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...
Update - Man remains missing despite further searching of the Kootenay River
RCMP and local search and rescue crews returned to the Kootenay River this past weekend to further search for the Edmonton Alberta man who disappeared on July 30, while attempting to rescue the family's dog. On Friday, Aug. 7, and Saturday, Aug. 8, the general public may have noticed an increased presence from both RCMP and...
Columbia River levels at Birchbank expected to rise by half a foot
BC Hydro is writing to advise the public of changes to the discharge rates from Arrow Lakes Reservoir that will take place on Saturday, August 8th: Date Time Change From To Saturday, August 8th 8:00 a.m. h 821 m3/s 68,000 ft3/s 963 m3/s 73,000 ft3/s 9:00 a.m. h 963 m3/s 73,000 ft3/s 1,104 m3/s 78,000 ft3/s When combined...
RCMP seek witnesses to Slocan drowning
The Slocan Lake RCMP is asking anyone who may have witnessed a drowning in the Slocan River on the evening Aug. 5 to contact them. On August 5, 2020 at approximately 5:40 pm, Slocan Lake RCMP responded to a complaint of a person drowning in the Slocan River, roughly 1.5 km North West of Winlaw, BC. A 35-year old man was...
Obesity -- reducing stigma, focusing on health
By Sara F.L. Kirk, Angela Alberga, and Shelly Russell-Mayhew, in The Conversation The 2019 report from Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam focused on addressing different forms of stigma. Included in the report was one form of stigma — obesity or weight stigma — that...
