Category 2 fire prohibitions to start in the Southeast Fire Centre
Effective at 12:00 pm (noon) on Friday, June 25, 2021, Category 2 and Category 3 open fires, as well as other equipment and activities will be prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre. This prohibition is being implemented due to increased fire danger ratings caused by a warming trend throughout the Southeast Fire...
Five-alarm blaze destroys recycling plant
A massive fire in Waneta Industrial park yesterday completely levelled a recycling facility and kept 39 firefighters busy throughout the night. "Crews from Stn 371 - Rossalnd, Stn 372 - Warfield, Stn 374 - Trail, Stn 375 - Montrose and Stn 376 - Fruitvale responded to a five-alarm fire at GFL Trail Material Recovery Facility,"...
Autonomous Sinixt: What's in an Indigenous Name?
What’s in a Name? Original places names of the Sinixt təmxwúlaʔxw (homeland) in the headwaters of the Columbia River region of BC have been mapped in sn-səlxcín, the Interior Salish Dialect of the Sinixt. Autonomous Sinixt are launching the map for Canada’s Indigenous Day on June 21, joining many...
Trail’s CAO prepares for departure after 26 years of service
The City of Trail wishes to announce that its Chief Administrative Officer David Perehudoff will be leaving the Chief Administrative Officer/Chief Financial Officer position effective September 30, 2021. In his 26 years of service, Mr. Perehudoff has shown a singular devotion to the City through his strong work ethic along ...
City moves into Step 2 of BC’s Restart Plan
On June 15, 2021 the province moved into Step 2 of BC’s Restart Plan due to decreasing COVID-19 case numbers and the dedication of British Columbians to our collective health and safety. The City of Trail extends its sincere thanks to all residents for contributing to this success and encourages everyone to maintain this...
Police seek witnesses to fatal crash near Merritt
RCMP and the BC Coroners Service are now investigating the circumstances surrounding a collision, between two commercial vehicles, along Highway 97C that claimed a life Wednesday evening near Merritt. BC. On June 16, 2021 a short time after 9 p.m., emergency crews responded to a call for assistance from an off-duty RCMP officer...
Planned protest shuts downtown portion of Columbia Avenue
Castlegar RCMP were made aware of a protest planned for Saturday, June 12, 2021. Protestors gathered outside the Castlegar RCMP Detachment and Castlegar City Hall building in protest of old growth logging in BC. The group of demonstrators came prepared to camp overnight disrupting both lanes of Columbia Avenue. Both lanes of travel in the […]
Grand Forks see spike in new COVID-19 cases — BCCDC
While hospitalizations due to COVID-19 continue to decline in BC, the Grand Forks region saw a spike in cases between May 30 and June 5 according to the BC Centre of Disease Control Graphic Distribution map of the province. Grand Forks topped the Kootenay Boundary region with 11 new COVID-19 cases. Cranbrook was next with ...
Farms to Friends delivers its 2,500th bag of fresh food to families in need
Farms to Friends has officially delivered its 2,500th bag of fresh food to local community members in need. The program, which started last summer by the West Kootenay EcoSociety in response to the local food insecurity many people across the region experience, has expanded to support 75 households in need every week. Farms...
Ending violence against Indigenous women, girls
The National Action Plan (NAP), a path towards ending violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ peoples in response to the National Inquiry’s Calls for Justice has been released. The release of the report falls on the second anniversary of the final report from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered...
