These five beautiful puppies came to KAAP with their mama (Shai, included in photos and will be available for adoption after her spay) when they were just a few days old. They were homeless and rescued from -40 degrees in the dead of winter. They are truly just delightful, all of them. Shai is a […]

Long-time Castlegar resident and Canadian Red Cross volunteer Deborah Lynn Chmara has been awarded the Order of Red Cross, the organization’s highest honour, in recognition of her decades of exceptional humanitarian service. Her volunteer journey now spans more than 55 years and has taken her from British Columbia and the Yukon to crisis zones in […]

The City of Trail has received formal notice from BC Housing that the provincial funding set aside for proposed supportive housing development in Trail is no longer available at this time. BC Housing has indicated that this change arises from province-wide fiscal constraints and a significant reduction in the availability of capital funding for housing […]

B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) is seeking feedback on a newly proposed expedited environmental assessment process designed to reduce assessment timelines and support more efficient decision-making for major projects deemed to be in the public interest. The expedited process has been created for projects that are designated under the Infrastructure Projects Act, so they can […]

Local Kootenay Emergency Response Physicians Association (KERPA) has been featured in a book by national best-selling author Dr. Brian Goldman called The Casino Shift: Stories from an ER on the Edge. The book, to quote publisher Harper Collins, is, “an hour-by-hour account of what a Canadian emergency room is like in these turbulent times when […]

The “Me First!” driver is one whose default attitude is competition rather than cooperation. Their sense of entitlement leads to prioritizing personal convenience over safety. High risk driving behaviours are commonly chosen to accomplish their desire to get ahead and that increases the chance of a collision with the other drivers around them. Me First […]

On March 3, three cadets from 531 City of Trail Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron competed in the first step of the Air Cadet League of Canada’s effective speaking competition. The first step is the local competition which is followed by competition for the Kootenays, then a provincial competition for B.C. and finally a national […]

A new phase in British Columbia’s approach to mental health crisis response began on February 25 in the Southeast District, as RCMP detachments in Golden, Columbia Valley, Elk Valley Regional, Creston, Kimberley, and Cranbrook adopted HealthIM in collaboration with Interior Health. The system enhances real-time risk assessment and strengthens coordination with Interior Health emergency departments. HealthIM is […]

Every winter, instructor Doris Hausleitner takes second-year students in the Recreation, Fish and Wildlife (RFW) Program to Beasley for a hands-on look at a bat conservation initiative led by the Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA). The field lab showcases innovative techniques designed to replicate bat roosts in areas where logging has reduced or eliminated critical habitat. This year, students learned directly […]

A $1.65 million investment through PacifiCan’s Regional Innovation Ecosystems program is driving a major expansion of Selkirk College’s Selkirk Technology Access Centre (STAC) in Trail, BC. On Monday, March 2, The Honourable Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan), toured STAC and announced this federal investment. “British Columbia […]