Queen City Cruise purrs on all cylinders
For the former president of the Nelson Road Kings Automobile club, it makes perfect sense to tie in this year’s Queen City Cruise with the end of Nelson’s Art Walk season. “To my mind, they’re works of art,” says Mike Keegan of the 400-plus cars that will be on display on Baker Street this weekend in the Heritage City....
Column: Floods and Sponges
When the Aztecs founded Tenochtitlán in 1325, they built it on a large island on Lake Texcoco. Its eventual 200,000-plus inhabitants relied on canals, levees, dikes, floating gardens, aqueducts and bridges for defence, transportation, flood control, drinking water and food. After the Spaniards conquered the city in 1521, they...
Time running out to enter, vote in BC SPCA wildlife contest
Backyard elks, woodpecker babies and regal eagles are just some of the stunning animals spotted in the BC SPCA’s eighth annual Wildlife-In-Focus Photography Contest, which is only open for entries until September 15. Photographers are going wild to capture the best of British Columbia’s wildlife through the lens. But you don’t...
Smoky Skies Bulletin the norm for the next few days
According to the FireSmoke.ca website, the smoke plaguing the Boundary/West Kootenay is going to be intense over the next few days. The website for heavy smoke filtering into the region through into Thursday. The high smoke accumulation has the Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy, in collaboration with the...
UPDATED: No significant growth toward communities from Harrop Creek Wildfire
The Regional District of Central Kootenay Emergeny Operations Centre said in a media release Tuesday while the Harrop Creek Wildfire continues to burn, there has been no significant growth towards the communities below. However, the RDCK EOC said the communities of Harrop, Procter, Sunshine Bay, and Kootenay Lake Village...
Single-Vehicle Crash at the Wedding Cake Corner
Emergency responders answered a call on Sunday evening, September 3, 2017, at 6:30 pm, and found that a vehicle had gone over the bank and crashed to a halt about 150 feet down the hill. Rescuers from Rossland, Warfield and Trail fire halls were at the scene in less than 15 minutes. They extricated one person from the...
Provincial state of emergency extended
B.C.’s wildfire-driven provincial state of emergency has been formally extended again, through the end of day on Sept. 15, 2017. This is the fourth time the state of emergency has been extended, with previous extensions on July 19, Aug. 4, and Aug. 18. The state of emergency declaration will continue to apply to the whole...
Wildfires force some residents out of their homes in Southeast Fire Centre
RCMP and BC Sheriffs are now patrolling the Moyie Lake area after the Regional District of East Kootenay implemented a full evacuation order for the area due to the aggressive nature of the Lamb Creek wildfire Sunday. Patrols were instituted after the Regional District of East Kootenay issued an Evacuation Order Moyie Lake ...
UPDATED: Residents asked to carpool to Monday meeting regarding Harrop Creek Wildfire
The Regional District of Central Kootenay reminds residents of the Proctor/Harrop area there will be a public meeting Monday, September 4th at 6 p.m. to update residents on the Harrop Creek Wildfire. In media release Monday, the RDCK says the Harrop Creek Wildfire continues to burn at the top of the slope, with minimal spread […]
New evacuation order, alert in Cranbrook area
In the interest of public safety, the Regional District of East Kootenay has implemented a partial evacuation order for the Moyie Lake area and an evacuation alert for the St. Mary's River area effective immediately Sept. 1, 2017. The Southeast Fire Centre said in the media release the Lamb Creek wildfire is located about...
