by Nelson Daily Staff on Thursday Jul 27 2017
Another day, another fire in the Southeast Fire Centre situated in and around the Heritage City.
The RDCK Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) has been activated to monitor a wildfire which is currently being fought by the BC Wildfire Service in the mountains south of Harrop.
The RDCK in a media release said the wildfire, discovered Thursday, is approximately 20...
by Nelson Daily Staff on Thursday Jul 27 2017
Creston RCMP said a body recovered from Crawford Creek Wednesday is believed to be that of missing Crawford Bay teacher Alvin Dunic.
The 57-year-old Nelson resident went missing in May after leaving the Crawford Bay Elementary-Secondary School to look for a spot near Crawford Creek where his students could complete a poetry project.
RCMP dive teams, Swift Water Teams as well as...
by Nelson Daily Staff on Wednesday Jul 26 2017
For a few frightful hours Wednesday afternoon, residents of Taghum and Beasley were on high alert after a wildfire was spotted near the Beasley Bluffs on Highway 3A, 10 kilometers west of Nelson.
However, a combined effort by local volunteer fire departments in the Regional District of Central Kootenay, Nelson Fire Rescue, YRB (Yellowhead Road & Bridge) and BC Wildfire Service...
by Rossland Telegraph on Wednesday Jul 26 2017
Since it all began
Background in brief, for newcomers: Quite a lot has happened since the Friends of the Rossland Range Society (FORRS) and Justin Dexter, the local District Recreation Officer for the Ministry of Forests, signed a management plan for the Rossland Range Recreation Site (the Rec Site) in 2014. Some ratty but well-loved old cabins, a few of them no...
by Kyra Hoggan on Wednesday Jul 26 2017
Highway 3A between Castlegar and Nelson near Beasley Bluffs is closed in both directions due to a significant wildfire, according to KBRFR Captain Grant Tyson.
The fire is roughly .1 hectare.
Motorists are asked to find alternate routes between the two cities.
Six separate fire departments are attending, and Southeast Fire Centre has sent two helicopter bucket crews and...
by Nelson Daily Staff on Tuesday Jul 25 2017
Quick action by the Blewett Fire Department may have headed off a potential wildfire Tuesday evening in the 4000 Block of Blewett Road west of Nelson.
The local volunteer fire department quickly arrived on scene after receiving a call of a grass fire. The fire originated when a resident was cleaning out a burn barrel and nearby grass caught on fire.
Blewett Fire Department...
by Trail Champion on Tuesday Jul 25 2017
Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue saved a boater today after engine problems led to an accident.
Captain Grant Tyson said they got the call at 4:59 p.m. and arrived on scene at 5:07 p.m.
“A recreational fisherman was out for an evening fish when he experienced motor trouble,” Tyson explained. “The occupant tried to row his way to shore, but the current was too strong. The...
by Kyra Hoggan on Tuesday Jul 25 2017
There are 32 wildfires burning in the Southeast Fire Centre district as of 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 25, according to Fire Information Officer John Boivin.
He said there were seven new fires yesterday (five of which were lightning-caused) and two new blazes today. Of the 32 fires, 20 are either under control or being held.
Four notable fires in the region include: one in Lardo Valley...
by Sara Golling on Tuesday Jul 25 2017
An acquaintance recently said to me, "I guess you're smiling because the NDP are forming the government now." Actually, I was smiling about something completely non-political. Besides, I tend to be a bit agnostic about party politics; are political parties really necessary? She went on to say that in her recollection, "when the NDP were in power before, all they did was spend, spend, spend...
by Nelson Daily Staff on Sunday Jul 23 2017
Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, a popular tourist destination located west of the British Columbia-Alberta border 48 km southwest of Banff, has been closed immediately the Southeast Fire Centre said in a media release Sunday.
The decision, to close the park to inbound traffic effective immediately, was made by BC Parks, in co-ordination with the BC Wildfire Service, in an effort to...
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