With heat warnings in place, Castlegar's cooling spaces will be open July 27-30 at three locations: New Life Church - 602 7th Avenue Way Out Shelter - 1660 Columbia Avenue Kinnaird Church of God - 2404 Columbia Avenue The spaces will provide air-conditioned space, seating, washrooms, and drinking water daily between 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Three cooling centres in Castlegar are ready to open if Interior Health Authority activates its community heat response plan. Last year, the City signed Memorandums of Understanding with Kinnaird Church of God, New Life Church, and Way Out Shelter to offer places for Castlegar residents to go when the temperature outside reaches extreme highs. “These cooling centres are places
August 16, 2021 Meetings Council adopted the Castlegar and District Economic Development Strategy. The vision of the strategy is: ensuring Castlegar & District is an economic and services hub building new ways forward as a forestry innovator with global reach. pursuing imaginative housing options, visible creativity, a vibrant downtown, regional collaboration, lighter