concern to the minister of labour.

Solicitor General Shirley Bond's pleas to celebrate responsibly went out the window along with the Vancouver Canucks' Stanley Cup hopes Wednesday night, leaving the city and the province to clean up and assess their crowd control strategy.

A policy resolution on Highway 3 improvements was passed unanimously and put into priority at the B.C. Chamber of Commerce AGM in Prince George recently.