Not surprisingly, the topic that dominated 2020 — the COVID-19 pandemic — also dominated the top of the list of the stories that were most read on castlegarnews.com during the year.
The website for Castlegar News saw 2.9 million page views in 2020. If you push COVID-related stories to the side, the most popular stories included traffic fatalities and a local arson fire.
Coverage of the arson fire on Yew street that destroyed two homes came out in a series of stories starting with video live from the scene, through to the arrest of a suspect and second fire on the same property months later. Total page views for the series of stories was 18,789.
Top COVID-19 stories:
COVID cases confirmed in region: Castlegar doctors plead with people to stay home — 24, 061
COVID-19 comes to Castlegar — 15,843
Castlegar doctor shares personal COVID story, calls for adherence to guidelines — 10,513
Castlegar COVID-19 cancellations and closures — 9532
Interior Health investigating large youth gathering near Castlegar — 9,113
Castlegar doctors and mayor urge residents to take COVID-19 seriously — 7921
COVID-19 case confirmed at Castlegar secondary school — 6693
West Kootenay couple caught in Spain’s COVID-19 lock down — 5665
Top local stories:
Two men killed in Hwy 3 collision west of Castlegar — 15,330
Woman killed in two-vehicle collision on Highway 3 A — 11,316
Missing Nelson woman found dead — 7,555
One person killed in Thrums head-on collision — 7039
Kootenay woman dies in Genelle collision — 6151
Head-on collision closes Highway 3a — 6,115
Suspect arrested in arson fire that destroyed two Castlegar homes — 5,857
Dog attack seriously injures young boy in Castlegar — 5,821
Mysterious fireball rips through Kootenay sky — 5777
Province seeks feedback on proposed all-season rec resort near New Denver — 5411
Firefighters on scene at Castlegar house fire — 5441
Two big housing projects planned for Castlegar — 5361
‘I thought I was going to die’: Rossland skier talks of being lost on Red Mountain — 4599
First certified net zero home in the Kootenays built in Shoreacres — 4571
LAST YEAR: Castlegar’s most read online stories of 2019
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