RDKB, FortisBC join together to launch Build Energy Smart program
Regional District of Kootenay Boundary recently announced the launching of Build Energy Smart, a program to provide the building industry with resources to prepare for the BC Energy Step Code that will become mandatory in 2022. The RDKB program is funded by FortisBC through its own BUILTbetter program. These programs support...
Column: From the Hill -- Small Modular Reactors
Earlier this year, Seamus O’Regan, the Minister of Natural Resources said in a speech that “We are placing nuclear energy front and centre… This is nuclear’s moment.” And in discussions around building a new economy after COVID, the government is doubling down on those sentiments. The latest debates are slightly different ...
NDP Roly Russell sworn into Legislature as MLA for Boundary-Similkameen
Roly Russell was sworn into the Legislature virtually Tuesday, as the new BC New Democrat MLA for Boundary-Similkameen following an historic election. Russell, former Kootenay Boundary Area D Rep for Grand Forks, is one of57 new BC NDP members who were sworn in as part of part of British Columbia’s 42nd Parliament, all...
Column: From the Hill -- COVID, long-term care, and the National Health Act
I want to start by congratulating all the candidates in the recent provincial election. As I write this, it seems clear that the successful candidates in the South Okanagan-West Kootenay area were incumbents Dan Ashton and Katrine Conroy and newcomer Roly Russell. But I know from experience how difficult it can be to step...
Grand Forks party host fined for failing to comply with COVID-19 measures
RCMP said in a media release that man who allegedly hosted a party in Grand Forks during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend has been fined and mischief offences are being investigated. RCMP said that after 7:30 p.m. on Saturday October 10, frontline officers from the Grand Forks RCMP were dispatched an on-going noise complaint...
Advance voting in BC Election opens Thursday
Elections BC said in a media release that advance voting for the 2020 Provincial General Election opened today (Thursday, October 15), running until Wednesday, October 21. Elections BC said the advance voting period is seven days this election, up from six in the last provincial election in 2017. “An extra day has been added...
Invasive species — St. John’s wort
St. John’s wort (hypericum perforatum) is native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa. It was brought to North America for its medicinal and spiritual properties. Since its arrival it has invaded grasslands, open forests, pastures and disturbed areas. It creates dense patches, displaces native plants and reduces forage...
Conservative Seres, BC Wexit Greig join Boundary-Similkameen race
There are now four people in the running for the vacant Boundary-Similkameen after the BC Conservatives and Wexit BC confirmed candidates for the upcoming BC Provincial Election October 24th. Darryl Seres, a South Okanagan resident, will be representing BC’s Conservatives while Arlyn Greig, for the BC Wexit Party, recently ...
Ecosystem restoration burn planned for Boundary Region
In a media release Wednesday, the BC Wildfire Service said it plans to conduct a 41-hectare ecosystem restoration burn in the Bubar Creek area of the Southeast Fire Centre, about seven kilometres northeast of Rock Creek and about 35 kilometres west of Grand Forks. The BC Wildfire Service said smoke will be visible from Rock...
Yellow archangel has escaped in the Boundary
Yellow archangel (Lamium galeobdolon) is native to the shaded woods of Europe and Western Asia and introduced in Canada as a garden ornamental. Yellow archangel has escaped in the Boundary and can be found growing under trees in the Christina Lake area and possibly in other areas. It is in the mint family, so it has square...
