Embarrassing interaction for amorous couple leads to police intervention
A local couple got a rude interruption Friday night, according to RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. "On May 10, at 1:31 a.m., the Trail and Greater District Detachment RCMP were called by a couple who were having intimate relations in the back of a pick up truck in the 1400 block of Green Lane, in Trail," he said. "The couple were...
RCMP seek public info on seven suspicious fires Friday night
Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue crews were kept busy Friday night with seven suspicious wildland fires, according to Cpt. Grant Tyson. Tyson said the initial call came in at 11:27 p.m., to Riverside and Columbia Avenues, and six Trail firefighters responded. “Station 374 received a call for a brush fire near the 1900...
Increased call volume during Silver City Days prompts police plea to public
It was a busy and productive weekend for the Trail and Greater District Detachment RCMP during the 2019 Trail Silver City Days, acccording to RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. "The RCMP responded to over 75 calls for service from Friday, May 10 to Sunday, May 12," said Wicentowich in a press release Monday. " The RCMP also conducted...
Tip from off-duty cop leads to arrest/drug seizure
A 33-year-old Trail man may be facing a laundry list of charges after a sharp-eyed, off-duty police officer attending Silver City Days with his family noticed suspicious behaviour, according to RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. “On May 11, the RCMP Trail Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) conducted an investigation into a 33-year-old male...
Missing Warfield man found unharmed
A missing Warfield man is home safe and sound after search and rescue crews from around the region scoured the area to find him, according to Mike Hudson, president and manager of South Columbia Search and Rescue “Yesterday at 2:15 a.m., South Columbia was called out for a missing 58-year-old male,” Hudson said. “He had...
Want Better Health Care? Have Your Say.
The Centre for Rural Health Research wants to hear from YOU. To provide useful evidence for health care planning in BC, the “Rural Evidence Review Project” is seeking input from everyone who cares about the quality of health care in our rural communities, and has ideas about how to improve it. The project is led by Dr. Jude...
Beaver Valley Lions Club supports West Kootenay Take a Hike
The Beaver Valley Lions Club continued their support of youth in our community with a donation to the West Kootenay Take a Hike program. This innovative program based at the Kootenay Columbia Learning Centre is one of only five such classrooms in the province, and the only one outside of the Lower Mainland. Take a Hike is ...
FAN and UBC Partner for Children and Families in SD 20
Did you know that 22 per cent of children entering Kindergarten in School District 20 – Kootenay Columbia begin school with vulnerabilities in one or more critical areas of development? The Family Action Network, working closely with UBC’s Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), wants to change that story for our children....
Pride-Filled Moment for Selkirk College Rural Pre-Medicine Graduates
On the eve of Selkirk College Convocation, the Rural Pre-Medicine Program Class of 2019 gathered with family, friends and instructors at the Mir Centre for Peace for an intimate sharing of what it took to get this point in their post-secondary journey. Sitting amongst the gathered guests at the afternoon tea on the Castlegar...
This week's Hidden Hero: Kari Burk
The Hidden Hero Project is a portrait series celebrating the everyday heroes who live and give in Castlegar. Community members were asked to nominate people as heroes back in the summer of 2018 and the exhibition celebrating a selection of the good folks of Castlegar will open at Kootenay Gallery on June 20, 2019. Partway […]
