UPDATED: Weather Alert ends for West Kootenay region
Environment Canada ended its Weather Alert for the West Kootenay region. However, the region is still expected to receive 5 to 10 mm of rain through Wednesday. Thursday, the region can expect to see a 60 percent chance of rain. Slow moving low pressure extend Weather Alert Environment Canada continued its weather alert for ...
Richmond B-&-E forces RCMP to fire gun at dog
Shortly after 8 a.m. on May 29, Richmond RCMP responded to the 9000 block of Walford Street, for a report of a Break and Enter in progress. A local home owner was startled to find an unwanted male in his residence. This suspect fled once discovered. Police quickly established a containment field and officers scoured the area...
Nelson loses out to Chilliwack at 'Best of the Best' Tap Water Taste Test Challenge
Nelson qualified for the finals, but ended up losing out to Chillwack in “Best of the Best” Tap Water Taste Test Challenge at the B.C.Water and Waste Association conference Thursday at Prospera Place in Kelowna. The competition format was based on a taste test held annually at the American Water Works Association Annual...
Air Canada shoots down Kootenay MP's idea to improve reliability at West Kootenay Regional Airport in Castlegar
High expectations quickly turned to harsh reality for BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko and Kootenay/Columbia rep David Wilks following a meeting Wednesday with Air Canada officials. The two Kootenay MPs met with Air Canada VP Government Affairs, Industry and Corporate Strategy Derek Vanstone to discuss the future of ...
PODCAST: How to save the world and make money with Rossland's Darrel Fry
About the podcast: The You Can Do That Here! podcast is produced by Andrew Zwicker of AZcreative for the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology. The podcast is a weekly series of 30 minute conversations with some of the most innovative and successful entrepreneurs in the Kootenays. You can CLICK PLAY on the triangle...
Forest fire crews rescue baby owl named Norman
On Tuesday, May 26 the Sentinal Unit Crew from the Southeast Fire Centre discovered this baby owl on the Little Bobtail Lake fire. He had fallen from his nest and was too young to fly. He was rescued by a Wildfire Management Branch Falling Coordinator based out of the Cobble Hill Zone in the Coastal Fire Centre. A wildlife ...
MP lobbies Air Canada for better landing technology for Castlegar
Derek Vanstone, VP Government Affairs, Industry And Corporate Strategy Air Canada Dear Mr. Vanstone, Thank you very much for taking the time to meet with us to discuss the future of the West Kootenay Regional Airport. As you are aware, technology currently exists to improve the reliability of airports such as our Airport in...
GF council votes to have Coun. Butler disqualified
Grand Forks city councillors voted in Monday night's council meeting to file a declaration of disqualification for Coun. Julia Butler. They sent out the following press release this morning: Grand Forks, BC city council voted in favour of filing an application to the court for declaration of disqualification against Councillor...
Human-caused wildfires are preventable say Southeast Fire Centre
Humans are making it a very difficult start to the 2015 wildfire season says the Southeast Fire Centre in a media release. "Since April 1, 2015, the Wildfire Management Branch has responded to 39 wildfires in the Southeast Fire Centre," said the release. "Of those fires, 34 were human-caused and therefore preventable." The ...
Citizen’s prosecution proceeds in Lemon Creek Spill
There is another delay in a Slocan valley woman’s prosecution of the province of BC and the Executive Flight Centre over the jet fuel spill into Lemon Creek nearly two years ago. Provincial Court Judge Richard Hewson set June 16 for the parties to fix a date for a trial in April 2016, in Nelson provincial court Monday. “Well,...
