Castlegar innovates rides. Seniors shuttle – Reidun Rosi, Castlegar Community Services
Carless in Nelson, what would make life easier – Josh Wapp on what the city needs
Transit Alliance launches and Go By Bike Week coming up – Solita Work, Keith Wiley.
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Reidun Rosi from Castlegar Social Services on filling huge gaps in transportation
Nelsonite Josh Wapp doesn’t run a car, transportation is a constant issue
Full EcoCentric show May 5 2026. Solita Work on Go By Bike BC, Keith Wiley on Public Transit Alliance of BC
LINKS MENTIONED
West Kootenay Cycling Coalition. Local Go By Bike Week events. https://westkootenaycycling.ca/
Log your cycle trips on Go By Bike BC. https://gobybikebc.ca/
Public Transit Alliance of BC. https://transitalliancebc.ca/
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, May 14 2026.7 pm
Mir Centre for Peace Lecture
Omar Al Kaddr: One day everyone will have always been against this
Brilliant Cultural Centre
The Mir Centre for brings in another international speaker, Omar El Akkad. He is an award-winning author and investigative journalist who was born in Egypt, grew up in Qatar, moved to Canada as a teenager and now lives in the US.
He believed in the promises of the West—freedom from authoritarianism, equality for all—but over time, reporting on the War on Terror, Ferguson, climate change, Black Lives Matter protests and watching the unmitigated slaughter in Gaza, El Akkad has come to the conclusion that promise is failing.
Tickets are available at Selkirk College website: selkirk.ca go to events.
https://www.selkirk.ca/events/mir-lecture-omar-el-akkad?date=may-14-2026
Skattebo Reach Trail, Skattebo Reach Trail, Castlegar, BC
May 23, 2026, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Participants will rotate through guided sessions with each expert, gaining hands-on insight into meadow ecology, native plants, bees, butterflies, and moths.
Cost is by donation. Register here. https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/magic-in-the-meadows
May 30 to June 5 2026
Go By Bike Week all across BC
Take a bike to work, ride to school, go for a joyride, it’s all fun for Go By Bike Week coming up at the end of the month.
You can register provincially and log your rides or join a local logging team to see how many kilometres you can log together.
Last year BC riders logged 790,252 rides covering 11,994,563 km. The saved on exhaust emissions of about 600 typical passenger cars from the road for one whole year.
There are provincial prizes too so register at GoByBikeWeek.ca.
Here in the Kootenays West Kootenay Cycling Coalition is planning events for Go By Bike week. Including as Solita said a BIKE RAVE. Find our more at https://westkootenaycycling.ca/
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