Nealy O’Brien’s Pub

1502 Columbia Avenue
Castlegar, BC
(250) 365-2215
Nealy O’Brien’s is a standard neighbourhood pub with regular patrons, random decor and a simple menu. I’ve been to their Liquor Store on numerous occasions, but this time I was hungry for something more than just a pack of refreshing PBR. The restaurant has a signboard outside their [...]

Heard of a skinny double decaf? A cappuccino? A macchiato? But don’t know the difference between any of these coffee drinks featured in today’s cafes? Well here is a crash course.
Hot Coffee Drinks:
Espresso:
A shot of espresso is the basic to any speciality coffee drink. An espresso shot is a strong rich coffee, brewed [...]

1. Breakfast: Full Circle Cafe in Nelson
Start your day with a hearty breakfast of classics such as Eggs Benedict served on English muffins or French toast coated in cornflakes, graham crackers and toasted pecans served with a sweet fruit compote. Feeling adventurous? Try their grilled grapefruit. The Full Circle Cafe supports local farmers and businesses [...]

Chopsticks Restaurant

789 Columbia Avenue
Castlegar, BC V1N 1H1
(250) 365-5330

Chopsticks is a very busy place most evenings, however I rushed in on a Friday evening on my way out of town and was greeted promptly and seated in front of the sushi bar in a matter of seconds. I mentioned that I was in [...]

By: Madeleine Cummings — McGill Daily
MONTREAL (CUP) – Braving harsh temperatures, snow and strong winds, some cyclists continue to commute by bike all year round. In the winter, biking remains a sustainable, affordable, and effective method of transportation. It’s easy, it’s exercise and it’s not as crazy as you might think.
Before getting ready to ride, [...]

Maybe we do not consider it, but we as students do contribute a lot of waste during meal times. How many times a day do we go to the cafeteria and purchase a hot beverage and later toss the paper cup into the garbage? Why do we always end up buying snacks in packaging [...]

This past October, Bailey Williamson from Renaissance Hair Company in Nelson, held two successful, affordable, haircutting days at Kekuli House, the Selkirk College Castlegar residence. Students were offered trims, stylish bangs, and bouncy bobs for reasonable prices.
Bailey is a recent graduate of the Selkirk College hairdressing program in Nelson, and as such, understands that students [...]

Weezie’s Borscht Hut
2816 Columbia Ave, Castlegar, BC
(250) 304-2633
Winter hours: 8am – 4pm
Summer hours: 8am – 6pm

Weezie’s is a small restaurant, seemingly perched above Columbia Avenue part-way towards Blueberry. Drive slowly and watch the addresses so you won’t miss the turn into the parking lot, because you do not want to miss [...]

More than ever the media is siding with pessimism, and for us students, its easy to buy into.
With the thought of essays, midterms, and final exams all staring brashly at us from our computer screens, over-priced textbooks, student loan debt piling up in some remote Victoria, BC filing cabinet, and now, with the scare [...]

I sit in my one-bedroom basement suite and imagine the universe beyond my walls as if I were the inner, tiniest, wooden nesting-doll of the arrangement. Each peripheral layer is a tad larger, a tad more peculiar.
Outside my thin walls is my small town, my beautiful province, my polite country, my ignorant continent, my [...]