RDKB participates in Province's Wood-Stove Exchange Program
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has received $7,800 in funding from the provincial government to encourage residents to trade in older, higher-polluting wood stoves for new, emissions certified stoves. The Wood Stove Exchange Program helps homeowners by providing them with a $250 rebate when a new wood-burning,...
OP/ED: Saying goodbye to Bill Bennett
My wife and I saluted the recent passing of former Premier Bill Bennett and reflected on our good fortune to have connected with Socred Governments who were great believers in small “d” democracy. If you flew their colors and supported the party and had an issue it was always the same game plan; people, project, politics....
FROM THE HILL: Syrian refugees, climate conference
Parliament opened for a brief two-week sitting in early December. For a newcomer to Parliament Hill, I found the pomp and ceremony, borrowing from centuries of parliamentary tradition, a moving reminder of the deep trust my constituents have placed in me. I gave my first speech in the House towards the end of the sitting; ...
OP/ED: Hunters and outfitters share thoughts on wildlife populations
Newsletter December 2015 I am sending you sound bytes from hunters and outfitters that once again remind British Columbians that scientific driven wildlife management in our province has lost virtually every fight to the political game of maximizing hunting opportunity. To put the stories into scientific wildlife management...
400 Syrian refugees coming to the Interior in the next three months
The New Year marks a new beginning for Syrian refugees arriving in the Interior region. Refugees will face many challenges as they adjust to new homes, new lives and a new health-care system. Interior Health and its community partners have been working hard over the past several weeks to help ease that transition and be...
RCMP dog helps save Creston man
An RCMP dog named Denim was part of the team to save a man’s life near Creston this week, according to RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk. “A Creston area backcountry recreationalist, who became lost on Thompson Mountain on Sunday, was the latest of many in the province needing to be rescued by the RCMP and Search and […]
Nine people injured, U.S. driver charged after MVI near Merritt
An American driver involved in a collision Dec. 28 near Merritt is facing several charges, according to RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk. At around 12 p.m. on Monday afternoon, Moskaluk said, the Merritt RCMP and the RCMP Central Interior Traffic Services were dispatched to a single vehicle collision which occurred a few kilometres...
Nelson SAR responds to pair of holiday calls for assistance in the backcountry
Nelson Search and Rescue members were busy responding to a pair of calls during the Christmas holiday break. The first call came Saturday (December 26) that two overdue skiers in the humming Bird Pass area again. "Subjects were reported overdue after he failed to a meet partner for dinner. Upon some investigating the subject...
Suspect rams cop car, flees in kayak
What started out as a traffic stop on Old Spallumcheen Road near Sicamous BC, ended with Sicamous RCMP and an RCMP dog handler tracking a suspect in the Mara Lake area. “At around 2:30 a.m. on Dec 28, a Sicamous RCMP officer had his marked police cruiser rammed by a vehicle that he had stopped […]
Driver escapes injury after vehicle skids off highway near Grohman Narrows Park
A driver is lucky to escape serious injury after a vehicle left the highway before coming to rest above Grohman Narrows pond west of Nelson late Sunday night. Nelson Assistant Fire Chief Michael Daloise said Nelson Fire Rescue along with RCMP responded to the call at 10:40 p.m. Sunday night of a vehicle over the bank on Highway...
