Council Matters: Rossland City Council Meeting, June 7, 2021
A new arts centre in the old Drill Hall? Human trafficking and sexual exploitation; a sad farewell to CFO Elma Hamming, welcome CFO Michael Kennedy . . . Public Hearing and regular Council Meeting Council members were all present -- Mayor Kathy Moore and Councillors Dirk Lewis, Stewart Spooner, Andy Morel, Terry Miller,...
Column: What lasts? Part Three
Artists and Revolutionaries Allow me a brief tangent about rock music and the Revolution; I am a 1960’s kid and I cannot forget a childhood illusion that my Woodstock Nation would transform our world. Music, love, peace, revolution, all were One, right? As the Eagles put it lyrically, “we thought we could change the world...
Update – Body of missing woman swept away by river located and recovered
The body of a missing woman, whose vehicle went off the roadway and into a fast moving river Friday morning near Keremeos, has now been located and recovered. RCMP wishes to clarify the location of the collision and apologize for any confusion. Police can now confirm that Amy Sabean’s vehicle veered off of Ashnola Road, and...
Knotweed: What it Is and What to Do
There are four different types of knotweed in our province, three of which have been found in the Boundary. In 2015, the Boundary Invasive Species Society (BISS) found giant knotweed (Fallopia sachalinensis) while surveying Kettle River. There are a number of sites of Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) in the Boundary area,...
Category 3 burning to be prohibited in the Southeast Fire Centre
Effective at noon PST on Friday, June 11, 2021, Category 3 open burning, as defined in the Wildfire Regulation, will be prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre, which includes the Rocky Mountain Natural Resource District and the Selkirk Natural Resource District. The BC Wildfire Service is implementing this prohibition...
NDP MLA Katrine Conroy says new, affordable rentals coming to West Kootenays
NDP MLA Katrine Conroy says 46 new, affordable rental homes are coming to West Kootenays for people with low to moderate incomes. “People across the Kootenays know how important housing is to their own, their neighbours’, and their community’s wellbeing,” said MLA Conroy. “Communities big and small have been feeling the...
Office of the Fire Commissioner, Fire Chiefs Association of B.C. and the BC Wildfire Service cooperate to train local fire departments
Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue (KBRFR) crews along with other Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) firefighters from Christina Lake, Grand Forks and from fire departments across the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) will participate in advanced wildfire suppression training this week. Thirty-nine...
Meet Your Water Smart Ambassador, Sally Turnbull
Sally (she/her) was born and raised in Rossland and is looking forward to a great summer in the community. She just finished her second year of university at the University of British Columbia Okanagan, majoring in environmental chemistry. Sally is looking forward to integrating her studies into helping community members...
RDKB lowers flags to honour Indigenous children found buried at Kamloops residential school
he Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has lowered its flags to half-mast at its Trail and Grand Forks offices in response to the 215 children whose remains were found by the Tk’emlúps te Secweìpemc at the former site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School. “The loss of any child is a terrible thing and every parent’s...
Thermal imaging camera donated to Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue
Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue (KBRFR) has added a thermal imaging camera to its fire fighting arsenal. Retriev Technologies in Waneta donated the $7,000 camera to firefighters at the Trail Station on May 26. “We’re extremely thankful to Retriev Technologies for providing us with an indispensable tool to help us...
