Smoky Skies Bulletin amended for Boundary, West Kootenay
Smoke from wildfires in BC and south of the 49th parallel has forced Environment Canada to amend the area covered by the Smoky Skies Bulletin that was last updated on Monday August 28 due to changing conditions. The Areas now covered by this Bulletin includes Arrow Lakes - Slocan Lake, Boundary, West and East Kootenay, Elk ...
Road Check Yields Large Drug Seizure Near Salmo
A routine traffic stop Tuesday by West Kootenay Integrated Road Safety Unit and West Kootenay Traffic Services netted police a large drug seizure said RCMP Sergent Chad Badry in a media release. Badry said the incident happened Tuesday afternoon on Highway 3B near the Village of Salmo when officers stopped a Honda Accord...
Nakusp RCMP canvas community for possible victims of sexual assault
RCMP is currently canvassing the Nakusp area in connection with a series of alleged sexual assaults which took place from the mid-60s and onwards to the 70s. Cpl. Dan Moskaluk, District Advisory NCO for the South East District of the RCMP said in media release Wednesday police are reaching out to the community on behalf of ...
Play Clean Go helps stop spread of invasive species
Summer is such a fun time of year to get out and spend some time in nature with many great activities to do in the Boundary. We share this world with a myriad of other plants and animals. Most of them are native to the Boundary but there is growing concern about invasive species. Invasive species are non-native and have ...
River Talk: The Columbia River Treaty and the Free Trade of Water
Eileen Delehanty Pearkes has been researching and writing about the history and politics of water in the upper Columbia Basin since 2005. Her book on the Columbia River Treaty, A River Captured, was released in 2016. Recently, her travelling exhibit on the Columbia River Treaty, curated for Touchstones Nelson, won a national...
West Kootenay Conference attracts speakers committed to renewable energy
The West Kootenay EcoSociety is hosting the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Conference in Castlegar at the Community Complex on (Thursday to Saturday) September 7-9. Inspiring and knowledgeable municipal leaders from Canadian cities that have committed to transition to 100% renewable energy in their community energy ...
Herbivore’s hope for legitimacy goes up in smoke as city denies business licence application
The “law of the land” has once again denied a business licence for one of the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries after the city revisited an earlier decision to not support what it considered an illegal activity. Council reconsidered the application from Herbivore Cannabis Inc. in a public hearing on Aug. 21 for a business...
Budget gets a bump for 22nd Street multi-utility project
Unforeseen conditions in the water and sewer services of 22nd Street and no competing bids for the initial project have prompted the city to revise its budget for the multi-utility project by an extra $150,000. City council voted Monday to allow for the increase to the multi-utility project after asking city staff to review...
Body recovered from Upper Arrow Lake that of missing Revelstoke man
Nakusp RCMP have confirmed that the body recovered from Upper Arrow Lake Tuesday (August 22, 2017) was that of missing person Jared Szabo. RCMP said Tuesday at approximately 7:20 a.m., a body was located in Upper Arrow Lake, by civilian search members who have been actively searching for Szabo since he was reported missing ...
Wildfire in Idaho burning close to Canada-USA border
The Southeast Fire Centre issued a media release Wednesday about a lightning-caused fire is burning about 1.5 kilometres south of the Canada-U.S. border. The wildfire is burning about 18 kilometres southwest of the community of Newgate and about 65 kilometres southeast of Cranbrook. "The size of this fire is currently estimated...
