The BC Wildfire Service is responding to a three-hectare wildfire near Kokanee Creek and two kilometres northeast of Kokanee Creek Provincial Park. No structures are immediately threatened at this time. Our wildfire reporting line has received many calls from campers at the park and travellers along Highway 3A. The Southeast Fire Centre appreciates the public͛s […]

The couple reported missing has been found safe and sound, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew.     "They had made a detour from their destination and spent the night in a camp site, with no cell service to update their family."   Previous coverage:   The Castlegar RCMP are asking the public to keep their eyes open for a...

A movement is afoot in Nelson to find a shared workspace to connect the Queen City’s growing ranks of freelance workers and entrepreneurs, most of whom work from home in the areas of technology, design and other creative arts. A Facebook group called Nelson Tech and Knowledge Workers sprung up on the web in May […]

They say to have compassion for someone, you must walk a mile in their shoes. Castlegar will go you one better. They’ll walk five kilometres in your boots, in 30+degree heat, and suffer right along beside you … and, I hope, still understand that their journey is shorter than yours, and the emotional/mental burden you’re...

While many are hailing (forgive the pun) Monday evening’s storm as the ‘storm of the century’, it actually wasn’t, according to Southeast Fire Centre’s weather expert Ron Lakeman. In fact, it wasn’t even ‘a’ storm at all … it was a bunch of them. “It was a north/south line of storms moving east,” he said. “How that would...

BC Wildfire Service firefighting personnel and structural  protection crews have been busy dismantling illegal burn piles put in place in anticipation of Canada Day celebrations, and the RCMP have been  consulted. These incidents divert critical resources from responding to wildfires and other emergencies.  The Southeast Fire...

A Nelson man believes “Lady Luck” was on his side during Monday’s thunderstorm that rocked the Heritage City. Richard Nelson, at home alone at the time of thunderstorm Monday evening, was inside the family dwelling at the Rosemont Trailer Park when a huge tree crashed through the roof as a result of the Gale Force winds the...

Southeast Fire Centre is advising that effective at noon Pacific Time on Friday, July 3, 2015, campfires will be prohibited throughout the region to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety. The campfire prohibition will remain in place until the public is otherwise notified. The campfire ban is in addition...

Residents woke up to downed trees, branches and debris filling the streets following a severe thunderstorm that ripped through the West Kootenay/Boundary/Arrow and Slocan Lakes region Monday evening. "Mother Nature did a little pruning," said one early morning walker on the waterfront pathway Tuesday morning. Environment...

Nelsonites were left in the dark for well into the night after a powerful thunderstorm rocked the region Monday evening. The storm packed wind gusts that knocked numerous trees over power lines, leaving most of the region without power. The power outage included Nelson Hydro and parts of Fortis BC. Nelson Hydro crews were...