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Kittens and puppies needing good homes will be available for adoption at the first Castlegar adoption clinic at the end of the month.

Don Birtch of the local band Titus Kanby performs at the Garden and Nature Fest at Twin Rivers Park in Castlegar on Saturday.

Community school co-ordinators in School District 20 (SD20) are wondering how to cope with a $75,000 reduction in funding under the district’s new budget.

Strengthening Doukhobor connections is the theme of this year’s USCC Union of Youth Festival, which starts Saturday.

Mayor Lawrence Chernoff presents Ron Armbruster of the Castlegar Festivals Society a cheque for $15,000 on Tuesday morning. The funds will go towards putting on this year’s Sunfest. The festival runs from June 3 to 5.

Castlegar City Council voted on Monday night to maintain the current animal control bylaw regarding pit bulls.

Crown prosecutors have decided not to pursue charges against a 62-year-old Pass Creek medicinal marijuana user who was arrested in February after Castlegar police raided her home and seized her growing equipment. Velma Mullaney is now considering suing the RCMP, according to her lawyer.

Traffic was snarled for nearly half an hour on Columbia Avenue Tuesday morning while emergency crews tended to a car crash.

While parts of the regional district and province prepare for floods as the snow pack melts, officials with the River Forecast Centre say Castlegar should escape unscathed.