Katrine Conroy, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, has released the following statement regarding the deployment of BC Wildfire Service personnel to Manitoba: “British Columbia has a long history of offering a helping hand to other provinces and countries when they need assistance...

Kirk Duff appointed to the RDCK Board of Directors Kirk Duff, the newly elected Mayor of Castlegar, has been appointed to the RDCK Board of Directors. The Board ratified the decision based on the recommendation from the City of Castlegar. Councillor Dan Rye, who previously represented the City of Castlegar on the Board, has...

Effective Tuesday, June 1, 2021, Stage 1 Water Conservation Measures go into effect for all Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) water systems. Water Conservation Measures run annually across the RDCK from June 1 through September 30. On June 1, Stage 1 restrictions will officially be implemented and may increase to...

Canada is in the middle of a housing crisis, and the south Okanagan, Boundary and West Kootenay areas are very much in the middle of that crisis.  This is an urgent and rapidly growing problem that demands the cooperation and priority of all levels of government. The crisis has emerged out of a perfect storm of factors....

Fire crews were called out at 6:55 a.m. Monday to a recreational vehicle (trailer) fire, according to Castlegar Fire Chief Sam Lattanzio. "It was in the 2000 block of Columbia Avenue in a parking lot near Canadian Tire," Lattanzio said, "When we arrived it was fully involved." No one was in the trailer at the time, and no one...

Last week, six local theatre owners met with Adrian Dix, Minister of Health in British Columbia, and Roly Russell, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen, for a discussion on easing restrictions placed on theatres in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Business owners of all kinds have faced significant challenges as we’ve navigated ...

The BC RCMP has notified the Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia (IIO BC) of an incident near Sicamous, according to a press release Friday. "At approximately 4 p.m. on May 20, a vehicle traveling east on Hiwy 1 near Salmon Arm was allegedly seen passing multiple vehicles, including an unmarked police vehicle,"...

The City swore in a new Mayor, Kirk Duff, and Councillor, Brian Bogle. They officially participated in their first Council meeting since being elected in Castlegar’s April 24, 2021 By-election. They are joining Councillors Sue Heaton-Sherstobitoff, Cherryl MacLeod, Maria McFaddin, Bergen Price, and Dan Rye. Council appointed...

The Kootenay Association for Science and Technology (KAST) and Selkirk College’s Applied Research and Innovation Centre (ARIC) have been working together to measure the tech sector’s impact and its economic health within the region. Thanks to funding from Mitacs Accelerate and the BC Rural Dividend Program, we are thrilled ...

KC Recycling Ltd. has been awarded $852,000 from the CleanBC Plastics Action Fund to jumpstart a $1.2 million plant upgrade, which will create a circular solution to recycling the plastic cases on car batteries already processed at the Trail, BC operation. This May, the largest recycler of automotive batteries in the Pacific...