Rock Creek and Washington fires growing rapidly
Update: The Stickpin fire is now estimated to be 8093.7 hectares (20,000 acres) Edited: There was an error in the original acreage for the Stickpin part of the story and that has been corrected. A fire that started in Rock Creek has grown overnight to encompass 2500 hectares (6177.6 acres). In comparison, Vancouver's Stanley...
Ex-Saints star Cody Fidgett lands pro deal with Quad City of ECHL
Former Selkirk Saints sniper Cody Fidgett inked a deal Thursday with the Quad City Mallards of the ECHL. Fidgett, 24, played two seasons in Castlegar with the Saints, leading the Sunflower City squad to the BC Intercollegiate Hockey League Championship in 2013 and 2014. In 43 games with Selkirk, Fidgett scored 32 goals while...
Evacuations and road closures near Rock Creek
Update (11:01 p.m.): New highway closures include Hwy 33 closed in both directions from Rock Creek to Beaverdell. Hwy 3 is closed in both directions from Nine Mile Pit to Midway and Hwy 3 is closed from 14 km east of Osoyoos (Anarchist Rest Mtn rest area) west to Rock Creek. Update (10:35 p.m.): A forest fire that started ...
Shamhala sees 104 drug seizures, 61 vehicles impounded
Shambhala is over for another year, and RCMP Sgt. John Ferguson says 2015 was a mixed bag, with no vehicular crashes, but many impounded vehicles drug seizures. "The WKTS and Nelson IRSU are very happy to report that there were no major crashes involving Shambhala in our patrol area," Ferguson said. "The RCMP and Integrated...
RCMP report no major accidents but numerous drug seizures involving Shambhala Music Festival patrons
Sergeant John Ferguson of the West Kootenay Traffic Services said police are happy to report that there were no major accidents involving patrons attending last week’s Shambhala Music Festival near Salmo. Ferguson said the WKTS and Integrated Road Safety Unit worked long hours to ensure the motoring public arrived to their ...
Pot left on stove blamed for smoke filling downtown Nelson apartment
A pot left on a stove-top element was blamed for smoke filling an apartment on Ward Street Wednesday morning in Nelson. Nelson Fire Department dispatched the day crew to a call at 10:49 a.m. Wednesday of the smell of smoke in a commercial business. When the on-duty members arrived with an engine, it was determined that the ...
CBT gives $450,000 for Millennium Park expansion
Columbia Basin Trust has announced a $450,000 grant to support the City of Castlegar’s Millennium Park Phase 2 Project. The Phase 2 Project includes: Off-leash Dog Park; Active Recreation court area including two Beach Volley Ball courts; Tennis/Pickle Ball Court; improved access, parking and drop off areas that will service...
Local cyclist dies during century ride
Grand Forks’ cycling community has lost one of its own. Bohdan Juzkiw, 66, died Aug. 8, while taking part in the Red Rocks Century ride, which started in Morrison, Colorado. According to reports, Juzkiw crashed roughly 72.4 km (45 miles) into the ride and was quickly attended by local residents with paramedics arriving shortly...
Nelson's Don Kurylko dream sailboat begins maiden voyage
Don Kurylko’s sailboat, that took years to build inside a shed on his property, no longer rests at 1300 block of Stanley Street in Nelson. The 34-foot hand-built sailboat is on its way to the Pacific Ocean, near Richmond. A truck came to pick up the sailboat following a brief, but special, ceremony Saturday in Nelson near...
New Skydrone Training & Services coming to GF
The City of Grand Forks is the only certified airport in British Columbia and one of two in Canada to provide advanced training and certification in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Skydrone UAV Services in partnership with Western Aviation Services, is operating out of the Grand Forks airport under a Special Flight Operations...
