'By some miracle' Saskatchwan couple survive landslide on Kootenay Pass
A couple from Saskatchewan, travelling the Kootenay Pass to Nelson for the Victoria Day long weekend is lucky to be alive after being pushed off Highway 3 by a landslide Thursday. Gabe Rosescu and Sheri Niemegeers were en route to the Heritage City to visit friends when the slide hit the vehicle they were driving […]
Another way to help: count bats
Volunteers are needed to help the flooded-out residents of Grand Forks. The Trail and District Chamber of Commerce is appealing to local businesses to send some employees to Grand Forks for a few hours to assist. Sandbagging efforts are winding down, but clean-up crews are needed. For people who would like to make a positive...
River bank stability a concern as water levels climb in Boundary
The Boundary Region continues to brace for the latest onslaught of Mother Nature as residents prepare for the second wave of flooding predicted to arrive in the next few days thanks to high temperatures and a forecasted large accumulation of precipitation. In preparation, the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Emergency Operations Centre is warning the […]
Editorial: FLOODS AND FIRES: A PLEA
While rivers grow and flow over their banks and spread through communities in southern BC, flooding streets and homes and businesses, people in those communities may have trouble imagining a risk of wildfire, even if they had time and energy to do more than deal as best they can with damage from the floodwaters and the trauma...
Shovels instead of paddles: Dragon Boat Team fills sandbags
The Kootenay Robusters Dragon Boat team cancelled practices because of high water, wave action and high levels of debris on the lake, but paddlers from Rossland, Trail and Castlegar been driving over almost daily since flooding began, to help flood-afflicted areas by filling sandbags. They're still getting a good core...
COLUMN: A pending transformation of human consciousness?
“Peace will rule the planets, and Love will steer the Sun” -- “Age of Aquarius,” from Hair, the musical “I came upon a child of God, he was walking along the road. And I asked him, where are you going? This he told me: … I’m going to camp out on the land -- and try and set my soul...
Province approves Disaster financial assistance flood-affected communities
The provincial government has authorized Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) for eligible British Columbians who have been affected by the flooding that began on (Monday) May 7, 2018 a media release said Monday. Incluced for DFA are geographic areas within the Regional Districts of Kootenay Boundary, Okanagan Similkameen, Central Okanagan, Columbia Shuswap and North Okanagan (including electoral […]
FireSmart Action -- and Awards
Rossland was a hive of FireSmart activity on Saturday May 12 – the FireSmart Wildfire Hazard Cleanup Day (aka Bring Out Your Dead) was underway across the townsite, residents of the McLeod East neighbourhood held a FireSmart Awareness workshop and Rossland’s FireSmart Community Recognition Program held an awards ceremony at...
Opinion: YOU DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO BELIEVE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO
By Daniel DeNicola; from Aeon Do we have the right to believe whatever we want to believe? This supposed right is often claimed as the last resort of the wilfully ignorant, the person who is cornered by evidence and mounting opinion: ‘I believe climate change is a hoax whatever anyone else says, and I have a right to believe...
Flooding forces relocation of Boundary Medical Clinic services
Interior Health announced Sunday that due to ongoing flooding and evacuation orders in the Grand Forks area, the Boundary Medical Clinic is closed until further notice. Interior Health said that throughout this period, Drs. Geoff Coleshill and Max Lui will be available for patient appointments during regular business hours at Silver Kettle Village, at 2350 72nd St. in Grand Forks. […]
