Essential Paramedic Training coming to Castlegar
Local students wanting to become a paramedic can now train closer to home thanks to both an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) course and a blended Primary Care Paramedic program (PCP) that will be returning to Castlegar. The EMR course lasts two weeks and allows individuals to license for work as an entry-level paramedic....
Auto theft suspect finds himself walking after stolen dump truck breaks down along highway
Front line RCMP officers were dispatched on May 4, not on a combat mission, but to a sighting of what turned out to be an auto theft suspect allegedly abandoning a stolen dump truck alongside Highway 97C between Ashcroft and Logan Lake BC. On May 4, just before 9:30 a.m., Logan Lake RCMP received a report that a security...
CKISS launches Eco Garden Project during Invasive Species Action Month
To get British Columbians active in preventing and stopping the spread of harmful invasive species, the BC government has officially declared the entire month of May as Invasive Species Action Month. Invasive species threaten BC’s environment. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) considers invasive ...
Mayor Moore apologizes for travelling down south to get vaccinated, visit family
Another West Kootenay Mayor is coming under fire for travelling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rossland Mayor Kathy Moore recently travelled south of the 49th parallel get vaccinated, while at the same time spending time with family. Despite having dual citizenship, and announcing ahead of time that she was traveling into the...
Search for missing BC woman now a murder investigation
The human remains discovered in Hope on March 29, 2021 have been identified as those of Trina Hunt. Background: On March 29, 2021 at 10 a.m., human remains were found in the area south of Silver Creek in Hope, B.C. The circumstances were deemed suspicious and IHIT took conduct of the investigation. IHIT has been working...
BC RCMP Major Crime has been called in to investigate suspicious death near Chase
The BC RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit has deployed to the Shuswap region to assume an investigation into the unexpected death of a woman, according to RCMP Cpl. Jesse O'Donaghey On April 27, a short time after 11:30 p.m., front line Chase RCMP officers were dispatched to a residence situated in the 8600-block of...
UPDATED: RDKB lifts evacuation orders for Christina Lake properties
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) lifted evacuation orders for three homes in the Fife Road area on the east side of Christina Lake this afternoon. Residents have been out of their homes since the early morning hours of April 25 when debris blocking a creek at higher elevation...
Logan Lake: Commercial vehicle operator dies in collision between semi-tractor trailer units
RCMP and the BC Coroners Service are investigating the circumstances surrounding a collision between two commercial transport vehicles that claimed the life of a man Monday evening. On April 26, just before 6 p.m., Logan Lake RCMP responded to a collision involving two semi-tractor trailer units on Highway 5 in the area of ...
Without Further Habitat Protections Caribou Likely To Disappear
A new scientific paper, Habitat loss accelerates for the endangered woodland caribou in western Canada, released by some of North America’s preeminent caribou researchers is highlighting the importance of addressing the ultimate cause of caribou declines: habitat loss. According to the authors: “Our findings support the idea...
Castlegar thrift store robbed of cash/property
St. David's Thrift Shop was robbed after a break-and-enter late Sunday/early Monday, according to Castlegar RCMP NCOIC Sgt. Monty Taylor. "In the morning of April 26, 2021 an employee of the Castlegar Thrift Store arrived at work to discover the store had been broken into and a small amount of cash and property stolen. ...
