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A quick-thinking neighbour picked up a garden hose and helped extinguish a burning shed after lightning struck a tree in a backyard on 10th Avenue Thursday afternoon.

Castlegar city council voted to implement an official Facebook and Twitter page for the city at its regular council meeting Monday night.

Castlegar’s current finances are “enviable” according to the city's 2010 Annual Report.

Ken Benyon (left) and Al Middleton (to his right) of Habitat for Humanity stand with (continuing to the right) Duayne Nesbitt, Brad DeBlock and Jeff Kernohan of Kodiak Tree Service, who donated their services and took down a pair of 120-foot Douglas-fir trees on a lot of land which will soon become the site of the first Habitat for Humanity home construction in Castlegar. The non-profit organization is still looking for volunteers to help clear the lot and eventually build a house.

Ten new gardens will be showcased in the 10th Castlegar and Area Garden Tour this Sunday.

A draft of the master plan for Twin Rivers Park and the Millennium Walkway is now complete, and the public is invited to provide feedback at an open house next week.

B.C. Auditor-General John Doyle has applied to B.C. Supreme Court for details of the legal defence costs for Dave Basi and Bob Virk, convicted of breach of trust last fall for their role in the sale of BC Rail operations.

Twenty-two artists will be on display in the same number of venues for Castlegar’s annual Art Walk, officially launching next week.

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