Revised Arrow Flow Change Notification
BC Hydro would like to notify the public that the Arrow Lakes Reservoir flow change schedule for this weekend has been revised to accommodate the ongoing guidewall repairs at the Hugh L. Keenleyside Dam. The revised schedule is as follows: Date Time Change From To Friday, March 13th 4:00 p.m. ↑ 396 m3/s 14,000 ft3/s 538...
Dam City Rollers birthday bash cancelled
The Castlegar Dam City Rollers are postponing their Dam Birthday Bash event as a precautionary measure due to travel and public safety concerns. The 10-year anniversary event, which was scheduled for this Saturday night at the Selkirk College Gymnasium, will be rescheduled for a later date this year, Dam City announced today....
Almost $2 mill in provincial grants for Southeast Fire Centre
New Democrat MLAs Katrine Conroy and Michelle Mungall are welcoming nearly $2 million in provincial grants to assist communities in the Southeast Fire Centre in preparing for wildfires. “This is a great opportunity for rural communities to develop solutions that work for them,” said Conroy, MLA for Kootenay West. “These grants...
Mobile breast cancer screening coming to Castlegar
Approximately one in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. It is the most common type of cancer found in women in BC with around 3,500 BC women receiving a breast cancer diagnosis each year. Regular screening mammograms can find breast cancer early, often before it has spread. About 10 per cent of all screening...
POSTPONED: COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN SALMO AND TRAIL
In response to recommended best practices for public gatherings, Columbia Basin Trust is postponing its public engagement events scheduled for March 11, 2020, in Salmo and March 12, 2020, in Trail. These were the first in a series of events that invite people in the Columbia Basin to celebrate all they have accomplished alongside the […]
City of Trail given Community Wellness and Harm Reduction Grant
The City of Trail is one of 24 communities that were awarded Community Wellness and Harm Reduction Grants. Funded projects will be active from March 2020 to February 2021. The Community Wellness and Harm Reduction Grant was launched to support community partnerships on focused, action-oriented harm reduction projects or initiatives, tailored to meet local needs. […]
Selkirk College Saints Hit the Reset Button
The Trinity Western University Spartans finished a hefty 21 points ahead of the Selkirk College Saints in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) regular season. The upshot of matching up against tough odds in the first round of the playoffs is that once the puck drops to start the BCIHL semi-final between...
New urgent and primary care centre opens in Castlegar
People living in Castlegar will soon have better access to team-based urgent and primary care with the opening of a new urgent and primary care centre (UPCC). “Castlegar has about 2,000 people who do not have a regular primary care provider. This needs to change,” said Katrine Conroy, Minister of Children and Family Development...
Police release surveillance images after an armed robbery Sunday
RCMP are releasing surveillance stills as they continue their investigation into an armed robbery carried out at a local pharmacy late Sunday morning. On March 8, 2020 at 11:13 a.m., Trail and Greater District RCMP responded to a report of an armed robbery just committed at the pharmacy inside the Safeway store located at...
Driver lucky to be okay after logging truck overturns
On March 2, at roughly 11:13 a.m., Slocan Lake RCMP along with New Denver Fire Department responded to a single motor vehicle accident involving a loaded logging truck. The tractor and trailer was travelling south on Hwy 6 near Jacobs Road in New Denver. The preliminary investigation indicates the vehicle lost control when...
