Company responsible for fuel spill to provide water for impacted residents
The company responsible for a 33,000-litre fuel spill into Lemon Creek will be providing potable water for impacted residents, according to RDCK Emergency Operations Centre infromation officer Bill Macpherson. "There are a lot of surface-source users out there who aren't connected to any (water) services," he said. "We were...
LETTER: Timber harvesting in Lynch Creek is no surprise
The recent announcement by BC Timber Sales that the perimeter of the Class A Gladstone Provincial Park in the Lynch Creek watershed will be logged is hardly surprising. Very few politicians and bureaucrats respect our democratic system of governance and repeatedly take advantage of the largest and most important stakeholder...
Executive Flight Centre issues press release re: Lemon Creek spill
The following is a press release issued yesterday via Marketwire: More than two dozen environmental clean-up specialists are now working to contain and clean up the jet fuel that spilled into Lemon Creek in British Columbia's South Central Kootenay Region on Friday afternoon. Crews in boats and along the shoreline are monitoring...
Tanker was travelling on closed road in Lemon Creek spill
Ministry of Transportation spokesperson Kate Trotter told The Source today that the road on which the Lemon Creek jet fuel spill happened was closed, and the driver would have had to detour around 'road closed' signs to end up where he did. "The first 360 metres of Lemon Creek Road from Highway 6 is currently maintained and...
CBT symposium slated to discuss community change; collaboration
Basin residents are invited to connect with each other at the 2013 Columbia Basin Symposium, to be held October 18 to 20 in Creston. This event will focus on “Community Change Through Collaborative Action” and is hosted by Columbia Basin Trust (CBT). “Many of the complex issues facing our communities require collaboration...
IHA offers health update for residents near Lemon Creek jet fuel spill
Residents of the area impacted by the July 26 jet fuel spill at Lemon Creek are advised of the latest health update. Until further notice, a Do Not Use order remains in effect for Lemon Creek, Slocan River and Kootenay River above or below Brilliant Dam to the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers at Castlegar due ...
UPDATE: Remediation work under way; public meeting slated
Updated release as of 12:25 p.m. July 29: Extensive sampling of water courses in the Slocan Valley continues following the fuel spill in Lemon Creek on Friday, July 26, 2013. Visual inspection of the Slocan, Columbia and Kootenay rivers and Lemon Creek has occurred from the air and by boat. Little evidence of fuel was visible...
Boaters fall asleep in canoe, unaware they're drifting toward rapids
On July 28, Nelson police were once again called upon to carry out a marine rescue on Kootenay Lake. NPD received a call early Sunday morning regarding a canoe floating just past the Orange Bridge. It did not appear that anyone was in the canoe, but a NPD dispatch officer, who had just arrived at work, reported he had seen ...
Slocan man finds dead fish below Lemon Creek tanker spill
A Slocan man has found dead fish below the jet fuel spill in Lemon Creek Friday and posted a video on You-Tube where he shows his findings. Resident Sarosha Stockton, who said he’s lived in the valley most of his life, shows his findings 24 hours following the spill. “I just want to give everybody […]
EOC issues spill update; provides contact information for residents
While the Regional District of Central Kootenay’s Emergency Operations Centre has been scaled back following the lifting of an Evacuation Order and a State of Local Emergency, residents can continue to contact the Emergency Operations Centre at 1-800-268-7325 throughout today. Although much of the fuel has vaporized and air/water sample levels are within prescribed standards, […]
