Trail/Beaver Valley agree to two-month extension of recreation agreement
The City of Trail’s Recreation Agreement Negotiating Committee and the Beaver Valley Parks Recreation Committee (BV Rec) recently met to discuss the renewal of the one-year Recreation Funding Agreement that expires at the end of August 2016. Due to immediate time constraints associated with the new agreement expiring, both ...
LETTER: Insurance Brokers Assoc exec rebuts article re: rural insurance
To The Editor: Editors Note: This letter is in response to the following article: http://bit.ly/2bLDDvf The Insurance Brokers Association of B.C. would like to respond to inaccuracies in your story of Aug. 18 entitled: “RDCK director pushes for rural fire insurance change.” “’We have areas in the Regional District where people...
Local company raises $2,000 for Search and Rescue
Endless Adventures Fundraising campaign for the West Kootenay Search and Rescue Training weekend was a huge success. Endless Adventure raised $2,000 to help support and alleviate the pressure on volunteers who occasionally need to use their own funds for training and equipment. At the Saturday-night dinner, Andrea and Chris...
Selkirk College Inks President Angus Graeme for Five More Years
After a successful five years at the helm of Selkirk College, President Angus Graeme has been given a vote of confidence by the Board of Governors to continue his leadership of post-secondary education in the West Kootenay and Boundary. The Board announced that Graeme has signed another five year contract to continue in his...
Columbia Basin Trust grants $250k for Slocan Valley Rail Trail project
People who like to recreate in the Slocan Valley are the bigger winners after the Columbia Basin Trust awarded a $250,000 Recreation Infrastructure Grant to the Slocan Community Recreational Greenway Project. The funding comes through a unique partnership comprised of the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK), the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, Rec Sites […]
Rash of B&Es spurs police to request public assistance
Police are requesting public assistance after six break-and-enters Friday night, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. “Castlegar RCMP are investigating a rash of commercial break and enter crimes that occurred overnight on Aug. 19. The break-ins were discovered early the next morning. Two of the break-ins were on 6th Ave.,...
Smoke from U.S. wildfires visible in southeast B.C.
Most of the smoke that’s been visible in parts of the Southeast Fire Centre is coming from several wildfires in Washington State, particularly one near Deep Lake in Stevens County. The Deep Lake wildfire, south of Trail, is 15 kilometres south of the Canada-U.S. border and covers about 300 hectares. Although this fire is not...
Kelowna welcomes Duke and Duchess of Cambridge September 27
The unique beauty of Canada’s West Coast and the rugged wildness of the North will be front and centre during The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s second official Royal Tour to Canada. Their Royal Highnesses will visit five communities in British Columbia — Victoria, Vancouver, Haida Gwaii, Bella Bella, and Kelowna — and two...
‘Swim In’ gathers support for protecting Queen’s Bay from ferry terminal plan
More than 300 people gathered for a ‘Swim In’ on Kootenay Lake on Sunday to protest against plans to build a new ferry terminal near Balfour. The protesters drove, walked, boated, and swam to the event, held on Queen’s Bay, just outside Balfour, 40 kilometres north of Nelson. They’re upset the government is talking about...
Chicken issue to fly again at council meeting
A hugely contentious issue is once again going to take wing in an open city council meeting Sept. 6 – whether to allow urban poultry and bee-keeping within city limits. The issue has come up in years past and drawn near-record crowds of community members to council chambers, both in support of, and opposition to, such a change...
