High School students receive taste of college life during annual Experience Selkirk Day
High school students from across the West Kootenay-Boundary received a taste for post-secondary life last week at the annual Experience Selkirk Day. More than 400 students descended on Selkirk College’s Castlegar Campus, Tenth Street Campus and Kootenay Studio Arts Campus to take in morning workshops and afternoon games. It...
Outbreak of Salmonella infections related to contact with live baby poultry
Interior Health is advising the public of an outbreak of salmonellosis related to contact with live baby poultry originating from a hatchery in Alberta. The investigation, involving IH, the BC Centre for Disease Control, BC health authorities, BC Ministry of Agriculture, Public Health Agency of Canada and provincial partners,...
NPD officers deploy Conducted Energy Weapon to disarm knife-wielding suspect
Nelson Police were forced to use a Conducted Energy Weapon (CEW) to disarm a distraught woman with a knife Sunday at an apartment building in the Heritage City. Nelson Police Department Acting Sergeant Brian Weber said in a prepared statement said the woman became enraged, and started toward the officers with a knife in hand....
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,...
Trail/Castlegar/Nelson air cadets fly at Trail airport
On the weekend of May 23/24, the cadets of the three West Kootenay Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadrons flew in the Air Cadet Gliders at the Trail Regional Airport. The Cadets were from 531 Squadron in Trail, 561 Squadron in Nelson and 581 Squadron in Castlegar. The two SGS2-33A gliders and one Cessna 182 tow plane are owned ...
Massive blaze near Rossland draws air tankers, bucket chopper and 27 firefighters
All six Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue crews were called out to battle a blaze in the Big Sheep Valley Saturday, according to fire chief Terry Martin. “We got the call at 6:03 p.m. on Saturday, that there was a wildfire at 5070 Cascade Road, just 25 kilometres west of Rossland,” Martin said. “We dispatched crews from...
Work continues on Kokanee Mountain Zipline project
You could hear the excitement in Todd Manton’s voice. However, before Manton and brother Jay see the first client glide gracefully glide down the Kokanee Mountain Zipline, there’s just a little more work that has to be completed. Okay, a little more than just a little. But in a few months zipline enthusiasts from the area...
UPDATED: Weather alert for Arrow Lakes/Slocan Lake discontinued by Environment Canada
As of Sunday evening, Environment Canada as removed the weather alert for the Arrow Lakes/Slocan Lake region of the West Kootenay, including the Boundary region. The alert has been reduced to a risk of thundershowers for the region. Environment Canada continues weather alert for Arrow Lakes/Slocan Lake region Environment...
Report: Baby boomers face transportation challenges
They grew up feeling secure. They benefited from easier access to education. They came of age during a time of some of the biggest social change in North America. And now the baby boomers, all of whom will turn 65 between 2011 and 2031, are facing a huge challenge in the West Kootenay. How will they get around when they can...
