Weekend sees 6,288 new cases, 713 in IHA
Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 6,288 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 241,946 cases in the province: Dec. 24-25: 2,552 new cases Dec. 25-26: 2,023 new cases Dec. 26-27: 1,713 new cases Note: case counts provided on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, are preliminary. The new cases include: 3,181 new cases in Fraser Health...
Innovation Today and in the Future: Challenging the Status Quo
Teck Trail Operations is proud to commemorate 125 years of continuous smelting with an eight-part series that explores the company’s significant role in the region and industry, from the gold rush to becoming one of the world’s largest fully integrated zinc and lead smelting and refining complexes. Since 1896, visionary...
Castlegar RCMP seeking Secret Santa
The Castlegar RCMP is seeking to identify a Secret Santa who sent the RCMP an envelope of cash and a note. On Dec. 20, a non-descript envelope with no return address arrived at the Castlegar RCMP Detachment. It contained an undisclosed amount of cash and instructions to disperse as the RCMP saw fit in the community. While we...
City of Trail responds to changing health orders
The Provincial Health Officer (PHO) has enforced additional health orders aimed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. As of December 22, 2021 at midnight, until at least January 18, 2022, the following orders will come into effect: No indoor organized gatherings of any size - this includes third-party bookings of meeting and ...
Province introduces new COVID-19 measures for safer holiday season
To address rising COVID-19 case counts and keep people safe, the provincial health officer in a media release Friday is issuing revised orders, which take effect on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Measures will extend to Jan. 31, 2022, at 11:59 p.m., and include: limiting indoor, personal gatherings, including in rental and vacation properties to the […]
COUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council meetings, December 13, 2021
Moratorium on short-term rental zoning -- for a while; a new dumpster request; re-zoning at Redstone for a new development; Community Grants and Covid Grants; our aging pool; the RDKB report … and more. Present: Mayor Kathy Moore and Councillors Terry Miller, Stewart Spooner, Chris Bowman, Dirk Lewis, Janice Nightingale,...
Trail Christmas tree pick up – Sat. Jan. 15, 2022
On Saturday, January 15, 2022, the J.L Crowe Grad class and the Trail Smoke Eaters will be working with the City of Trail to pick up Christmas trees at the following locations: where you normally put your garbage out for curbside collection, and at designated drop off areas within each neighbourhood (see the highlighted locations...
NDP MLA Conroy says new recovery funding will help local fairs, festivals and events resume in the Kootenays
New Democrat MLA Katrine Conroy says new support from the BC New Democrat government will help local fairs, festivals and community events resume in the Kootenays. “Sports and arts events in the Kootenays give us all something to look forward to every year,” said MLA Conroy. “COVID-19 has been incredibly difficult for the...
Kootenay youth join inaugural provincial leadership council
Two young local leaders have been named to the StrongerBC Young Leaders Council and will provide direct and ongoing feedback to government on priorities and policies that matter to youth. Aur Hager, 18, from Castlegar, and Maya Provencal, 23, from Rossland, were appointed to the 18-member council. The inaugural council received...
Trail and Rossland selected to co-host the 2026 BC Winter Games
The BC Games Society announced today that Trail-Rossland will co-host the 2026 BC Winter Games. These cities have a long history of hosting major sport events. The region has successfully hosted the 1982 and 2006 BC Winter Games and the 1996 BC Summer Games as well as the 2011 BC Seniors Games. Numerous Alpine Skiing and...
