Smoke Eaters Defence Stalls Vipers In 3-1 Game #1 Victory
The Trail Smoke Eatersused an outstanding defensive performance to pick up a 3-1 victory in Game #1 of their best-of-seven Interior Division Semi Final against the Vernon Vipers on Friday night at Kal Tire Place. Trail had some good looks in the opening period and had three power plays to work with, including a 1:12 5-on-3-man...
Arts grants to go to Castlegar, Trail, Rossland, Silverton and Winlaw: MLA
Kootenay West MLA Katrine Conroy is welcoming $103,210 through the province’s BC Arts Council Grant Program for community projects that will create new programs that encourage more inclusivity and accessibility in the creative sector, including those that support emerging Indigenous artists. “A lively art scene is central to...
Selkirk College Takes Title as Coolest Campus in BC
Selkirk College has triumphed over the province’s post-secondary giants to claim bragging rights in the BC Cool Campus Challenge after students and staff pledged to take steps towards climate action. To demonstrate climate leadership by reducing natural gas use in January and February, Selkirk College joined the University ...
UPDATE: More details on five-vehicle crash in downtown Trail Tuesday
More details are available regarding five-vehicle crash in downtown Trail yesterday. West Kootenay Traffic Services Sgt. Chad Badry said an RCMP member was driving along Hwy 22 up by the Cominco Hill heading out of Trail when she witnessed a driver heading in the opposite direction at a speed, "that was exceeding the 70/km ...
IH issues RFP for design of KBRH upgrades
Interior Health (IH) is pleased to announce that it has released a Request for Proposal (RFP) to secure a consultant for the detailed design of the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Pharmacy and Ambulatory Care Project. This design RFP includes managing architectural and engineering services for the duration of the project....
Smoke Eaters Release Interior Division Semi Final Schedule vs. Vernon
The Trail Smoke Eaters Junior ‘A’ Hockey Club announced on Tuesday the schedule for their Interior Division Semi Final against the Vernon Vipers on Friday night at Kal Tire Place. The Smoke Eaters and Vipers will meet in their eighth playoff series with the two having a long postseason history. Trail and Vernon have played ...
UPDATE: Door-to-door solicitors work for gas company, police still advise residents to guard their personal info
Two men who have been going door-to-door asking to see residents' Fortis bills are, indeed, working for a gas company - Access Gas, to be specific. "We received several calls from members of the public identifying the two males approaching people at their residents in the Trail area and requesting to personal information," ...
Former Smoke Eater Lucchini Signs Contract With Pittsburgh
The Trail Smoke Eaters are pleased to announce that former forward and captain Jake Lucchini (’95) has signed a one-year entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. Lucchini, 23, just completed his fourth season at Michigan Tech University, where he played in 164 career games at the...
Trail man to answer for alleged outstanding warrants, cash, stolen plates, fentanyl and meth
A Trail man is facing a laundry list of charges after an incident Thursday, according to Trail top cop Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. “On March 7, at 4:45 p.m., the Trail and Greater District RCMP Detachment conducted a traffic stop on a red Jeep Liberty bearing stolen B.C. licence plates near the intersection of Goepel Street and ...
Selkirk College Saints Come Up Empty in Post-Season
The Selkirk College Saints stumbled out of the playoff blocks this past weekend resulting in a two-game sweep in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) semi-finals at the hands of the Vancouver Island University Mariners. Dylan McCann scored 53 seconds into the series opener on Friday night to set a tone...
