The City of Trail is pleased to announce it has received the British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association (BCRPA) 2018 Parks Excellence Award for the Columbia River Skywalk project. The award exemplifies the Skywalk’s contribution to Trail’s high quality of recreation, parks and physical activity in the community, and ...

Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue (KBRFR) was once again called out for a situation in which a person was potentially trying to harm themselves. Acting Cpt. Rick Morris said the call came in at 11:13 p.m., and four Trail firefighters were at the Victoria Street Bridge by 11:25 p.m. “(A) person (was) on Victoria Street ...

The Regional District of Central Kootenay Emergency Operations Centre has ended the evacuation alert for 16 homes in the Six Mile area of Electoral Area F, north of Nelson. In a media release Thursday, the RDCK said the  evacuation alert was rescinded as of 10 a.m. on May 2, 2018. Residents had been under an evacuation alert […]

British Columbia’s Chief Electoral Officer, Keith Archer, has granted approval in principle on an initiative petition application. The petition will be issued to proponent Ion Delsol Moruso on July 3, 2018. The title of the initiative is: “An initiative to cancel the Site C Dam project”. “This initiative petition application...

New goings-on in the Kootenay music world: a local group is putting a new spin on the resurgence of vinyl with a brand-new project. It’s called The VinylCast, and it aims to deliver music on vinyl to music lovers – right to their doors.  (Or post offices, as the case may be.)  It launches globally this month, and will also ...

ROSSLAND -- The Government of British Columbia is working with the Columbia Basin Trust to build 167 new homes for people struggling to find housing they can afford, in ten Kootenay communities. Rossland will receive funding to develop 24 housing units, planned to be built on the western side of the land known as “the Emcon...

Sixteen homes in the 6 Mile area of Electoral Area F remain under evacuation alert due to continued ground instability related to a mud slide that occurred off “the Middle Road” near Heddle Road last Sunday. The evacuation alert will stay in place until further notice. The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) is working...

Roughly 65 emergency-preparedness experts from across the region met in Castlegar last Thursday for a biannual meeting hosted by Emergency Management BC. “It was good information, and very worthwhile,” said Castlegar Fire Chief Sam Lattanzio, adding there were many organizations represented, including utility companies like...

Last week, Doug Lamminen, technical advisor from FortisBC’s Conservation and Energy Management team,  presented council with a cheque for $44,660 to complete the second phase of its street lighting upgrade project. This summer, the City of Trail will complete the second phase of a project to upgrade more than 1,000 street...

Last week, two cadets from 531 City of Trail Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets went flying over the city and the local area. This marks the start of the spring flying program that will see all the cadets from the squadron experience the thrill of flight. The cadets flew in the Trail Flying Club’s Cessna 172. They left Trail...