Selkirk College Student Lands $80,000 Scholarship from UBC
After receiving the academic start she hoped for at Selkirk College, Stephanie Kirk will make the jump to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver armed with an $80,000 scholarship to ease the financial pressure. With two years of success in Selkirk College’s School of University Arts & Sciences preparing her for...
City workers fight against time and weather after significant mudslide
City workers are battling the clock, working 24/7, to deal with a mudslide which could create serious problems should the weather decline to cooperate, according to director of Transportation and Public Works Chris Barlow. The slide has already created flooding issues in the Oglow subdivision of the city, on Bloomer Creek, ...
Kootenay Boundary RCMP need public assistance in locating Richmond man
The Kootenay Boundary Regional RCMP in Nelson are seeking the public assistance in locating missing person, Lemar Halimi. Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said in a media release, Lemar Halimi of Richmond, BC was last seen in the Nelson area on May 15, 2017. Moskaluk said the 22-year-old Halimi had been in the Nelson area for a few days and...
Last day of laundry operations in Nelson — September 14
Time is running out laundry employees at Kootenay Lake Hospital after Interior Health announced the new private company handling work will begin operation for the Nelson facility as of September 14. Alan Davies, support services director for Interior Health, recently made the announcement. “Given the magnitude of the change,...
Flooding in city causes safety concerns
Emergency officials and local government staff have responded to localized flooding on Bloomer Creek, near Meadowlark Lane, in the Oglow subdivision of the City of Castlegar. On the evening of May 26, a minor slide upstream on Bloomer Creek caused a temporary blockage on the downstream storm system which required City action...
Trail city council responds to sale of Waneta Dam
In a Closed Meeting held on May 23, Trail City Council discussed the legal implications associated with the recently announced sale of the Waneta Dam by Teck Resources Limited to Fortis Inc. Council also took the opportunity to review the City’s involvement when Teck sold one-third of its interest in the Dam to BC Hydro in...
Small fire downtown gets startling response from fire dept
A shed fire downtown drew a massive response from the Castlegar Fire Department Tuesday night, as it was reported during department training exercises. “The call came in at 8:50 p.m. to respond to a structure fire in the 700 Block of 10 Avenue,” said Fire Chief Sam Lattanzio. “Because we were training, we had trucks out and...
Affordable housing retrofit program providing $2M for energy conservation upgrades
The first intake of Columbia Basin Trust’s new Energy Retrofit Program is now open. The Trust announced the new program in March with a $2-million commitment to help provide energy conservation upgrades for affordable housing in the Basin. The Energy Retrofit Program will enable non-profit organizations that operate affordable...
Bat encounters can put you at risk for rabies — Interior Health
Interior Health is advising the public of the importance of avoiding physical contact with bats, the primary carrier of the rabies virus in B.C. IH said rabies is a very serious disease that affects the nervous system and is almost always fatal if not treated in time. In 2016, 61 people in the Interior Health region were ...
Police seek witnesses to fatal jetski incident on Columbia River
The Trail and Greater RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in looking for anyone who witnessed a Seadoo accident in the Columbia river in Trail on May 9 at approximately 6 p.m. Three males were on a Seadoo at this time in the river near the Sunningdale / Gyro Park area. An incident occurred causing all three males to be...
