RDKB Issues Evacuation Order for rural Grand Forks, Alert for parts of Village of Fruitvale
An Evacuation Order has been issued by the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Regional Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) for six (6) properties in the Nursery area in Electoral Area D/Rural Grand Forks, effective as of Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 2 pm. because of rising river levels. EOC officials will be delivering Evacuation...
Column: Affordable ways to avoid climate catastrophe
Cutting greenhouse gas emissions to keep the world from heating to catastrophic levels is entirely possible and would save money. Although emissions continue to rise, there’s still time to reverse course. Ways to slash them by more than half over the next seven years are readily available and cost-effective — and...
RDKB urging public to prepare for possibility of flooding in Boundary region
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Emergency Operations Centre is asking Boundary residents to prepare for the possibility of flooding. The RDKB said with increasing temperatures and the possibility of heavy precipitation in the forecast later this week, waters are expected to rise. "Current models show that...
COUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council meetings, May 1, 2023
Tennis courts are open; Rossland has a “clean” audit; Curling Society active and thriving; more clarity about taxes; Harry Lefevre Square Project will go ahead – for a bit more money; a possible change to Public Input Period; Rossland Museum gets a grant; and more . . . Present: Mayor Andy Morel, and Councillors Jeff...
RDKB Going Greener and Taking on Trash in Rossland, Warfield, Trail and Fruitvale
As part of the Regional District’s commitment to Zero Waste Goals and efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, a new waste reduction program will be launched targeting the diversion of food waste and kitchen scraps in the McKelvey Creek Wasteshed. To facilitate the green bin program, agreements have been reached with...
The ‘Hike Our Story’ Challenge returns to the Boundary
A hiking challenge, which launched in the Boundary last year to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Grand Forks, is back with a bang this summer. “Last year’s event was a huge success! We had 124 hikers explore 372 trails in the Boundary,” says Melina Van Hoogevest, RDKB’s Recreation Supervisor at Grand Forks District Recreation....
RCMP report fatal accident west of Christina Lake
Grand Forks RCMP is reporting that one person has died following a single vehicle accident early Friday morning. RCMP said that just past 12:30 a.m., on Friday, April 21st, 2023, police received a report of a single vehicle accident on Highway 3 near Highway 395, just west of Christina Lake, BC. RCMP said at the accident...
COLUMN: On the intelligence of other species -- such as bees
The more we learn about other species, the more our human-centric attitudes are challenged Up until about 400 years ago, it was widely accepted that Earth was at the centre of the universe, and everything revolved around it. When scientist Galileo Galilei challenged this “geocentric” view — confirming Nicolaus Copernicus’s ...
COLUMN: Human consciousness, under construction -- PART THREE
Doing Good, Becoming Better, Following Leaders Reading Parts One and Two of Arc #185 published previously, would benefit a reader for an understanding of what follows. In Part One, I described my youthful dreams, the egalitarian aspirations that humans have not managed to realize, and in Part Two, I raised questions of leaders...
COUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council Meetings, April 17, 2023
A proposed new Development Approval Process; Five-Year Financial Plan passes the next hurdle; Tax rate set for Rossland properties for 2023; Aqueduct Trail Improvement moving along; Rossland Farmers Market will have space; Rosslanders commit fewer crimes but more drunk-driving offences and other MVA violations so far ...
