City of Trail Snow Removal Procedures
The City has 76 kilometers (152 lane kilometers) of roads to maintain throughout the City and has 14 pieces of equipment including loaders, sand spreaders, snow plows, and a grader. From mid-November to March, the City has at least one employee on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The number of employees involved in snow ...
IHA expands online lab booking
Interior Health is expanding booking options for lab patients throughout the region. Effective Nov. 9, lab appointments can be booked online or by phone in Castlegar, Trail, Williams Lake, Cranbrook and Merritt. The online booking tool can be found at https://www.labonlinebooking.ca/login Booking appointments online enhances...
Wolverine research boosted by citizen science
Faces & Places: Doris Hausleitner Story by Nicole Trigg, Kootenay Conservation Program Wildlife biologist and Selkirk College ecology instructor Doris Hausleitner has always had a penchant for species that are considered something of an underdog, those without champions to promote their cause. It’s no wonder then, that ...
BC committed to regional environmental assessments, but experts warn they might never happen
COVID-19 has delayed the Environmental Assessment Office’s work on establishing regulations for regional assessments, which will look at the cumulative effects of all past, present and future industrial projects By Matt Simmons, for The Narwhal At first glance, northwest B.C. is a vast wild landscape home to big forests, even...
Gyro Park Playground Open
This phoyo was taken this afternoon, moments after the construction fencing came down at the new Gyro Park Playground. The new swing set is not up yet, but will likely be installed next week. Site remediation and landscaping will take place in the spring. The City of Trail thanks Columbia Basin Trust and the Murphy Family...
Navigational Lock Closure at the Hugh Keenleyside Dam
BC Hydro wishes to advise the public that the Navigational Lock at the Hugh L. Keenleyside Dam will be closed starting at 4 p.m. on Friday, November 6 until 8:00 a.m. on Monday, November 9. This closure is necessary to undertake maintenance on the upstream and downstream gates. Regular hours of operation for the Navigational...
Creepiest/Cutest Costume Contest - win pizza for the whole family!
It’s a beautiful, sunny Halloween day today, traditionally a very exciting occasion for kids of all ages – but this year, there’s maybe more to fear than ghosts and ghoulies Covid-19 has forced us all to shake off the cobwebs and be a little more creative in ensuring the holiday is adequately eerie without be downright...
Water Main Break between Upper and Lower Lookout Reservoir
A water main break occurred between Upper and Lower Lookout Reservoir on Wednesday, October 28, 2020. Crews are currently working on the repair. Some residents in the area may be experiencing a temporary water outage, low water pressure, or dirty water. When water service is restored, run the taps until water clears. Please...
A single-vehicle crash at the Murphy Creek bend
On October 22, 2020 at 11:12 a.m. the Trail and Greater District RCMP responded to a report of a single motor vehicle rollover incident on Highway 3B, at the Murphy Creek bend north of Rossland. According to witnesses the driver, a 29-year-old Warfield man, was northbound in a 2010 Toyota Tacoma when he failed to negotiate ...
Column: From the Hill -- Behind the scenes on that 'confidence motion'
I don’t usually go into the “inside baseball” minutiae of backroom politics on Parliament Hill—the battles over make-up of committees, opposition motions with poison pills, and filibusters—because, frankly, most Canadians aren’t concerned about these details. They just want parliament to work for them, especially when so...
