BC Hydro submits request for one per cent rate cut with BC Utilities Commission
BC Hydro has submitted a request for a rate reduction of around one per cent starting April 2020 in an update to its Fiscal 2020 to Fiscal 2021 Revenue Requirements Application with the BC Utilities Commission. In its Revenue Requirements Application filed in February 2019, BC Hydro requested a net bill increase of 0.7 per ...
River levels to decrease by just under 2.5 feet Saturday: BC Hydro
BC Hydro would like to notify the public that the discharge rates from Arrow Lakes Reservoir will decrease noticeably on Saturday, August 24th: · At 7 a.m., the discharge rate will decrease from approximately 1,682 cubic metres per second (59,000 cubic feet per second) to about 1,557 cubic metres per second (55,000 ...
POLICE BEAT: Trail cops deal with Impaired/Proactive Policing/Weapon
Ed Note: Police also issued a comprehensive list of recent thefts, which can be found at https://trailchampion.com/news/trail-police-caution-against-vigilantism-wake-theft-spike Impaired Driving On August 18, 2019, at 3:22 a.m. the Trail and Greater District Detachment RCMP investigated a 35-year-old male driver for allegedly...
Trail police caution against vigilantism in wake of theft spike
A spike in thefts and a resulting backlash on social media have local police cautioning residents about taking matters into their own hands. In a press release issued Monday, Trail RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich asked the public to remain vigilant, but to leave any punitive action to police. “The Trail and Greater District...
Union Hotel Demolition - Majority of Materials Recycled and Reused
The City of Trail has received the “Construction Waste Disposal and Diversion Report” for the demolition of the Union Hotel and 1144 Cedar Avenue from Dakota Reclamators Ltd., the contractor responsible for the buildings’ demolition and residual materials. The report highlights that Dakota diverted 69 per cent of the demolition...
CBT secures $2-mill project to improve flood resiliency in the Basin
Several Columbia Basin communities will soon have newly acquired, state-of-the-art data that will help them work toward reducing the risks and impacts associated with flooding. This is thanks to a project that is collecting LiDAR and orthophoto imagery of major water bodies near populated areas across the majority of the southern part of the Basin. […]
Burned out vehicles prompt police to seek public assistance
On Aug. 16, at 12:50 a.m., the Trail and Greater District Detachment RCMP and the Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Department responded to the scene of a suspicious camper/trailer and van fire on Casino Road, in Trail. The trailer and van had been parked in a dirt pullout approximately two kilometres from town for several...
Two injured in motorcycle crash
Two Calgarian motorcyclists were badly injured in a crash Sunday, according to Trail RCMP top cop Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. "On Aug. 11, at approximately 9 p.m., the Trail and Greater District Detachment RCMP attended a motor vehicle incident where two motorcycles that were travelling in the same direction collided as each other...
POLICE BEAT: Weekend sees thefts, arrest, MVA, fraud
From Friday, Aug. 9 to Sunday Aug. 12, 2019, the Trail and Greater District Detachment RCMP had a busy summer weekend by responding to 71 calls for service from the public. Theft from Vehicles On Friday, Aug. 9, sometime overnight, two fishing rods and a tackle box were stolen from an unlocked vehicle in the […]
Board Highlights from July RDKB meeting
During the July regularly scheduled board meeting, the Kootenay & Boundary Farm Advisors (KBFA) provided an overview to the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary board members — a three-year pilot program to bring back agricultural extension services in the region. The program is sponsored by the regional districts...
