MP Cannings speaks to residential schools
The discovery of 215 unmarked and seemingly undocumented graves of children on the grounds of the former residential school in Kamloops has produced an outpouring of grief and anger across Canada. While the discovery was not a surprise to many people, especially to residential school survivors, it served as a shocking reminder...
City of Trail prepares for BC’s Restart Plan
The City of Trail is thrilled with the Provincial Health Officer’s (PHO) latest news announcing the gradual loosening of COVID-19 restrictions. We continue to monitor the guidelines and recommendations coming from the province in order to carefully consider their impact on our community, our user groups, and our facilities ...
Category 3 burning to be prohibited in the Southeast Fire Centre
Effective at noon PST on Friday, June 11, 2021, Category 3 open burning, as defined in the Wildfire Regulation, will be prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre, which includes the Rocky Mountain Natural Resource District and the Selkirk Natural Resource District. The BC Wildfire Service is implementing this prohibition...
NDP MLA Katrine Conroy says new, affordable rentals coming to West Kootenays
NDP MLA Katrine Conroy says 46 new, affordable rental homes are coming to West Kootenays for people with low to moderate incomes. “People across the Kootenays know how important housing is to their own, their neighbours’, and their community’s wellbeing,” said MLA Conroy. “Communities big and small have been feeling the...
Trail Arts Council and The Royal Theatre launch Silver Screen Drive-In
The Trail & District Arts Council and The Royal Theatre have joined forces toimagine your new, favourite summer experience, the Silver Screen Drive-in. Running from June 18 to Sept. 25, filmswill screen Thursday through Saturday at duskin the Waneta Plaza upper parking lot. Building on the history of the Auto-Vue Drive-in,...
Vancouver man fined after violating travel restrictions
Police can and will issue fines for travel violations under the BC Emergency Program Act, according to Trail RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich, who provided a case-in-point as follows: "On Saturday, May 29, at 5:15 p.m., a BC Highway Patrol officer was conducting a vehicle patrol when he was alerted to a man in distress on Seven...
Gunshots reported in rural area near Trail
Police haven't found the source of gunshots heard near Trail, but did nab people breaking the law, according to Trail top cop Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. "On Friday, May 29, at 3:14 p.m., Trail and Greater District RCMP and BC Highway Patrol responded to a complaint about gunshots being fired near the Seven Mile Dam on Seven Mile...
April sees 176 toxic illicit drug deaths, bringing 2021 total to 680 in BC
Preliminary reporting released by the BC Coroners Service confirms at least 176 British Columbians were lost to toxic illicit drugs in April, bringing the total number of deaths recorded in 2021 to 680. “Once again, we’re reminded that the scale of this public health emergency is truly unprecedented,” said Lisa Lapointe, chief coroner. “I offer my […]
RDKB lowers flags to honour Indigenous children found buried at Kamloops residential school
he Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has lowered its flags to half-mast at its Trail and Grand Forks offices in response to the 215 children whose remains were found by the Tk’emlúps te Secweìpemc at the former site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School. “The loss of any child is a terrible thing and every parent’s...
Castlegar man shot by assailant in his home Sunday
A Castlegar man was shot in the wee hours of Sunday morning, according to Castlegar RCMP NCOIC Sgt. Monty Taylor. "On May 30 at 2:43am a 54-year-old Castlegar male attended the Castlegar RCMP detachment reporting an unknown suspect had entered his living unit and shot him once with a handgun," Taylor said. "The victim had a...
