The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has entered into an agreement with the BC Wildfire Service authorizing use of the Christina Lake Dog Park at the south end of Swanson Road for chainsaw training to remove dangerous trees and accumulated deadfall on July 21 and 22.  Crews will use the cleanup project to hone their...

The Province of BC has approved the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary to receive just under $150,000 to complete a Boundary region flood and geohazard risk assessment. The project will cost $163,000 in total with $13,000 funded in kind by the RDKB. The RDKB is one of 24 local governments and First Nations communities in...

Diversity is strength. That’s true in nature and human affairs. But recent painful events have shown society has yet to grasp this. The appalling deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Toronto’s Regis Korchinski-Paquet, Chantel Moore from Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation and many others — all at the hands of those tasked to serve...

On July 10, the owner reported the theft of a beige 2016 single-axle 17-foot Starcraft travel trailer, and a black 2014 Kawasaki motorcycle, to the Trail RCMP detachment.  The owner had been towing the trailer with his pickup truck, which broke down near the Paulson Summit on Highway 3 and was towed away for repairs, leaving...

There’s a load of unfiltered nonsense going around on social media about masks these days – memes claiming that they don’t work, memes focusing on “freedom!” and claiming that wearing a mask is a sign that one is subject to “mind control.” Conspiracy-theory rubbish, and dangerous rubbish at that. Right down there in the gutter...

Library:  Please bring books back!  That referendum petition; the Josie Hotel’s request for more tax relief; and how big is a “Small” garbage bag, or a “Large” one? Tennis courts and art installations, why we can't have mail ballots, and do you know anything about Rossland’s Asset Management Investment Plan?       Present: ...

The Province of BC has opened its Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) program to individuals and local governments in Regional District Kootenay Boundary Electoral Areas C/Christina Lake, D/Rural Grand Forks and E/West Boundary who have incurred uninsurable losses from landslides and overland flooding due to the 2020 freshet....

Christina Lake became a little safer after the recent launch Friday of the Fire Rescue fire engine on pontoons. Christina Lake Fire Rescue's fireboat is a community effort between Christina Lake Firefighter Society, Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Area C/Christina Lake Director Grace McGregor, Chief Joe Geary and his...

By Nicole Trigg, for Kootenay Conservation Wetlands are continuing to disappear at an alarming rate, and Eva Cameron is determined to turn back the tide on this trend, at least in the Lower Columbia region, one wetland at a time. A Rossland-based independent consultant, Eva has been helping restore wetlands since 2015. She ...

Editor's Note:  Rossland has a rich history of community involvement.  That tradition continues today, as groups of citizens agitate for and against various developments in the community.  The most recent example is a petition, signed by over ten percent of Rossland voters, alleging various things about the City’s involvement...