Contemplating standing for election to your municipal Council this fall?  Come to this workshop and learn a lot.  Come to it even if you just want to be a better-informed voter. Government!  Do you recoil at the term “government”? Despite your initial reaction, government is not a four-letter word. Too often, we criticize it...

There was no smoke or fire as the city took its final toke on the document that will legislate the use, production and sale of cannabis in Grand Forks. City council passed final reading of the Zoning Bylaw amendment late last month that included several points pertaining to cannabis. However there was no discussion on the...

Bothered by bears, dogs and raccoons getting into your garbage?   Get in touch with Mayor Kathy Moore to see if you can be one of 20 Rosslanders to receive a free electrified trash enclosure from Zaps Animal Protection Systems.  In return, participants will fill out questionnaires about how the device is working...

RDKB Emergency Operations Centre Update On very short notice, fire crews at the Kootenay Boundary, Christina Lake and Grand Forks fire departments delivered door to door alert notifications to 55 addresses in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary on August 12.  Full details of all evacuation alerts including how to prepare...

The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) is continuing to monitor the McArthur Creek wildfire southeast of Salmo, as well as other existing wildfires in the region. In addition, the RDCK is assessing new wildfires to ensure that people and property are protected. “We know from the BC Wildfire Service that there 160-plus...

Marwest and the City of Castlegar would like to alert the community that with additional trades on-site there will be more cause for delays on the Columbia Avenue Complete Streets Project. Concrete is being poured, sidewalks and gutters are being installed and tree cells are being prepared, while this means the project is on time, […]

This morning a Harms Pacific transport truck and trailer contracted by International Raw Materials Ltd. (IRM), carrying sulphuric acid, went off Highway 22 just west of Rossland.  According to a news release by IRM, no sulphuric acid has spilled at this time; emergency services vehicles are on-site and there is no threat to...

The City of Trail would like to provide the public with an update on the action the City has taken since the two sulphuric acid spills that occurred on April 10 and May 23, 2018 on Highway 3B (Highway 22). “Trail City Council and staff have been in frequent communication with the appropriate officials in regard to the acid ...

Join Trail Arts Council in celebrating the start of the performance season and the exciting Bailey Theatre upgrades. Reserve your tickets now! It will be on October 4, 2018, at 7:30 pm. Guy Davis credits the Blues Masters who’ve gone before him for their great influence, from artists like Blind Willie McTell and Big Bill...

[Editorial Note: Readers can better understand Suzuki's urgency by first reading a recent article on CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/world-hothouse-report-1.4775649 ] By David Suzuki In the race against the increasingly widespread and devastating consequences of climate change, solutions tend to focus on products and...