Boundary Flood Resilience Centre opens Saturday
In a media release Thursday, the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary said it is launching its Boundary Flood Resilience Centre to help all victims of the 2018 catastrophic floods in the Boundary region. The release said the Resilience Centre will open at the Grand Forks Curling Rink on Saturday, May 26th at 9 a.m. as the Red […]
Selkirk College Leads the Charge in Research for a Changing Forest Industry
Rapid innovation and technology adoption across the forest sector in rural B.C. will be fostered through a new research program spearheaded by Selkirk College. Selkirk College’s Applied Research and Innovation Centre (ARIC) has been successful in securing $1.7 million in funding from the Natural Science & Engineering...
Sulphuric acid spill draws crews to Hwy 3B
An acid spill drew emergency crews to Hwy 3B yesterday, according to KBRFR Cpt. Grant Tyson. In a media release issued this morning, Tyson said, "a truck hauling sulfuric acid had some spills along Hwy 3B. Starting at Highway 3B and Rossland Avenue and continuing to the west entrance of Glenmerry, where the truck came to a ...
Interior Health launches water advisory map
In a first-of-its-kind project in Canada, Interior Health has launched a real-time, interactive water advisory map, enabling people to search the entire Interior Health region for current drinking water advisories. They can also learn more about IH water suppliers, types of advisories, and the reasons for these advisories. ...
UPDATE: Boundary health centre re-opens
Interior Health is advising residents in Grand Forks and Boundary of the following updates to local health services resulting from changes to evacuation orders and alerts related to flooding in the region: Boundary Community Health Centre (7441 - 2nd Street) is open. Mental Health Substance Use and Public Health services have...
MP Richard Cannings Honoured as FPAC Forest Community Champion
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is pleased to name Richard Cannings, MP South Okanagan-West Kootenay as a winner of the 2018 FPAC Forest Community Champion Award. Cannings will be joined by International Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Kenora, Ontario Mayor Dave Canfield, and Whitecourt, Alberta...
Selkirk College’s Rural Pre-Medicine Program Reaches Major Milestone
Two members of Selkirk College’s Class of 2018 have taken a significant step in their pursuit of becoming doctors after receiving offers of admission from the MD Undergraduate Program at the University of British Columbia. Svetlana Hadikin and Adib Malas graduated from the Rural Pre-Medicine (RPM) Program in April and earlier...
Kootenay Mountain culture magazine honoured by nomination for National Magazine Award
Kootenay Mountain Culture magazine and veteran journalist Bob Keating have landed in some fine company. Keating’s story, "Dammed & Determined," about the future of the Columbia River Treaty, has been nominated for a National Magazine Award in the Feature Writing category. Other nominees in this category include Maclean's, Chatelaine and Alberta Views. The winner will […]
'By some miracle' Saskatchwan couple survive landslide on Kootenay Pass
A couple from Saskatchewan, travelling the Kootenay Pass to Nelson for the Victoria Day long weekend is lucky to be alive after being pushed off Highway 3 by a landslide Thursday. Gabe Rosescu and Sheri Niemegeers were en route to the Heritage City to visit friends when the slide hit the vehicle they were driving […]
RDKB rescinds majority of evacuation orders across the Boundary
Evacuation orders were rescinded and downgraded to evacuation alerts for about 1000 properties or about 2000 people in the Boundary on May 20. This leaves 556 addresses on evacuation order and just over 900 people still waiting to return home. In Grand Forks proper, about 377 properties were removed from evacuation zones and...
