This summer we’ve all been feeling the effects of inflation.  The price of almost everything has risen dramatically, but the issue that I’ve been hearing a lot about is the cost of gas. In January, the world oil price was about $70 per barrel, up significantly from its early pandemic lows.  Then in late February, Russia invaded...

People in Trail may have noticed purple chairs dotting our downtown. What are these empty chairs for? What do they mean? Purple is the colour used to recognize the toxic drug supply that is killing people all over the world. The empty chair is there to commemorate loved ones missing from our dinner tables, lost to toxic drugs....

RDCK Recreation facilities at the Castlegar & District Community Complex, the Creston & District Community Complex, and the Nelson & District Community Complex are scheduled for annual maintenance closures in the coming weeks.These closures have been scheduled during the quietest time of the year at the facilities....

BC Hydro would like to notify the public that the discharge rates from Arrow Lakes Reservoir will decrease noticeably on Saturday, August 27 and Sunday, August 28:     •At 6 a.m. on Saturday, August 27, flows will decrease from 2,166 m3/s to 2,024 m3/s; •At 7 a.m. on Saturday, August 27, flows will decrease from 2,024 m3/s ...

When a man violated his court-ordered restrictions, the game was afoot - literally. "On Aug. 20, at 9:42 a.m., a frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer received a report from a monitoring company that a 33-year-old Trail man had violated his court ordered condition to remain inside his residence on Green Avenue in...

The quiet of summer will soon be broken at Selkirk College with the arrival of students for the fall semester, bringing a new air of post-secondary excitement to campuses and learning centres across the region. President Maggie Matear has been at the helm of the college since late-May. Settling in and getting familiar with ...

A Trail man has been found guilty of three charges and will be facing sentencing in September after assaulting two officers last October, according to Trail RCMP NCO i/c Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. "I attended court in Castlegar on Monday and was present for the decision by Judge Sicotte on the Sheldon Matteucci incident (see below...

Anouschka Riverin, finance manager with the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, will be swapping her calculator for cycling when she takes on the ‘Tour de Cure’ 100-km fundraising bike ride in Chilliwack later this month. Her team, ‘Just Beat it’, hopes to complete the epic, in-person cycling challenge in under five hours...

Katrine Conroy, Minister Responsible for the Columbia River Treaty, has issued the following statement regarding the 13th round of negotiations to modernize the Columbia River Treaty, which took place in Richmond on Aug. 10-11, 2022: “Discussions toward a modernized Columbia River Treaty progressed last week, as negotiators...

Starting Monday, August 15, 2022, work will begin on the Sunningdale 'Y' pedestrian improvement project. Temporary detours will be in effect during the construction period for both Hazelwood Drive and Hillside Drive. The project is expected to conclude on August 19, 2022. Please follow all traffic signs and detours and decrease...