On Dec. 24, 2022 at approximately 18:14 hours the BC Highway Patrol and Merritt RCMP were advised of a single vehicle collision around Loon Lake on Hwy 97c east of Merritt BC. Police and emergency services responded and located a commercial E-bus that had gone off road to the left and rolled onto its passenger side coming to...

BC Hydro would like to notify the public that the discharge rates from Arrow Lakes Reservoir will increase noticeably on Friday, December 23 and Saturday, December 24. When combined with the outflows from the Kootenay River, Columbia River levels at Birchbank are expected to increase by 0.7 metres (2 feet) over the two days....

The deadline for City of Trail 2022 utility bills is 3:30 PM on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.  If unpaid as of January 3, 2023, a 10 percent penalty will be applied. Pay online through your banking institution - you will need your City of Trail Utilities Invoice Account Number, included on the invoice received in early 2022 (do...

Police are confirming some details regarding a fatal collision Tuesday morning, with Castlegar RCMP NCOIC Sgt. Monty Taylor indicating the cause of the crash was likely medical in nature. "I can confirm on Tuesday Dec. 20, just after 6:30 a.m., we received a report of a vehicle which struck a power pole in the 3200 block area...

UPDATE from Recycle BC and GFL: Missed recycling pick up in West Trail on Dec. 20 will be picked up on Dec. 24.  Original Notice: Recycle BC has informed the City of Trail that their contractor, GFL Environmental, will not be able to pick up recycling in West Trail today due to poor weather conditions. Recycle BC asks that ...

The City’s garbage contractor, GFL Environmental, was unable to collect garbage on Mountain Street, Green Avenue, Brown Street and Lookout Street on Tuesday, December 13. GFL will be sending a driver and truck out on Saturday, December 17 to pick up garbage at these missed households. Residents in this area, please have your...

On Saturday, Dec. 10 at 9:53 a.m., a frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer received an emergency alert from a smart watch which stated that its owner had been in a severe car accident, in Rossland, according to RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. "The GPS coordinates were provided as part of the message to police,"...

On Saturday, Dec. 10, at 5:30 p.m. frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer responded to a report of a furry green suspect in a red suit stealing the show at City of Trail’s Santa Parade in East Trail, according to RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. He said the officer conducted surveillance of a well-known Grinch but was...

“I love firefighting,” says Carlene Pires, who has become the first-ever female captain within the Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue Service (KBRFR).  “I just so happen to be a woman too,” she adds. Carlene is proud of her paid-on-call (POC) job as well as the determination and accomplishments that have engineered her ...

Government reforms to ICBC are paying off with affordable, steady rates and fiscal stability for people. ICBC is filing an application with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) for no increase to basic insurance rates for the next two years, which marks five years of no increases to basic insurance rates. “Our...