Bringing down costs for British Columbians in 2022
The Province is working to bring down costs for people in 2022. In the coming year, families will benefit from: expanded $10-a-day child care and reducing average fees by as much 50% by the end of 2022 for children under six free public transit for kids under 12 that will save them as much as $672 in 2022 the biggest rate...
BC Hydro: 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, January 1: •At 7:00 a.m., flows will decrease from 2,265 m3/s to 2,124 m3/s. •At 8:00 a.m., flows will decrease from 2,124 m3/s to 1,982 m3/s. •At 9:00 a.m., flows will decrease from 1,982 m3/s ...
Weekend sees 6,288 new cases, 713 in IHA
Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 6,288 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 241,946 cases in the province: Dec. 24-25: 2,552 new cases Dec. 25-26: 2,023 new cases Dec. 26-27: 1,713 new cases Note: case counts provided on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, are preliminary. The new cases include: 3,181 new cases in Fraser Health...
Innovation Today and in the Future: Challenging the Status Quo
Teck Trail Operations is proud to commemorate 125 years of continuous smelting with an eight-part series that explores the company’s significant role in the region and industry, from the gold rush to becoming one of the world’s largest fully integrated zinc and lead smelting and refining complexes. Since 1896, visionary...
New proof of vaccination requirements for aquatic activities and other news
To all RDCK Recreation Customers:The BC Provincial Health Officer (PHO) today released a revised Gatherings and Events Order with new restrictions that impact people who use RDCK recreation facilities and programs.FITNESS CENTRE CLOSURESFitness centres are closed and fitness classes are suspended effective December 23, 2021...
Castlegar RCMP seeking Secret Santa
The Castlegar RCMP is seeking to identify a Secret Santa who sent the RCMP an envelope of cash and a note. On Dec. 20, a non-descript envelope with no return address arrived at the Castlegar RCMP Detachment. It contained an undisclosed amount of cash and instructions to disperse as the RCMP saw fit in the community. While we...
Castlegar Outdoor Ice Rinks Open
Due to colder temperatures, Castlegar's outdoor community rinks are now open for skating & hockey. The rinks are free to use and located at the back side of Kinnaird Park, 2501 14th Avenue. They are open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day and lit during the evening hours. Please be courteous and limit your skate to 30 minutes...
RDCK fitness centres to be closed until January 18
By order of the British Columbia Provincial Health Officer (PHO), fitness centres at Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) recreation facilities will be closed as of Wednesday, December 22, 2021, at 11:59pm until January 18, 2022. The PHO ordered these and other new restrictions today in response to the escalating...
Province introduces new COVID-19 measures for safer holiday season
To address rising COVID-19 case counts and keep people safe, the provincial health officer in a media release Friday is issuing revised orders, which take effect on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Measures will extend to Jan. 31, 2022, at 11:59 p.m., and include: limiting indoor, personal gatherings, including in rental and vacation properties to the […]
NDP MLA Conroy says new recovery funding will help local fairs, festivals and events resume in the Kootenays
New Democrat MLA Katrine Conroy says new support from the BC New Democrat government will help local fairs, festivals and community events resume in the Kootenays. “Sports and arts events in the Kootenays give us all something to look forward to every year,” said MLA Conroy. “COVID-19 has been incredibly difficult for the...
