Regional News
By RDKB on Sunday May 07 2023
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary EOC is encouraged to see that a decrease in precipitation has allowed some river and creek levels have dropped or are holding steady.
However, the RDKB EOC said that residents are encouraged to continue to take precautions knowing that the snowpack is still deep.
In its latest update for Evacuation Orders and Alerts, the RDKB said that the State of Local Emergency in Grand Forks has been rescinded.
The Evacuation Order for 34 properties on 12th Street in Grand Forks has been downgraded to an Alert.
By Lone Sheep Publishing on Sunday May 07 2023
Nelson Police said that a suspicious package left in the parking lot of the Stanley Street detachment has been destroyed by the RCMP Explosives Unit.
Nelson Police had cordoned off the 600 Block of Stanley Street for most of Sunday afternoon after two individuals left the suspicious package in the parking early Sunday morning.
"At approximately 4 p.m. the RCMP Explosives Unit arrived and examined the package," Nelson Police said.
"Out of an abundance of caution the package was destroyed remotely by a specialized robot."
By RDKB on Saturday May 06 2023
An Evacuation Order has been issued by the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Regional Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) for six (6) properties in the Nursery area in Electoral Area D/Rural Grand Forks, effective as of Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 2 pm. because of rising river levels.
EOC officials will be delivering Evacuation Orders to residents at the affected properties.
The full list of addresses as well as a map of the evacuation order and alert areas are available at emergency.rdkb.com.
By Timothy Schafer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Saturday May 06 2023
Water keeps falling, rushing, melting and spilling over in the West Kootenay as a heavy rain warning and a flood watch combine to make it a Waterworld weekend.
The potential for flooding looms large this weekend as the rain which started Friday is expected to continue until Saturday night, compounding a week of heavy snowmelt runoff resulting from unseasonably high temperatures.
For those near moving bodies of water, the Province has asked people to “remain vigilant and have a household plan in place.”
By Lone Sheep Publishing on Friday May 05 2023
Environment Canada said Friday that the West Kootenay/Boundary/Slocan/Arrow Lakes regions can expect to see multiple systems over the next few days that could generate mudslides and flooding.
“Heavy rain possibly contributing to the escalating of flooding situation and mudslides,” Environment Canada said Friday in a Special Weather Statement.
The inclement weather is expected Friday, and through until Saturday night.
By Timothy Schafer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Wednesday May 03 2023
Water flows are predicted to hit the 100-year mark or higher by the weekend in the West Kootenay-Boundary as high temperatures continue and significant precipitation is expected later this week, according to the province’s flood watchdog.
The B.C. River Forecast Centre issued an upgraded flood watch for the West Kootenay-Boundary region on May 2 with flows hitting up to a 10-year range by Friday and compounding by the time the weekend settles in.
By Lone Sheep Publishing on Wednesday May 03 2023
An Evacuation Order has been expanded by the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Regional Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) to include an additional two (2) properties in Manly Meadows in rural Grand Forks/Electoral Area D, effective as of May 4, 2023 at 5 p.m. because of rising river levels.
EOC officials will be delivering Evacuation Orders to residents at the affected properties.
The evacuation order now applies to approximately 10 addressed properties.
By Regional District of Central Kootenay on Wednesday May 03 2023
The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) has reduced the Evacuation Order on Little Slocan South Road in the community of Vallican in Electoral Area H to one property.
In a media release Wednesday, the RDCK EOC said the decision was based on the recommendation from qualified professionals who have assessed the landslide hazard.
The RDCK EOC said the other two properties that were previously on Evacuation Order have been reduced to an Evacuation Alert.
By Timothy Schafer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Wednesday May 03 2023
People can have their say on the timber supply review for the area and give input on how and where the trees are cut in the Kootenay Lake Timber Supply Area.
By submitting before July 4 people and First Nations can comment on the timber supply analysis contained in the Kootenay Lake Timber Supply Area (TSA) discussion document, information that will be taken into consideration before the new allowable annual cut is set.
By Timothy Schafer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Tuesday May 02 2023
The province’s choice to continue to log old growth forest in B.C. is not only endangering mountain caribou but also the environment and its people, says a local conservation group.
Craig Pettitt, chair of the Valhalla Wilderness Society, said the provincial government has put the welfare and survival of the “deep snow” mountain caribou — otherwise known as the southern mountain caribou — and old growth forests behind logging profits.
