On May 26, the Trail and Greater District Detachment RCMP responded to a report of a collision between a motorcycle and SUV vehicle on Columbia Gardens Road, in Fruitvale (see previous coverage here), according to Trail RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. "The 44-year-old motorcyclist had allegedly crossed the center line of the...

A motor vehicle incident has sent one to hospital Sunday afternoon, according to KBRFR Capt. Grant Tyson. Tyson said, in a press release, that a collision between a motorcycle and a car happened in the 500 block of Columbia Gardens Road, between Waneta and Fruitvale. He said the call came in at 1:43 p.m., and […]

Please be advised that the City of Castlegar will be performing routine water main maintenance and flushing east of Columbia Avenue from 27th Street to Blueberry for the next few weeks. This will not create any water service interruptions to the water system and will not pose a health hazard. City staff will try to minimize...

Kootenay Columbia College of Integrative Health Sciences in Nelson will celebrate the graduation of its first class of the Registered Massage Therapy Program on May 26 at 2pm at the Nelson Commons. The ceremony is a private ceremony for the RMT graduates as well as for graduates from the school’s Traditional Chinese Medicine...

If you have room in your home and your heart for a new best friend, the BC SPCA invites you to check out the amazing cats looking for their furr-ever family during our upcoming adult cat adoption promotion. The event, proudly presented by Hill’s® Pet Nutrition, takes place May 25-31 in SPCA shelters across B.C. "We’re offering...

A local woman sustained burns Friday morning after a blaze in South Castlegar Friday morning, according to Castlegar Fire Chief Sam Lattanzio. “CFD attended a structure fire in the 3400 block of 8 Avenue Friday morning,” he said, adding the call came in at 11:17 a.m. “CFD arrived and established command on scene at 11:25 a.m....

Big White Resort may soon be boasting a non-medicinal cannabis store in the near future, according to a press release issued last week by the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) regarding their April 24 regular meeting. “The Board supported the application by Monashee Mountain Cannabis for a proposed non-medical cannabis retail store at Big […]

BullyingCanada is seeking volunteers across the country to help offer our services to the many bullied youth throughout Canada. BullyingCanada receives, on average, more than a thousand requests a day and in order to reach kids where they are—on their smartphones without actually being on the phone—BullyingCanada has launched...

Readers may well wonder about the “danger” mentioned in this headline.  The value of climate change adaptation is obvious to the well-informed: it will help willing residents and their communities better survive the extremes that climate change is bringing. Better water conservation can prepare communities for longer, more ...

Emergency officials at the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Emergency Program are currently monitoring river levels forecasted to rise quickly in the Boundary. Environment Canada is calling for between 15 and 30 millimeters of rain are expected in the region over the next 48 hours. “After such a long stretch of sunny ...