Coordinated fire response protects area after vehicle blazes
Thanks to a coordinated, cooperative fire response, what could have been a catastrophic fire Tuesday ended up destroying only one vehicle, according to an Ootischenia Fire Department Facebook post. The post described an incident yesterday at noon, in whiich Ootischenia Fire responded to a vehicle fire that was reported to be...
Reminder: Property Tax Payments due Monday, August, 31, 2020
The City of Trail would like to remind property owners that 2020 property taxes are due by Monday, August 31, 2020. A 10% penalty will be applied on unpaid taxes and unclaimed Home Owner Grant amounts after the due date. HOME OWNER GRANT Claim it online - If you are eligible for the Home Owner Grant, you can claim it...
Opinion: The CBT DRAFT strategic plan is worth looking at, talking about, and giving your opinion on – to CBT.
Columbia Basin Trust is a unique and amazing organization, with huge benefits to residents of the Columbia Basin. As most people know, it was set up in 1995 with a lump-sum settlement to help compensate the region for damage and losses caused by construction of dams under the Columbia River Treaty, which was signed in 1964,...
CBT Seeks feedback on draft strategic plan
Since June 2020, Columbia Basin Trust has been engaging with a variety of stakeholders in the Basin to develop a short-term strategic plan to guide its activities over the next 18 to 24 months. The Trust is now seeking public feedback on the draft plan from all people in the Basin. The Trust directly spoke with its volunteer...
UPDATED: RDKB rescinds evacuation alerts for all properties in West Boundary
In cooperation with BC Wildfire, the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has determined the immediate threat from the Solomon Mountain Wildfire has subsided and evacuation alerts are no longer required. Forty-four properties near Beaverdell in the West Boundary are no longer on evacuation alert. The Regional District of ...
Community exposure events continue — 83 new cases
Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Réka Gustafson, B.C.'s deputy provincial health officer, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia: "Today, we are announcing 83 new cases, for a total of 4,677 cases in British Columbia. "There are 775...
Free rent initiative an attempt to revive downtown Grand Forks
In an effort to revive a struggling downtown core, the Grand Forks downtown business association is offering new commercial owners six-months free rent on a two-year lease. The program is aimed at new busineses, only. The downtown business association is hoping to fill up some of the boarded up building in the downtown core...
Navigational Lock at the Hugh Keenleyside Dam will be closed on Aug. 25
The Navigational Lock at the Hugh L. Keenleyside Dam will be closed on Tuesday, August 25 starting at noon. This closure is necessary to undertake repairs to the navigational lock gate. The navigational lock will reopen at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, August 26. Regular hours of operation for the Navigational Lock are 8:00 a.m. to ...
BC Hydro: Columbia River levels to go down roughly two feet
BC Hydro would like to notify the public that the discharge rates from Arrow Lakes Reservoir will decrease noticeably on Saturday, August 15: Date Time Change From To Saturday, August 15 8:30 a.m. ↓ 2,209 m3/s 78,000 ft3/s 2,067 m3/s 73,000 ft3/s 9:30 a.m. ↓ 2,067 m3/s 73,000 ft3/s 1,926 m3/s 68,000 ft3/s 10:30 a.m. ↓ ...
Drug Alert issued for Grand Forks area
Interior Heath issued a DRUG ALERT Thursday for the Grand Forks area after two samples believed to be DOWN tested positive for the presence of BENZODIAZAPINES Yellow down containing benzo’s, fentanyl, caffeine, erythritol Purple down containing benzo’s, fentanyl, caffeine, erythritol Everyone using drugs are reminded of the...
