Issues with legal services? Province plans improvements, seeks input from public
British Columbians are encouraged to share their thoughts on the Province’s plans to simplify the regulatory framework for legal professionals so more people can connect to the legal supports and advice they need. Currently, lawyers are regulated by the Legal Profession Act and notaries are regulated by the Notaries Act. ...
Lower Columbia River White Sturgeon Habitat Restoration Project
BC Hydro is delivering a wide range of monitoring studies to learn more about the endangered white sturgeon population in the Canadian portion of the Columbia River. While the specific cause of white sturgeon population decline is still being investigated, improving substrate conditions at spawning sites where dam construction...
ALERT: Temporary Overnight Closure Along Columbia Avenue
Castlegar’s main road, Columbia Avenue will be temporarily closed overnight on Sept. 21 to accommodate the necessary replacement of the rubber surfacing at the Canadian Pacific Railway crossing at 17th Street (near Century 21). To minimize traffic disruption to our residents and visitors, the closure will be when traffic...
Arrow Flow Change Notification
BC Hydro would like to notify the public that the discharge rates from Arrow Lakes Reservoir will decrease noticeably from Friday, September 9 to Sunday, September 11. When combined with the outflows from the Kootenay River, Columbia River levels at Birchbank are expected to decrease by 1.4 metres (4.6 feet). Please make...
Ready, Set, Let’s Go! Wayfinding Signs Coming to Castlegar
The City of Castlegar is installing new wayfinding signs to help residents and visitors navigate in the City. The wayfinding sign project includes the installation of: •12 signs along Columbia Avenue, that will be electrified at night, to direct travellers to amenities, including Millennium and Kinsmen Parks, Zuckerberg Island,...
Arrow Flow Change Notification for Sept. 3 and 4
BC Hydro would like to notify the public that the discharge rates from Arrow Lakes Reservoir will increase noticeably on Saturday, September 3 and Sunday, September 4: •At 6 a.m. on Saturday, September 3, flows will increase from 1,390 m3/s to 1,532 m3/s. •At 7 a.m. on Saturday, September 3, flows will increase from 1,532...
Campfires to be permitted in the Southeast Fire Centre
Effective at 12 noon PDT on Friday, September 2, 2022, campfires will be allowed in the Southeast Fire Centre. The current prohibition against any open fire larger than a campfire (i.e., larger than 0.5 metres wide by 0.5 metres high) remains in effect throughout the Southeast Fire Centre. The following equipment and activities...
Collision claims life of Kamloops motorcyclist at Cherry Creek
Police are looking for witnesses to a fatal crash in Cherry Creek Tuesday, according to BC Highway Patrol Cpl. Mike Halskov. "On Aug. 30, at approximately 4:50 p.m., Kamloops Rural RCMP and Emergency Services responded to a fatal two-vehicle collision on Hwy 1 at Rodeo Drive in Cherry Creek," Halskov said. "Upon arrival, it...
Upcoming maintenance closures at recreation complexes in Nelson, Castlegar, Creston
RDCK Recreation facilities at the Castlegar & District Community Complex, the Creston & District Community Complex, and the Nelson & District Community Complex are scheduled for annual maintenance closures in the coming weeks.These closures have been scheduled during the quietest time of the year at the facilities....
Arrow Flow Change Notification
BC Hydro would like to notify the public that the discharge rates from Arrow Lakes Reservoir will decrease noticeably on Saturday, August 27 and Sunday, August 28: •At 6 a.m. on Saturday, August 27, flows will decrease from 2,166 m3/s to 2,024 m3/s; •At 7 a.m. on Saturday, August 27, flows will decrease from 2,024 m3/s ...
