British Columbians urged to prepare for winter conditions
As heavy snowfall is forecast across southwestern B.C., now is the time for British Columbians to prepare for cold temperatures, power outages and slick streets. From this evening into Thursday morning, Environment Canada is calling for heavy snow across Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, with freezing rain expected in...
Trail RCMP find Jesus on New Year's Day
On January 1, 2022, at 2:36 a.m. Trail and Greater District RCMP received a statue of Mary and Jesus located in the 800 block of Victoria Street, in Trail. Trail RCMP top cop Sgt. Mike Wicentowich said a local security officer had located these two statues in a parking lot and turned them over to a Trail RCMP officer. Please...
City braces for another major snow event
On Wednesday, January 5, 2022, Environment Canada issued a winter storm warning for the West Kootenay region, and snow accumulations of 20 to 30 cm (8 to 10 inches) of snow can be expected overnight tonight before easing off to flurries Friday morning. Public Works crews are still cleaning up from earlier this week where the...
Bringing down costs for British Columbians in 2022
The Province is working to bring down costs for people in 2022. In the coming year, families will benefit from: expanded $10-a-day child care and reducing average fees by as much 50% by the end of 2022 for children under six free public transit for kids under 12 that will save them as much as $672 in 2022 the biggest rate...
Weekend sees 6,288 new cases, 713 in IHA
Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 6,288 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 241,946 cases in the province: Dec. 24-25: 2,552 new cases Dec. 25-26: 2,023 new cases Dec. 26-27: 1,713 new cases Note: case counts provided on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, are preliminary. The new cases include: 3,181 new cases in Fraser Health...
Innovation Today and in the Future: Challenging the Status Quo
Teck Trail Operations is proud to commemorate 125 years of continuous smelting with an eight-part series that explores the company’s significant role in the region and industry, from the gold rush to becoming one of the world’s largest fully integrated zinc and lead smelting and refining complexes. Since 1896, visionary...
Castlegar RCMP seeking Secret Santa
The Castlegar RCMP is seeking to identify a Secret Santa who sent the RCMP an envelope of cash and a note. On Dec. 20, a non-descript envelope with no return address arrived at the Castlegar RCMP Detachment. It contained an undisclosed amount of cash and instructions to disperse as the RCMP saw fit in the community. While we...
City of Trail responds to changing health orders
The Provincial Health Officer (PHO) has enforced additional health orders aimed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. As of December 22, 2021 at midnight, until at least January 18, 2022, the following orders will come into effect: No indoor organized gatherings of any size - this includes third-party bookings of meeting and ...
Province introduces new COVID-19 measures for safer holiday season
To address rising COVID-19 case counts and keep people safe, the provincial health officer in a media release Friday is issuing revised orders, which take effect on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Measures will extend to Jan. 31, 2022, at 11:59 p.m., and include: limiting indoor, personal gatherings, including in rental and vacation properties to the […]
Trail Christmas tree pick up – Sat. Jan. 15, 2022
On Saturday, January 15, 2022, the J.L Crowe Grad class and the Trail Smoke Eaters will be working with the City of Trail to pick up Christmas trees at the following locations: where you normally put your garbage out for curbside collection, and at designated drop off areas within each neighbourhood (see the highlighted locations...
