Old growth harvesting deferred in Fairy Creek, Walbran areas
The Province is honouring the request of the Pacheedaht, Ditidaht and Huu-ay-aht First Nations and deferring old-growth harvesting in the Fairy Creek watershed and central Walbran areas in their territories. This action is consistent with government’s commitments to reconciliation and to protecting old-growth forests....
Mounties work together to free massive bird of prey trapped behind pickup trucks grill
Police officers working on the front lines never truly know what unique situations they will encounter day to day in policing the beautiful province of British Columbia. This past Friday in Clinton, two RCMP officers never would have guessed they would be asked to help a motorist break free a large bird-of-prey from behind ...
Police/fire crews rescue mountain biker on river bank
On June 2, 2021 at 3:24 p.m., Trail and Greater District RCMP and Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue responded to a stranded cyclist who had overheated in the hot, sunny weather while mountain biking on the banks of the Columbia River near Sandpit Road in Sunningdale. The man was able to use his cell phone to contact his...
Update – Body of missing woman swept away by river located and recovered
The body of a missing woman, whose vehicle went off the roadway and into a fast moving river Friday morning near Keremeos, has now been located and recovered. RCMP wishes to clarify the location of the collision and apologize for any confusion. Police can now confirm that Amy Sabean’s vehicle veered off of Ashnola Road, and...
Knotweed: What it Is and What to Do
There are four different types of knotweed in our province, three of which have been found in the Boundary. In 2015, the Boundary Invasive Species Society (BISS) found giant knotweed (Fallopia sachalinensis) while surveying Kettle River. There are a number of sites of Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) in the Boundary area,...
City of Trail prepares for BC’s Restart Plan
The City of Trail is thrilled with the Provincial Health Officer’s (PHO) latest news announcing the gradual loosening of COVID-19 restrictions. We continue to monitor the guidelines and recommendations coming from the province in order to carefully consider their impact on our community, our user groups, and our facilities ...
Category 3 burning to be prohibited in the Southeast Fire Centre
Effective at noon PST on Friday, June 11, 2021, Category 3 open burning, as defined in the Wildfire Regulation, will be prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre, which includes the Rocky Mountain Natural Resource District and the Selkirk Natural Resource District. The BC Wildfire Service is implementing this prohibition...
NDP MLA Katrine Conroy says new, affordable rentals coming to West Kootenays
NDP MLA Katrine Conroy says 46 new, affordable rental homes are coming to West Kootenays for people with low to moderate incomes. “People across the Kootenays know how important housing is to their own, their neighbours’, and their community’s wellbeing,” said MLA Conroy. “Communities big and small have been feeling the...
Office of the Fire Commissioner, Fire Chiefs Association of B.C. and the BC Wildfire Service cooperate to train local fire departments
Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue (KBRFR) crews along with other Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) firefighters from Christina Lake, Grand Forks and from fire departments across the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) will participate in advanced wildfire suppression training this week. Thirty-nine...
RDKB lowers flags to honour Indigenous children found buried at Kamloops residential school
he Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has lowered its flags to half-mast at its Trail and Grand Forks offices in response to the 215 children whose remains were found by the Tk’emlúps te Secweìpemc at the former site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School. “The loss of any child is a terrible thing and every parent’s...
