The City of Trail is pleased to announce it has received the British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association (BCRPA) 2018 Parks Excellence Award for the Columbia River Skywalk project. The award exemplifies the Skywalk’s contribution to Trail’s high quality of recreation, parks and physical activity in the community, and ...

Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue (KBRFR) was once again called out for a situation in which a person was potentially trying to harm themselves. Acting Cpt. Rick Morris said the call came in at 11:13 p.m., and four Trail firefighters were at the Victoria Street Bridge by 11:25 p.m. “(A) person (was) on Victoria Street ...

A local woman was carjacked and police led on a merry chase throughout the region yesterday, after stealing a variety of vehicles, ramming a squad car and driving the aforementioned woman across the road, according to Castlegar top cop Sgt. Laurel Mathew.   "Central Kootenay RCMP members, along with Castlegar RCMP, Traffic ...

Sixteen homes in the 6 Mile area of Electoral Area F remain under evacuation alert due to continued ground instability related to a mud slide that occurred off “the Middle Road” near Heddle Road last Sunday. The evacuation alert will stay in place until further notice. The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) is working...

Get your Sculpturewalking shoes ready! On Saturday, 35 sculptures will be landing in Castlegar’s downtown, marking the biggest year ever of the internationally-renowned Castlegar Sculpturewalk. 2018 also marks some exciting new changes: a new sponsorship program offering tiered levels of support, a revamped and expanded...

Roughly 65 emergency-preparedness experts from across the region met in Castlegar last Thursday for a biannual meeting hosted by Emergency Management BC. “It was good information, and very worthwhile,” said Castlegar Fire Chief Sam Lattanzio, adding there were many organizations represented, including utility companies like...

Last week, two cadets from 531 City of Trail Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets went flying over the city and the local area. This marks the start of the spring flying program that will see all the cadets from the squadron experience the thrill of flight. The cadets flew in the Trail Flying Club’s Cessna 172. They left Trail...

More than 100 Selkirk College students in the School of University Arts & Sciences (UAS) have been recognized for their outstanding achievement during the 2017-2018 academic year. The annual UAS Excellence Awards was held earlier this month with the most outstanding students in all subject areas presented with certificates...

Visit the Trail Riverfront Centre from the comfort of your home with a 3D virtual tour! This 3D tour, which was completed by Stantec (the architects and engineers of the facility), is powered by Matterport, an all-in-one reality capture system. Please note, Google Chrome will provide the best viewing experience with this...

On April 2, Destination Castlegar and Castlegar & District Economic Development, in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce, launched the free Castlegar Explorers mobile app, which rewards users for visiting unique points of interest in and around Castlegar, BC. Once people use the app to collect points at various...