Visit the Trail Riverfront Centre from the comfort of your home with a 3D virtual tour! This 3D tour, which was completed by Stantec (the architects and engineers of the facility), is powered by Matterport, an all-in-one reality capture system. Please note, Google Chrome will provide the best viewing experience with this...

On April 2, Destination Castlegar and Castlegar & District Economic Development, in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce, launched the free Castlegar Explorers mobile app, which rewards users for visiting unique points of interest in and around Castlegar, BC. Once people use the app to collect points at various...

The River Forecast Centre is maintaining a High Streamflow Advisory for the Southern Interior, Boundary and Kootenay regions according to a release posted on their website today. “Temperatures cooled over the weekend after seasonally hot weather last Wednesday to Friday. Snow melt rates began to slow down Sunday with mid-elevation...

This April 21, over 80 community members showed up on their mats from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to raise awareness and funds for the Motherwise Project, mental health support groups for new moms in Castlegar. People showed their support not only by attending yoga classes but by dropping off donations, bidding on silent auction items and...

In celebration of BC’s moratorium on the grizzly bear hunt, Grizzly Bear Foundation is embracing the shift from triggers to tripods by holding a photo contest to find and recognize the Canadian Amateur Grizzly Photographer of the Year. And the Grizzly Bear Foundation is promising prizes; see below. Grizzly Bear Foundation is...

In a media release Friday, the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary said its Emergency Operations Centre in Grand Forks is now activated to Level 1. The release said RDKB staff and municipal partners met at the EOC in Grand Forks on April 25 to make sure local government is prepared to respond to possible flooding in the ...

At its previous meeting, the Castlegar and District Recreation Commission made the decision to replace the chiller at the Castlegar & District Community Complex arena. The existing chiller—a shell-and-tube model—has been in service for 22 years and has reached the end of its useful service life. The new chiller will be ...

The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has pre-positioned 90,000 sandbags across the region that are now available to residents at greatest risk of flooding. Residents who are at risk of flooding should stay informed about local conditions, ensure they have developed a personal and family emergency plan that includes plans for moving valuable items, livestock […]

Everyone is invited! On May 5, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm the Rossland Courthouse will host celebrations of Law Day to mark the 36th anniversary of the signing of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms – a document well worth celebrating for its effects on our lives as citizens. There will be mock trials and mock bail hearings,...

Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue was called Monday afternoon for a river rescue,according to Cpt.. Grant Tyson. Tyson said they received a call from RCMP at 5:35 p.m. indicating a patient was trying to enter the Columbia River with the intention of harming themselves. “A search along the shoreline was made, however the...