Team Canada Softball Hero Coming to Trail for Teck Coaching Series
On Saturday, May 28, 2022, hometown Olympian Lauren Bay-Regula will be attending the 2022 Teck Coaching Series. The Teck Coaching Series brings Olympic-level expertise to coaches and athletes in local communities where Teck operates. This Coaching Series includes a softball clinic for local youth ages eight -16 at Butler Park...
Warfield woman fails sobriety test while driving with toddler
On Sunday, May 22, at 12:58 p.m. a frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer responded to a complaint about a vehicle driving erratically on Hwy 3B in Fruitvale, said Trail RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. He said the officer located a 32-year-old Warfield woman with her three-year-old child in their vehicle. "The officer...
Trail man facing assault charges after attack in city's downtown
A Trail man is facing charges including assault with a weapon and uttering threats after an incident over the weekend, according to RCMP NCOIC Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. "On May 14, at 2 p.m., Trail and Greater District RCMP officers were conducting a proactive foot patrol when they were alerted to an ongoing alleged incident...
Protesters arrested for violating court-ordered injunction
Several individuals have been arrested for violating a court-ordered injunction granted to Cooper Creek Cedar Ltd. (CCC) on August 27, 2019 to conduct logging operations in an area known as Salisbury Creek near Argenta, British Columbia. The order specifically prevents anyone from physically preventing, restricting or in any...
Rossland, Trail, Castlegar libraries to get funding bump from province
New Democrat MLA Katrine Conroy says that people will see improvements at their local public libraries, including expanded digital collections and internet access, upgraded spaces and programming, and improved air circulation thanks to new COVID-19 relief and recovery funding for libraries. “Libraries are foundational community...
COUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council meeting, May 16, 2022
Contemplating Social Procurement; supporting Bill C-216; schwag for Rossland Scouts in Finland; Rossland Community Farmers Market carrying on; saving riparian setbacks . . . and more. Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Dirk Lewis, Chris Bowman, Terry Miller, Janice Nightingale, and Stewart Spooner, and Andy Morel....
RDKB appoints a WaterSmart Ambassador to help locals save
Residents living in the Beaver Valley, Rivervale and Christina Lake will be able to significantly reduce their water consumption and conserve H20 more effectively this summer with help from the RDKB’s latest seasonal recruit, Abbe Teasdale. Abbe, who has just finished the second year of her Civil Engineering degree at the ...
New interactive maps help communities explore and plan for climate change impacts
Interior Health has taken an innovative approach to exploring climate change by creating Community Health and Climate Change maps. “Recent events have demonstrated the importance of planning and preparing for natural disasters associated with climate change,” says Interior Health president and CEO, Susan Brown. “These new...
Kootenay Entrepreneurs to Compete in Spring Pitch Showcase Finale
The Kootenay Association for Science and Technology (KAST) has partnered with Spring Activator and Volition to host a Pitch Showcase Finale, a capstone event of the Investment Readiness Training (IRT) program in support of tech-focused entrepreneurs and start-up founders from across the Kootenay region.This FREE virtual event...
Seven Summits Grad Series: Uniquely You
“Just be yourself; after all, everyone else is already taken”- Oscar Wilde. In a world with so much conflict and division, it is reassuring to know there is a place in which cohesiveness, acceptance, and inclusion still exist. The aspects of creating a welcoming culture and a foundation for uniqueness begin with the freedom...
