An avalanche near Mount McCrae has resulted in the death of two people, and injuries to another, according to RCMP Sgt. Chris Manseau. "On January 23, 2023 at approximately 2:30 p.m. the Revelstoke RCMP were advised of an avalanche that occurred near the Alkolkolex tenure southeast of Revelstoke near an area known as Chocolate...

Police are investigating after a collision claimed the lives of three individuals near Castlegar. Just before 4 pm on Jan 16, Castlegar RCMP were called to a report of a collision involving a passenger car and a pickup truck that occurred on Highway 3a in Thrums, BC. Police, fire, ambulance and a physician with the Kootenay...

City of Trail Mayor and Council have been receiving inquiries after the release of a news story highlighting an RCMP investigation into one of its Trail-stationed members who had shared his controversial political views through a satirical YouTube channel. “We would like to reassure our community that our Council values our...

BC Hydro would like to notify the public that the discharge rates from Arrow Lakes Reservoir will decrease noticeably on Friday, Jan. 13 and Saturday, Jan. 14. When combined with the outflows from the Kootenay River, Columbia River levels at Birchbank are expected to decrease by 0.95 metres (3.1 feet) over the two days. Please...

A procession has formed for late Nelson Police Department Const. Robert (Wade) Tittemore, 43, on his final journey home from Kelowna General Hospital to Kootenay Lake Hospital in Nelson. Today (Jan. 12), at least five police departments, 11 fire departments, seven Paramedic offices, six Search-and-Rescue organizations, KERPA...

Despite Canada’s important commitments at the December UN COP15 in Montreal, we’re not halting, let alone reversing, biodiversity loss. More than 5,000 wild species face some risk of extinction, according to the recently released report “The Wild Species 2020: The General Status of Species in Canada.”...

By Gaoliang Fang, Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster Automotive Resource Centre, McMaster University As part of its goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, Canada has introduced new regulations to mandate one-fifth of all vehicles sold in Canada be electric by 2026. With the price of gasoline being projected to rise again, and...

Last fall, BC Hydro began work to enhance the spawning substrate for endangered white sturgeon in the spawning area in the tailrace (outlet channel) of Arrow Lakes Generating Station. This work was originally planned to take place in October and November 2022. However, due to project delays, construction activities will resume...

Police are offering high praise to Red Mountain staff and local Search and Rescue teams after a mountainous search saw an Ontario man found safe. "On Thursday, Dec. 29 at 4:40 p.m., a frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer received a report that a 20-year-old Thunder Bay man went missing while skiing while out-of-bounds...

By Lewis Macgregor, Lecturer in Sport, Health & exercise Science, University of Stirling  (UK) Getting in the habit of exercising isn’t easy. Not only is finding the time to exercise a major deterrent for people, the fear of aches, pain and injuries is also a reason that people put off starting a new exercise regime. But...