Smoke Eaters Sign Halliday For 2022/23
The Trail Smoke Eaters are thrilled to announce the signing of JT Halliday from St. Paul's School in the USHS-Prep league for 2022/23. Halliday, from Saugus, California, plays in with St. Paul's School in the United States High School Prep League in New Hampshire, where he's got 12 goals and 9 assists for 21 points in 22...
Partial Closure of Kinsmen Park Playground in Castlegar
The City of Castlegar has closed a portion of the Kinsmen Park playground due to safety concerns. While completing a comprehensive annual inspection, staff noted concerns on a portion of the playground located in the City’s downtown at 910 2nd Street. The safety concerns are isolated to a specific area that has been fenced ...
Smoke Eaters Sign Spooner From OHA
The Trail Smoke Eaters are excited to announce the signing of Remy Spooner from the Okanagan Hockey Academy (OHA) for the 2022/23 season! Spooner, from Kelowna, BC, is the top point per game scorer at OHA this year with 1.11 points per game. The 17-year-old forward has 13 goals and 17 assists in 27 games this season. As a...
City of Rossland donates to the Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal
At Monday night's Regular Council Meeting, Mayor Moore spoke on the situation in Ukraine and brought forward a motion regarding the City donating $1 per 2021 Census figures (4,140) to the Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal. This motion was endorsed by the majority of Council. City Council also encouraged residents...
RCMP seize drugs, cash in Trail
On March 13, at 8:35 p.m., a Trail and Greater District RCMP officer was conducting a patrol when he spotted a blue 1999 Chevrolet Silverado truck allegedly make an illegal left hand turn onto Hwy 3B from Old Waneta Road in Trail, according to RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. "The officer detained the truck roadside and began an...
Piano and percussion merge in a 6-handed musical marvel at The Bailey Theatre
On Tuesday, March 15 Percussiano 3 brings together the two hands of percussionist Rod Thomas Squance and the four hands of Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann to perform at the Bailey Theatre in the last Performing Arts Trail show this season. With their dazzling array of instruments and brilliant display of virtuosity, Percussiano3...
Investigation finds Trail Council Code of Conduct violations
The City of Trail is announcing the findings of a third-party investigation into three complaints that were filed by Council members in June 2021 alleging violations of the City’s Violence in the Workplace and Council Code of Conduct policies. Two complaints, one filed jointly by Councillors Dobie, Gattafoni Robinson and...
RCMP investigating pedestrian hit and run in Trail
On Feb 26, at 1:10 p.m. Trail and Greater District RCMP received a report of a 22-year-old Trail woman being struck while walking in the crosswalk by a man driving a black 2001 Acura car turning into the intersection of Second Avenue and Hwy 3B in Trail. Trail RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich said the woman was knocked down and the...
Law-breaker makes it easy for RCMP to nab him
On Feb. 25 at 1:20 p.m., a frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer observed a 68-year-old Trail man allegedly about to drink an alcoholic beverage inside his vehicle while parked in a parking lot across from the Trail Detachment located at 3601 Laburnum Drive, in Trail. Trail top cop RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich said...
Grand Forks RCMP arrest male folllowing early morning standoff
Grand Forks RCMP said that a 32-year-old man found in a stolen vehicle was arrested early Monday in a high risk take down. RCMP said in a media release that just after 5:20 a.m. on February 28, 2022, officers were advised of an alarm to a business on the 2900 block of Central Avenue. While the first officer was attending,...
