Announcement of the new Commanding Officer for RCMP in BC
Today the RCMP announced the appointment of Assistant Commissioner Dwayne McDonald who will be the next Commanding Officer of the RCMP in British Columbia. A/Commr. Dwayne McDonald will assume the rank of Deputy Commissioner when he takes over command from D/Commr. Jennifer Strachan on July 1, 2021 No decisions have been made...
Category 2 fire prohibitions to start in the Southeast Fire Centre
Effective at 12:00 pm (noon) on Friday, June 25, 2021, Category 2 and Category 3 open fires, as well as other equipment and activities will be prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre. This prohibition is being implemented due to increased fire danger ratings caused by a warming trend throughout the Southeast Fire...
Five-alarm blaze destroys recycling plant
A massive fire in Waneta Industrial park yesterday completely levelled a recycling facility and kept 39 firefighters busy throughout the night. "Crews from Stn 371 - Rossalnd, Stn 372 - Warfield, Stn 374 - Trail, Stn 375 - Montrose and Stn 376 - Fruitvale responded to a five-alarm fire at GFL Trail Material Recovery Facility,"...
Autonomous Sinixt: What's in an Indigenous Name?
What’s in a Name? Original places names of the Sinixt təmxwúlaʔxw (homeland) in the headwaters of the Columbia River region of BC have been mapped in sn-səlxcín, the Interior Salish Dialect of the Sinixt. Autonomous Sinixt are launching the map for Canada’s Indigenous Day on June 21, joining many...
Two small fires being reported in Southeast Fire Centre
The BC Wildfire Service is reporting a small fire Sunday in the Arrow Lakes region. The BC Wildfire Service interactive map shows a .01 hectare fire at Hutchinson Creek. The cause of the fire is unknown. The Hutchinson Creek is one of two fires being reported in the Southeast Fire Centre. The other fire — .02 hectare Hall...
Police seek witnesses to fatal crash near Merritt
RCMP and the BC Coroners Service are now investigating the circumstances surrounding a collision, between two commercial vehicles, along Highway 97C that claimed a life Wednesday evening near Merritt. BC. On June 16, 2021 a short time after 9 p.m., emergency crews responded to a call for assistance from an off-duty RCMP officer...
Navigational Lock at the Hugh Keenleyside Dam will be closed June 26 & 27
The navigational lock at the Hugh L. Keenleyside Dam will be closed starting at 4 p.m. on Friday, June 25 until 8:30 a.m. on Monday, June 28. This closure is necessary to undertake maintenance on the navigational lock. Regular hours of operation for the navigational lock are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 8:30...
RDCK Community Services to move safely into Step 2 of BC's Restart plan
The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) Community Services team continues to align its re-opening strategy with BC’s Restart plan. With Step 2 of the Restart beginning today, RDCK Community Services will be expanding some aquatic and recreation programming while prioritizing the safety of staff and scaling up...
Planned protest shuts downtown portion of Columbia Avenue
Castlegar RCMP were made aware of a protest planned for Saturday, June 12, 2021. Protestors gathered outside the Castlegar RCMP Detachment and Castlegar City Hall building in protest of old growth logging in BC. The group of demonstrators came prepared to camp overnight disrupting both lanes of Columbia Avenue. Both lanes of travel in the […]
Weekly Project Update: Columbia Avenue Redevelopment - Phase 2
Last week Copcan hit a major milestone: all new water mains have been installed! Thank you to everyone who did their part on Tuesday to reduce water use for the last major water tie-in. Copcan has also completed storm main installation between 21st Street and halfway between 23rd and 24th Streets and installed shallow utilities...
