The Talbot Creek Wildfire, which has grown to an estimated size of 323 hectares, experienced minimal growth overnight Wednesday the BC Wildfire Service website said. “The minimal growth occurred within control lines,” BC Wildfire Service said. “This fire continues to produce smoke and is highly visible from the Slocan Valley as well as surrounding communities.” […]

Almost every product and material we refer to as “plastic” is made from fossil fuels. Most of it hasn’t been around for long — a little over 70 years for the most common products. North American grocery stores didn’t start offering plastic bags until the late 1970s.   Over that short time, plastics have become ubiquitous. A...

Miche and Dan Warwick of Happy Hills Farm have just become a bit happier, thanks to a $5,000 grant from the FedEx #SupportSmall grant initiative.  The program has awarded $5,000 to each of 30 small businesses across Canada that have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, in a wide variety of sectors.  Here in...

At the last meeting of Rossland City Council, during the Public input session, a resident (mistakenly, but understandably – see below) stated that Fruitvale has only 100 fewer people than Rossland, and has only 4 employees, while Rossland has 18 at City Hall.  Now, the resident had some numbers wrong – Fruitvale’s population...

Police and other provincial enforcement officers are being given the ability to issue $2,000 violation tickets for owners or organizers contravening the provincial health officer’s (PHO) order on gatherings and events. They will also be able to issue $200 violation tickets to individuals not following the direction of police...

Penticton – On Aug.8, two RCMP Reserve Constables, were working as part of the RCMP Southeast District boat patrol on Skaha Lake checking water vessels for safety equipment and proper licensing when they encountered a boater in distress. During the mid-afternoon patrol, the winds picked up and the water on the lake became...

A couple of mountain bikers on the Seven Summits trail made it nearly to the end of their ride, but had suffered four flat tires and needed help getting back to their vehicle.  RCMP received the call at 8:23 pm on August 15, and found a pair of exhausted but otherwise uninjured bikers with their injured bikes, and transported...

As a result of a BC Ombudsperson investigation, the Ministry of Education will apologize to students and compensate any students who were financially harmed by the issuance of incorrect provincial exam results in 2019. In a report released today, Course Correction: The Ministry of Education 2019 Provincial Exam Errors, the ...

The City of Rossland has received a copy of the response to the request for a referendum on the proposed affordable housing/city hall project in development for the old EMCON lot on 3rd Ave. The request, along with the petition, was sent to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing by a Facebook group called the Rossland...

By Stephanie Wood, for The Narwhal Even a low-ball prediction for the number of sockeye returning to B.C. river was too high and First Nations and conservationists say government mismanagement and lice infestations are partly to blame Scientists at the Pacific Salmon Commission knew 2020 wouldn’t be a great year for...