Advance voting on now until Monday in federal election
Advance voting has begun in the South Okanagan - West Kootenay Riding. Are you heading out to your advance poll? In Castlegar, go to the Community Complex, in Trail to the Trail Memorial Centre, and in Rossland at the Royal Canadian Legion from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Election Day is Sept. 20 from 7 a.m....
RDKB and FortisBC continue climate action together
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) has entered into a new agreement with FortisBC Energy Inc. (FortisBC) to extend funding for a Senior Energy Specialist position over a two-year period through FortisBC’s Climate Action Partners Program. Senior Energy Specialist Freya Phillips has worked for the past two years...
BC sees 774 new cases and five new deaths overnight
As of Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, 85.3% (3,955,624) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 77.8% (3,608,067) received their second dose. In addition, 85.9% (3,716,975) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 78.8% (3,406,522) received their second...
BC reports 814 new cases overnight, 272 in IHA
As of Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, 85.2% (3,949,169) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 77.7% (3,601,169) received their second dose. In addition, 85.8% (3,711,066) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 78.6% (3,400,194) received their second...
Castlegar woman arrested for allegedly assaulting Trail woman with bear spray
On Sept. 5, at 6:18 p.m. Trail and Greater District RCMP received a report that a 27-year-old Castlegar woman used bear spray on a 50-year-old Trail woman in the 1400 block of Bay Avenue in Trail, according to RCMP detachment commander Sgt. Mike Wicenowich. “A frontline Trail RCMP officer located the victim who was suffering […]
One person dead, another injured in crash near Nancy Greene
On Monday, Sept. 6, at 5:15 p.m., Trail and Greater District RCMP and BC Highway Patrol received a report that a 31-year-old West Kelowna man was deceased after a single motor vehicle incident that occurred on Hwy 3, near Nancy Green Provincial Park, according to RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. "The man and his passenger, a...
Column: Negligently endangering our children
Most people try to keep their children and grandchildren safe and wouldn’t knowingly put them at risk. Maybe that’s why some ignore or deny the climate crisis. It’s easier than admitting that, by our actions, we’re condemning those we love to an increasingly uncertain future. A new UNICEF report and “Children’s Climate Risk...
COUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council Meeting, September 7, 2021
Seniors’ housing arguments; a new Tree Management Bylaw in the works; Councillors talk about reducing Rossland Council size; and, SO many bears – please pick your fruit trees! Present: Mayor Kathy Moore and Councillors Terry Miller, Dirk Lewis, Janice Nightingale, Stewart Spooner, Chris Bowman and Andy Morel. Public Input ...
2021 Annual Rossland Community Fruit Pressing
Sign up for a pressing time, bring your apples and jugs or buckets for your juice. Sign up for a 30 minute time slot. Suggested donation is $20 per time slot. Funds to pay for operation and maintenance of the press. Sign up for a time slot here https://docs.google.com/.../1Xkq04SvINhKrjYqjvdg0.../edit... Location: 888 Esling...
Long weekend sees 2,425 new cases in BC, with 838 in IHA
As of Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, 85.1% (3,943,729) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 77.6% (3,594,929) received their second dose. In addition, 85.7% (3,706,533) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 78.5% (3,394,910) received their second...
