Category 3 burning to be prohibited in the Southeast Fire Centre
Effective at noon PST on Friday, June 11, 2021, Category 3 open burning, as defined in the Wildfire Regulation, will be prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre, which includes the Rocky Mountain Natural Resource District and the Selkirk Natural Resource District. The BC Wildfire Service is implementing this prohibition...
NDP MLA Katrine Conroy says new, affordable rentals coming to West Kootenays
NDP MLA Katrine Conroy says 46 new, affordable rental homes are coming to West Kootenays for people with low to moderate incomes. “People across the Kootenays know how important housing is to their own, their neighbours’, and their community’s wellbeing,” said MLA Conroy. “Communities big and small have been feeling the...
2021 Castlegar Property Tax Notices Going Out
Castlegar residents will start receiving their 2021 Property Tax notices soon. Property tax payment deadlines return to normal for 2021. All property taxes are due on July 2, 2021 and residents are encouraged to pay on time to avoid a penalty. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the City strongly encourages the public to do business...
Weekly Project Update: Columbia Avenue Redevelopment - Phase 2
Over the last week, the contractor completed all water main testing and 85 percent of all water tie-ins. They also started working on building up the final road south of 21st Street. This includes excavating the temporary materials placed for the detour driving surface and replacing with compacted aggregate. Next week, you...
April sees 176 toxic illicit drug deaths, bringing 2021 total to 680 in BC
Preliminary reporting released by the BC Coroners Service confirms at least 176 British Columbians were lost to toxic illicit drugs in April, bringing the total number of deaths recorded in 2021 to 680. “Once again, we’re reminded that the scale of this public health emergency is truly unprecedented,” said Lisa Lapointe, chief coroner. “I offer my […]
Castlegar City Hall lowers flags to half-mast, holds moment of silence
The City of Castlegar has lowered flags at City Hall and the Fire Hall to honour and mourn the 215 children whose remains were discovered at the site of a former Kamloops Residential School. This follows the release of preliminary findings from a survey of the grounds by the Tk’emúps te Secwépemc First Nation. City staff will...
RDKB lowers flags to honour Indigenous children found buried at Kamloops residential school
he Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has lowered its flags to half-mast at its Trail and Grand Forks offices in response to the 215 children whose remains were found by the Tk’emlúps te Secweìpemc at the former site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School. “The loss of any child is a terrible thing and every parent’s...
Castlegar man shot by assailant in his home Sunday
A Castlegar man was shot in the wee hours of Sunday morning, according to Castlegar RCMP NCOIC Sgt. Monty Taylor. "On May 30 at 2:43am a 54-year-old Castlegar male attended the Castlegar RCMP detachment reporting an unknown suspect had entered his living unit and shot him once with a handgun," Taylor said. "The victim had a...
IHIT identifies victim of homicide found near Hope
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) is calling on the public to help further its investigation into the homicide of 19-year-old Melissa Elizabeth Steele. Boston Bar: On May 26, 2021 at 1:50 p.m., a passing motorist reported to police that he saw a human body near Highway 1 between Hope and Yale, B.C. Officers...
Weekly Update: Columbia Avenue Redevelopment Project - Phase 2
The contractor took a well-deserved long weekend break from construction. Flaggers were in place on Friday and Monday to help with long weekend traffic. Over the last week, work focused on water testing and the installation of bases for banner poles and signs and electrical ducting for lights and landscape architecture. Next...
