Is there a special animal who warms your heart? Celebrate them by winning them a page in the BC SPCA’s 2023 Calendar. For many animal-lovers, their bond with their pets makes every day brighter. The Calendar Contest, presented by Hill’s Pet Nutrition, offers a great way to celebrate all the pets of B.C. “Pets can be affectionate,...

Air Canada is increasing service to the West Kootenay Regional Airport with an additional day of flights to and from Vancouver starting February 8, 2022. Travellers can now book Air Canada Express flights to and from Vancouver six days a week for afternoon travel on Dash 8-Q400 aircraft which seats 78 passengers. View the...

Library Champions is a three-month online volunteer project that connects new immigrants to the library and the community. This project has trained 1,800 new immigrants who have reached out to over 100,000 people throughout the Lower Mainland over the past 10 years. Now expanding throughout BC, the Library Champions Project is...

The second vehicle fire in as many days sent KBRFR crews to Montrose early Friday morning, according to Acting Cpt. Lee De Pellegrin. This, after two vehicles burned to the ground in Genelle Wednesday evening (for full coverage, click here). The call came in at 4;43 a.m., drawing three firefighters from Trail and two from...

The BC Parks Licence Plate Program is marking its five-year anniversary, and more than 300 diverse projects and programs have been supported to further protect and enhance B.C.’s world-renowned parks system. People with specialty BC Parks licence plates are supporting student rangers and many other initiatives that help parks...

On Jan. 23, at 10:11 a.m., Trail and Greater District RCMP responded to a complaint of a single motor vehicle incident on Hwy 3B roughly 3 km from the Nancy Green Junction, near Rossland, according to Trail RCMP Sgt Mike Wicentowich. “The 24-year-old Nelson man was driving a 1994 Toyota Corolla when the vehicle hit […]

Peter Jones says he’s “elated” to pack up his things and move home to Victoria after scoring $179,218.30 from the November 19, 2021 Lotto Max draw. The Greenwood resident purchased his ticket from McMynn’s Family Foods on Florence Street and was sitting at the kitchen table when he found out the good news. “This win is going...

Seven KBRFR firefighters responded to a reported structure fire Tuesday night, according to Cpt. Grant Tyson. Tyson said the call came in at 10:47 p.m.. to attend the 100 block of 12 Avenue in Genelle, where crews found two vehicles engulfed in flames. “Flames were approaching the home,” he said, adding the fire was extinguished...

The City of Castlegar purchased two properties in support of recommendations outlined in the recently adopted Housing Strategy. This includes the purchase of: 2405 Columbia Avenue. A corner lot bordering underutilized, City-owned park space and Civic Works storage facility at the former Brandson Pool location. This property...

BC Hydro data shows several electricity demand records were broken in 2021 after extreme weather hit B.C. at different times of the year.   The new report titled, “2021: A record-breaking year for electricity demand and extreme weather,” shows BC Hydro had record peak loads in 2021 due to extreme temperatures in both summer...