After a diligent search and interview process, the board of the Boundary Country Regional Chamber of Commerce (BCRCC) is pleased to announce that a new executive director has been appointed.  Kathy Wright is moving from Athabasca, Alberta, to assume the executive director position.  She is leaving her position with Community...

Amidst the fire, smoke and disruption of two major interface fires and hundreds of overnight evacuations, one thing has become very clear - the people of Oliver and Midway are some of the most resilient, generous and compassionate in British Columbia. Premier Christy Clark; Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource...

Edited to add: The BC Wildfire Service plans on -- and may have started -- doing controlled burning called "burning operations" to help control the blaze if it does cross into Canada. Some smoke in that area may be due to the controlled burn. Original: A fire burning south of the Boundary region in the United States is causing...

BC Wildfire Service has been able to do more accurate mapping of the Rock Creek fire, which started Thursday, and has determined that 29 homes have been lost as well as an additional 11 structures. Rock Creek Riverside Campground confirmed via their Facebook page that their home was one of the structures lost. The campground...

Observation Mountain is a classic hike in Grand Forks. It takes you to the "star" at the top where locals have formed chairs and a fire pit out of rocks. As is apparent from the name, the view is fantastic. From here, you can see the Grand Forks Valley and Northern Washington State.  For the easier hike, turn North off of...

Observation Mountain is a classic hike in Grand Forks. It takes you to the "star" at the top where locals have formed chairs and a fire pit out of rocks. As is apparent from the name, the view is fantastic. From here, you can see the Grand Forks Valley and Northern Washington State.  For the easier hike, turn North off of...

Update: The Stickpin fire is now estimated to be 8093.7 hectares (20,000 acres) Edited: There was an error in the original acreage for the Stickpin part of the story and that has been corrected.  A fire that started in Rock Creek has grown overnight to encompass 2500 hectares (6177.6 acres). In comparison, Vancouver's Stanley...

The thunderstorm watch for the West Kootenay, Boundary, Slocan Lake, Arrow Lakes regions has been removed by Environment Canada. The storm passed through the region Saturday morning dropping rain and sending lightning. A few showers will continue through the morning, with clouds filling the sky and a 60 percent chance of rain...

Update (11:01 p.m.): New highway closures include Hwy 33 closed in both directions from Rock Creek to Beaverdell. Hwy 3 is closed in both directions from Nine Mile Pit to Midway and Hwy 3 is closed from 14 km east of Osoyoos (Anarchist Rest Mtn rest area) west to Rock Creek.  Update (10:35 p.m.): A forest fire that started ...

Sergeant John Ferguson of the West Kootenay Traffic Services said police are happy to report that there were no major accidents involving patrons attending last week’s Shambhala Music Festival near Salmo. Ferguson said the WKTS and Integrated Road Safety Unit worked long hours to ensure the motoring public arrived to their ...