Katrine Conroy campaign office kickoff signals start of 2017 Provincial Election in Kootenay West
While it still may not look very much like it in some corners, winter is releasing its grip on the West Kootenay. Snowfalls turning to rain showers, songbirds returning to the trees, and creeks swollen with runoff signal the return of spring to the region. And, along with the seasonal turns, every four years also brings with...
Money slated for the Grand Forks Airport
Grand Forks will receive $165,000 from the B.C. Air Access Program -- a 10-year transportation plan. The money is slated to be used for navigation and auxiliary power systems. The Grand Forks Airport isn't the only airport getting funds for improvement. Over to the West, the Osoyoos airport will also receive funding to the ...
COLUMN: From the Hill -- Why RCMP Morale is Declining
Over the past month I have visited most of the RCMP detachments in South Okanagan-West Kootenay. While the conversations covered some of the obvious law and order issues such as marijuana legalization, rising levels of property crime and staffing levels for highway patrol, I was surprised that one issue dominated most of my...
March one of wettest months on record
If anyone thought March was a little wetter than normal, they were right. March 2017 checked in as one of the wettest months on record said Ron Lakeman, Weather Forecaster for the Southeast Fire Centre in Castlegar in the monthly weather synopsis. “The total amount of precipitation was 125.4 millimetres and very close to twice...
City could have avoided property tax increase: Tripp
A “missed” budget meeting on prioritizing and trimming the list of planned capital projects might have saved the city hiking property taxes this year, says one city councilor. Beverley Tripp said she missed the last meeting when city council decided to move ahead with the option to increase property taxes in Grand Forks by ...
UPDATE: Missing Castlegar boy found, safe and sound
In a press release sent out after 11 p.m. Saturday night, RCMP Cpl. Brett Turner announced that a missing 12-year-old Castlegar boy is back home. "It is my great pleasure to announce that our missing 12-year-old boy has been located," Turner said. "After an exhaustive investigation into his latest whereabouts, police were led...
No one injured in MVA on Columbia Avenue Thursday morning
A group of nursing students are credited with helping the victim of an early-morning car accident Thursday, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. "On March 30 ... at approximately 8 a.m, Castlegar RCMP along with Castlegar Fire Department and EMS attended a single-vehicle roll-over accident on Columbia Avenue just north of...
Fighting invasive mussels receives $3 million influx of funds
No matter what Mother Nature is throwing at us this spring, better weather is on its way. And as the boating season approaches, the B.C. government is once again adding to its arsenal in the fight to keep B.C. invasive mussel free by adding two new inspection stations, expanding inspection hours and the inspection operating...
Chamber has new president after AGM
A new president was elected at the Boundary Country Regional Chamber of Commerce (BCRCC) during their annual general meeting (AGM), March 9. Dean Engen, who also serves on the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) recreation board, was elected at the meeting after past-president Alan Cooper resigned from his post...
No one injured in structure fire in downtown Castlegar
No one was injured during a structure fire in downtown Castlegar this afternoon, according to Fire Chief Gerry Rempel. Rempel said the call came in at about 2:40 p.m., to attend a fire in single-family home in the 300 Block of 6 Avenue. “We put it out quite quickly, but there’s substantial smoke damage,” Rempel said, adding...
