Two children suffer carbon monoxide poisoning in boating incident
Two children lost consciousness due to carbon monoxide poisoning while boating with their family this past long weekend. The potentially fatal incident unfolded in the waters of Indian Arm on Monday, May 21, when a North Vancouver family was out boating in a 27-foot vessel equipped with an inboard engine. While returning to...
MP Richard Cannings Honoured as FPAC Forest Community Champion
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is pleased to name Richard Cannings, MP South Okanagan-West Kootenay as a winner of the 2018 FPAC Forest Community Champion Award. Cannings will be joined by International Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Kenora, Ontario Mayor Dave Canfield, and Whitecourt, Alberta...
RDKB EOC rescinds evacuation orders to properties in Downtown, North Ruckle
In a media release Tuesday, the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) said it has rescinded evacuation orders for about 171 addresses in the Downtown and North Ruckle areas due to a decreased threat of flooding. However, the EOC said these properties, like all properties taken off evacuation...
Edgewood Firehall turns on a new source of power
A large south-facing roof in the small community of Edgewood has now been equipped to generate electricity. With $22,500 in support from Columbia Basin Trust, the Edgewood Volunteer Fire Department Society recently installed solar panels on the local fire hall. The 42 panels will use the sun to generate up to 15 kilowatts of...
City rescinds water advisory
The City of Castlegar has rescinded the water advisory that has been in place since May 14, according to a press release issued today. The reason for the advisory was that, due to the spring freshet (runoff), water turbidity (cloudiness) had exceeded recommended levels, but that is no longer an issue. "The water distribution...
Kootenay Mountain culture magazine honoured by nomination for National Magazine Award
Kootenay Mountain Culture magazine and veteran journalist Bob Keating have landed in some fine company. Keating’s story, "Dammed & Determined," about the future of the Columbia River Treaty, has been nominated for a National Magazine Award in the Feature Writing category. Other nominees in this category include Maclean's, Chatelaine and Alberta Views. The winner will […]
RDKB continues to rescind evacuation orders across Grand Forks
The Boundary is slowly returning to normal as the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Emergency Operations Centre rescinded approximately 882 evacuation orders across the region Monday. In a media release, the RDKB EOC said about 151 addresses remain on evacuation order, primarily in the Downtown and North Ruckle area. At...
'By some miracle' Saskatchwan couple survive landslide on Kootenay Pass
A couple from Saskatchewan, travelling the Kootenay Pass to Nelson for the Victoria Day long weekend is lucky to be alive after being pushed off Highway 3 by a landslide Thursday. Gabe Rosescu and Sheri Niemegeers were en route to the Heritage City to visit friends when the slide hit the vehicle they were driving […]
RDKB rescinds majority of evacuation orders across the Boundary
Evacuation orders were rescinded and downgraded to evacuation alerts for about 1000 properties or about 2000 people in the Boundary on May 20. This leaves 556 addresses on evacuation order and just over 900 people still waiting to return home. In Grand Forks proper, about 377 properties were removed from evacuation zones and...
Evacuation orders rescinded for 175 properties in Boundary
Nearly 350 people in Grand Forks, Electoral Area D, Christina Lake, Midway and Area E are free to return to their homes or businesses today shortly after rapid damage assessors inspected their properties and rescinded 175 evacuation orders. The majority of properties assessed were in the City of Grand Forks. Several hundred...
