Regional News
By Trail Champion on Wednesday Aug 15 2018
On Aug. 9, around 6 p.m., the Trail and Castlegar Joint Crime Reduction Unit, Trail General Investigation Section, and Trail General Duty police officers executed a search warrant under the Controlled Drugs and Substance Act at a residence on Coleman Street in Trail. A 48-year-old male and a 47-year-old female were arrested and taken into custody by police. Police seized fentanyl,...
By Timothy Schafer on Tuesday Aug 14 2018
There was no smoke or fire as the city took its final toke on the document that will legislate the use, production and sale of cannabis in Grand Forks.
City council passed final reading of the Zoning Bylaw amendment late last month that included several points pertaining to cannabis.
However there was no discussion on the bylaw amendment when it finally passed July 23, the final...
By RDKB on Monday Aug 13 2018
RDKB Emergency Operations Centre Update
- On very short notice, fire crews at the Kootenay Boundary, Christina Lake and Grand Forks fire departments delivered door to door alert notifications to 55 addresses in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary on August 12.
- Full details of all evacuation alerts including how to prepare are available at...
By Trail Champion on Sunday Aug 12 2018
The Emergency Management Service is activating the Emergency Operations Centre to Level 1 to support wildfire response within the RDKB, according to Chris Marsh, RDKB manager of emergency programs. He also said roughly 55 homes in the region are being put on evacuation alert due to wildfire activity.
“On Aug. 11, the Granby River and Big Sheep Creek Valleys were impacted by thunder...
By Rossland Telegraph on Saturday Aug 11 2018
This morning a Harms Pacific transport truck and trailer contracted by International Raw Materials Ltd. (IRM), carrying sulphuric acid, went off Highway 22 just west of Rossland. According to a news release by IRM, no sulphuric acid has spilled at this time; emergency services vehicles are on-site and there is no threat to health or vehicle safety. No injuries have been reported.
The...
By Bob Hall on Wednesday Aug 08 2018
When Sharon McNeill decided to return to learning at Selkirk College’s Nakusp Campus, the goal for the mother of six children was to simply finish the high school diploma that had eluded her while growing up in residential schools.
It was 1986 when McNeill’s youngest son had just entered Grade 1. She was 36 at the time and though she had been educated as a Licenced Practical Nurse, her...
By CBT on Wednesday Aug 08 2018
A program to support Columbia Basin employers is evolving to better meet their long-term workforce needs and to support Basin high school and post-secondary students and trades apprentices to gain local career-related work experience.
Columbia Basin Trust’s School Works program now provides wage subsidies for level 1 and 2 apprentices in 17 different types of trades. The program will...
By Boundary Sentinel on Wednesday Aug 08 2018
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has been busy lately, filling key staff positions to better serve the public a media release said Monday.
The RDKB has filled six positions during the pasts two months — two general managers, two managers and two unionized staff.
“We are really pleased to have found top-notch talent for all six of our vacant positions. Each of our new...
By Castlegar Source on Wednesday Aug 01 2018
An Alberta woman has died after a motorcycle accident near Needles Monday, according to BC RCMP Traffic Services spokesman Const. Michael Halskov.
He said Central Kootenay RCMP were called to the scene in the 12000 block of Hwy 6 west of Needles at around 3:30 p.m., at which time they requested the attendance of the North Okanagan Traffic Services.
“It was determined that a large...
By Boundary Sentinel on Tuesday Jul 31 2018
Temperatures in the Boundary are expected to continue into Wednesday before cooling a few degrees Environment Canada said.
The 36 C heat has forced Environment Canada to continue a Heat Warning for the Boundary Region, at least into Wednesday.
“A prolonged stretch of well above normal temperatures is continuing across the southern interior as a ridge of high pressure remains...
