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...
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...
