Thanks to a coordinated, cooperative fire response, what could have been a catastrophic fire Tuesday ended up destroying only one vehicle, according to an Ootischenia Fire Department Facebook post. The post described an incident yesterday at noon, in whiich Ootischenia Fire responded to a vehicle fire that was reported to be...

There is no doubt that COVID-19 has caused a variety of challenges within our lives, and our community, but access to safe healthy food shouldn't be one of them - which is why we want everyone to know about the Castlegar Community Garden. We are now living in a time where the health of ourselves, family and friends is of the...

Columbia Basin Trust is a unique and amazing organization, with huge benefits to residents of the Columbia Basin.  As most people know, it was set up in 1995 with a lump-sum settlement to help compensate the region for damage and losses caused by construction of dams under the Columbia River Treaty, which was signed in 1964,...

Since June 2020, Columbia Basin Trust has been engaging with a variety of stakeholders in the Basin to develop a short-term strategic plan to guide its activities over the next 18 to 24 months. The Trust is now seeking public feedback on the draft plan from all people in the Basin. The Trust directly spoke with its volunteer...

In cooperation with BC Wildfire, the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has determined the immediate threat from the Solomon Mountain Wildfire has subsided and evacuation alerts are no longer required. Forty-four properties near Beaverdell in the West Boundary are no longer on evacuation alert. The Regional District of ...

Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Réka Gustafson, B.C.'s deputy provincial health officer, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia: "Today, we are announcing 83 new cases, for a total of 4,677 cases in British Columbia. "There are 775...

In an effort to revive a struggling downtown core, the Grand Forks downtown business association is offering new commercial owners six-months free rent on a two-year lease. The program is aimed at new busineses, only. The downtown business association is hoping to fill up some of the boarded up building in the downtown core...

Community Futures Central Kootenay (CFCK) is pleased to recognize Tyler Rice as Volunteer of the Year. Since joining the CFCK Board of Directors in 2018, Tyler Rice quickly expanded his involvement in the non-profit, chairing the CFCK Self Employment and Cannabis Business Transition Initiative Committee, and assuming the role...

The Navigational Lock at the Hugh L. Keenleyside Dam will be closed on Tuesday, August 25 starting at noon. This closure is necessary to undertake repairs to the navigational lock gate. The navigational lock will reopen at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, August 26. Regular hours of operation for the Navigational Lock are 8:00 a.m. to ...

BC Hydro would like to notify the public that the discharge rates from Arrow Lakes Reservoir will decrease noticeably on Saturday, August 15:   Date Time Change From To Saturday, August 15 8:30 a.m. ↓ 2,209 m3/s 78,000 ft3/s 2,067 m3/s 73,000 ft3/s 9:30 a.m. ↓ 2,067  m3/s 73,000  ft3/s 1,926 m3/s 68,000  ft3/s 10:30 a.m. ↓ ...